Consultant at UN Women Tanzania

Consultant for Evaluation of Zanzibar Gender Policy 2016 and its Plan of Action (2016-2020)
Advertised on behalf of  UN Women
Location : Home based, TANZANIA
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Starting Date : 01-May-2024
Post Level : National Consultant
Duration of Initial Contract : 40 w/days
Languages Required : English
Expected Duration of Assignment : 40 w/days
 
UNDP
is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender,
nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous
groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. UNDP
does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment,
including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected
candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background
checks.

Background
UN Women, grounded in the vision
of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for
the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the
empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and
men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights,
humanitarian action and peace and security.

The Revolutionary
Government of Zanzibar in collaboration with UN Women and with financial
support from the European Union Delegation has partnered to evaluate
the Gender Policy 2016 – 2020 and develop the next Gender Policy 2024 –
2029.

The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar has dedicated
itself to implement, monitor, and report its implementation of various
international and regional conventions, treaties, and commitments for
promoting gender equality and women empowerment. These
include the Declaration of the Human Rights 1948; the UN Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW
1979); the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1989; the
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination in Employment and
Occupation (1958); the Convention on Equal Remuneration for Work of
Equal Value (1951); the Beijing Platform for Action 1995; ICPD Plan of
Action 1994; the Convention on Workers with Family Responsibilities
(1981); The protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights
on the right of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol,2003) and the
Convention on Maternity Protection (2000). The Millennium Declaration of
2000 emphasized the role of the UN on human rights by declaring the
Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment objective for UN member states
and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which have specific goal
number 5 on Gender equality and women empowerment as well as mainstream
gender in all its remaining goals. At the regional level, URT recognizes
the regional commitments as set in the provisions of the African
Charter on Human and People’s Rights, African Charter on Human and
Peoples’ Rights (1981), Declaration on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic at the XI
International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa (1999), Women’s
Declaration and Agenda for a Culture of Peace in Africa adopted at the
close of a Pan African Conference in Zanzibar, 1999 and Protocol to the
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACPHR) on the Rights of
Women in Africa. Another important declaration is the SADC Declaration
on Gender and Development (1997), which binds member countries to
implement affirmative actions to promote female participation in
politics. At the country level, the Zanzibar Constitution of 1984
declares equal rights of men and women, and equal access to social,
economic, and development opportunities.

To ensure GEWE
commitments are achieved, the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar
established the national machinery mandated for overall GEWE
coordination which is currently the Ministry of Community Development
Gender Elderly and Children (MCDGEC). Amongst its key obligations is to
monitor and report on progress on the implementation of the RGoZ
commitments under various GEWE resolutions and instruments.

With
technical and financial support from UN Women and the European Union
Delegation, the MCDGEC plans to evaluate the Gender Policy 2016 – 2020
and develop the next Gender Policy 2024 – 2029 as an overarching gender
mainstreaming framework. The Zanzibar Gender Policy guides gender
mainstreaming in all spheres of life in Zanzibar.

The Policy
underscores and emphasizes the need to mainstream gender issues in all
national, sub-national and sectoral policies, programs, plans, and
budgets as well as promoting gender equity, equality, and women
empowerment as essential accelerators for promoting social justice,
peace, economic growth, and sound management of all sectors.

This
partnership is part of the EU Framework in Tanzania that aims at
embracing Gender Equality and Women’s empowerment as one of the main
priorities, singing a unique initiative called “Gender Transformative
Action: Breaking the Glass Ceiling” targeting both Tanzania Mainland and
Zanzibar.

Furthermore, the evaluation of the Gender Policy is
critical to be better aligned with national priorities as articulated in
Vision 2050, emerging Global and Regional commitments, and agreements
such as CSW agreed conclusions; At national levels, some changes have
happened in terms of national Development frameworks such as the
formulation of the new Vision 2050, medium development plan namely the
Zanzibar Development Plan (ZADEP (2021/22-2026/27, and the National
Gender Development Plan guiding the implementation of the United
Republic of Tanzania Generation Equality Action Coalition Commitments
especially on Women’s Economic Justice and Rights and other Action
Coalitions to mention a few. Also, since 2016, some important emerging
issues including COVID-19, and climate change have had disproportionate
impacts and implications on gender equality and to Gender Policy.

The
Evaluation will provide information on the extent to which progress has
been achieved, as well as identify challenges and emerging issues that
need to be taken into consideration in the Review of the Zanzibar Gender
Policy.

The effective implementation of this assignment
requires a competent consultant with an adequate understanding of the
gender situation in Zanzibar and the context. He/she must have high
Oversight and experience in carrying out policy, program, and project
reviews, assessments, and evaluations. This assignment will be
supervised under the Permanent Secretary of the MCDGEC with technical
support from the Directorate of Community Development, Gender Elders,
and Children with technical support from UN Women. A designated
Oversight A Technical Committee will be established and composed of
selected key stakeholders and gender Oversights from other MDAs, UN
Agencies, DP, and CSOs to provide technical guidance and oversight to
the consultant(s) throughout the process of conducting the assignment.
The Oversight Technical Committee will also strengthen ownership of the
process. The consultant(s) shall be ultimately accountable to the
Principal Secretary (PS) of the MCDGEC for this assignment.

Duties and Responsibilities
The
main objective of this consultancy is to conduct an evaluation of the
Zanzibar Gender Policy 2016 and its Plan of Action (2016-2020),
including through a Literature review, Key Informants interviews, and
multi-stakeholder consultations including MDAs, Academia, Media, Private
Sector, DPs, CSOs, OPDs and FBOs to provide clear findings and
recommendations for consideration in the Review of the Zanzibar Gender
Policy to strengthen ongoing efforts towards achieving GEWE objectives
in Zanzibar.

More specifically, the objectives of the review are:

• Assess
  the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and sustainability
  of the Gender Policy of its performance against targets set out.
• Identify
  new global, regional, and national evidence and emerging issues that
  have influenced the implementation of the policy-related programs.
• Assess efficiency in the utilization of resources deployed in the implementation of policy.
• Identify achievements, best practices, challenges, and lessons learned from the implementation of Policy
• Assess
  the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, and sustainability
  of the Gender Policy of its performance against targets set out.
• Identify
  new global, regional, and national evidence and emerging issues that
  have influenced the implementation of the policy-related programs.
• Assess efficiency in the utilization of resources deployed in the implementation of policy.
• Identify
  achievements, best practices, challenges, and lessons learned from the
  implementation of Policy the Zanzibar Gender Policy and Implementation
  Plan.
• Draw recommendations and conclusions that will inform the development/ Review of the next Zanzibar Gender Policy.

4. SPECIFIC TASKS
4.1 To achieve the above objectives of the assignment, the tasks of the consultant and deliverables will include to:

4.1.1 Inception Phase

• Conduct
  desk review/literature review of the available policies, programs,
  procedures/regulations, and reports, including global, regional, and
  national evidence and emerging issues that have influenced the
  implementation of the Policy related programs such as the Zanzibar
  Constitution, Parliamentary Reports, national budgetary allocations,
  policy guidelines, and legal frameworks pertinent to gender equality
  institutionalization, mainstreaming and implementation in the country.
• Develop
  an inception report that demonstrates an understanding of the
  assignment, methodology/tools/checklist, stakeholders, and work plan and
  present it to the Oversight Technical Committee and officials
  responsible for coordinating the review of the Gender Policy, including
  the Gender Mainstreaming Technical Working Group (GMTWG).
• Incorporate
  comments and present for the approval of the Final Inception Report,
  including revised tools, for the evaluation of the Gender Policy/
  Methodology and Review tools/checklists to the Permanent Secretary
  Ministry of Community Development Elderly and Children.

4.1.2 Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting

• Lead
  National Government Ministries, Regional and LGAs consultations in both
  Unguja and Pemba / key-informant interviews National, Regional and LGAs
  consultations in both Unguja and Pemba using the agreed methodology,
  checklists, and tools including to assess stakeholders’ institutional
  and technical capacity, coordination, partnership building, resource
  mobilization.
• Conduct selected stakeholders’ consultations
  including UN agencies, development partners, autonomous agencies,
  non-governmental organizations/ civil society organizations, law
  enforcement agencies, the Judiciary, gender focal persons, private
  sector representatives, and media representatives.
• Identify
  gender issues, challenges, and emerging issues that have been addressed
  by Zanzibar Gender Policy (2016) and its Plan of Action (2016-2020) in
  alignment with regional and global normative frameworks and national
  development priorities articulated in Vision 2050 and ZADEP.
• Identify
  good practices, lessons learned/achievements, and gaps/challenges from
  the Zanzibar Gender Policy and its Plan of Action (2016-2020).
• Develop
  a Draft Zanzibar Evaluation report that Incorporates all issues raised
  from the evaluation process according to the Gender Policy theme
  detailing the main findings from the evaluation of the Zanzibar Gender
  Policy and its Plan of Action (2016-2020) and recommendations to be
  considered in the Reviewed/next Gender Policy.
• Share Draft
  Evaluation report /preliminary findings and recommendations with the
  Oversight Technical Committee; and the Gender Mainstreaming Technical
  Working Group (GMTWG) for feedback and inputs.
• Organize and
  facilitate National multistakeholder consultative meetings including the
  Gender Mainstreaming Technical Working Group (GMTWG) to present and
  Validate the Draft Evaluation Report of the Zanzibar Gender Policy
  Evaluation and its Plan of Action (2016-2020) Plan
• Incorporate
  inputs from national multistakeholder consultative meetings into the
  Draft Evaluation Report of the Zanzibar Gender Policy (2016) and its
  Plan of Action (2016-2020)
• Present a Revised draft Evaluation
  report to the Oversight Technical Committee and the selected
  stakeholders for feedback and input.
• Submit the final
  Evaluation Report of the Zanzibar Gender Policy (2016) and its Plan of
  Action (2016-2020) to the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of
  Community Development, Gender, Elders, and Children in both soft and
  hard copies to inform the drafting of the Reviewed Gender Policy.
• Prepare minutes and activity reports from all consultative meetings and workshops at National, Regional, and LGA levels.
• Develop
  and submit a Zanzibar Gender Policy evaluation process report that
  describes the entire evaluation process, a list of stakeholders
  consulted, a matrix of all stakeholders’ comments obtained throughout
  the evaluation; challenges encountered, and lessons learned.

5.0 Deliverables
The deliverables of this assignment will include:

• Draft and Final Inception Report with detailed work plan, methodology, tools, roles, responsibilities, and time frame.
• Literature
  Review Report detailing the main findings of relevant international,
  regional, and national documents, reports, and instruments, including
  the Zanzibar Constitution, Parliamentary Reports, national budgetary
  allocations, policy guidelines, and legal frameworks pertinent to gender
  equality institutionalization, mainstreaming, and implementation in the
  country.
• Multi-Stakeholders’ Consultations Report to provide
  the main findings of in-depth consultations with key stakeholders
  (including, but not exclusive to, all relevant Government ministries and
  local government bodies, Members of the House of Representatives, the
  Gender Mainstreaming Technical Working Group, UN agencies, Development
  partners, autonomous agencies, professional organizations, and
  non-governmental organizations/ civil society organizations, law
  enforcement agencies, the Judiciary, gender focal persons, relevant, and
  private sector representatives).
• Draft Evaluation Report of the
  Zanzibar Gender Policy and its Plan of Action (2016-2020) on
  preliminary findings and recommendations.
• Final Evaluation report of the Zanzibar Gender Policy and its Plan of Action (2016-2020).
• Zanzibar
  Gender Policy evaluation process report that describes the entire
  evaluation process, a list of stakeholders consulted, a matrix of all
  stakeholders’ comments obtained throughout the evaluation; challenges
  encountered, and lessons learned.

The consultant will carry
out the assignment for an overall period of workdays over three months
i.e. from 01 May 2024 to August 2024.

The consultant will sign
the contract which will provide the consultancy details including the
responsibilities, consultancy remuneration, modality of payments, and
logistical arrangements during the assignment.

Payments will be made upon submission and acceptance of specified deliverables and submission of an invoice as follows:

Deliverable	Expected completion time (due day)	Payment Schedule (optional)
Inception report with detailed work plan, data collection methodology, roles, responsibilities, and time frame	1st – 7th May 2024	30%
Draft evaluation of the Policy including its action plan that includes. Literature Review to detail the main findings of a desk review of all relevant international, regional, and national documents, reports, and instruments, including the Zanzibar Constitution and its current national policies related to Gender Equality and Women Empowerment in Zanzibar. Multistakeholder consultation Report to provide the main findings of in-depth consultations with a list of stakeholders consulted. Draft Evaluation Report of the Zanzibar Gender Policy and its Plan of Action (2016-2020) that incorporates preliminary findings raised from the evaluation process according to Gender Policy thematic areas, emerging issues, and recommendations to be considered in the Reviewed Gender Policy	8th – 28th May 2024	25%
Draft Validated Evaluation report of the policy approved by the Technical Oversight Committee, the Ministry’s Management and Inter-ministerial Meeting, OMR	29th May – 10th June 2024	15%
Submission of the final Evaluation Report	11th – 25th June 2024	30%

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel
This is a home-based consultancy.
As part of this assignment, there will be several travels to Pemba Island.

The
effective implementation of this assignment requires a competent
consultant with an adequate understanding of the gender situation in
Zanzibar. He/she must have high expertise and experience in carrying out
policy, program, and project reviews, assessments, and evaluations.
This assignment will be supervised under the Permanent Secretary of the
MCDGEC with technical support from the Directorate of Community
Development, Gender Elders, and Children with technical support from UN
Women. A designated Technical Committee will be established and
composed of selected key stakeholders and gender experts from other
MDAs, UN Agencies, DP, and CSOs to provide technical guidance and
oversight to the consultant(s) throughout the process of conducting the
assignment. The Technical Committee will also strengthen ownership of
the process. The consultant(s) shall be ultimately accountable to the
Principal Secretary (PS) of the MCDGEC for this assignment.

Competencies
Core Values:

• Respect for Diversity
• Integrity
• Professionalism

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Inclusive Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leading by Example

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:
https://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment/application-process#_Values

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES:

• Strong technical knowledge and expertise in Gender Equality and Women Empowerment at all levels.
• Outstanding technical knowledge and experience in the development of Capacity capacity-building government plans.
• Outstanding writing skills, with proven ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Communicates sensitively, effectively and creatively.

Required Skills and Experience
Education:

• Advanced
  degree in gender and development, social science, development studies,
  planning, monitoring and evaluation, or related fields.
• A project/program management certification would be an added advantage.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible work experience development of Gender-related policies.
• Proven
  experience in review, assessment, and evaluation work in a development
  context and proven success in leading reviews of policies and programs,
  preferably related to gender.
• Experience in the development of the Results Framework of the plan is required.
• At
  least 10 years’ experience in assessing gender equality, women’s
  empowerment, human rights, and related policies and programs will be an
  added advantage.
• Knowledge of the governance, policy development on gender equality, and women empowerment context within Zanzibar is an asset.
• Ability and experience in interacting with people from diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent analytical skills with a strong drive for results and capacity to work independently.

Languages:
Fluency in English and Swahili is required.

Submission of application:

• Personal CV and Form P11 (P11 can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc )
• A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page)
• Managers
  may ask (ad hoc) for any other materials relevant to pre-assessing the
  relevance of their experience, such as reports, presentations,
  publications, campaigns, or other materials.

Kindly note that
applications without a completed and signed UN Women P-11 form will be
treated as incomplete and will not be considered for assessment.