UNICEF ESARO - Nairobi - Kenya
Expression of Interest (EOI)
For Consultancy of UNICEF ESARO Female
Talent Initiative
Background and Justification: UNICEF is committed to gender equality in
accordance with its mission and its mandate. The organization recognizes that
gender balance is a good business practice for achieving its mission.
The Policy and its accompanying
Action Plan set objectives and goals for increasing women’s representation at
all levels, but particularly at the senior levels where disparities are the
greatest.
UNICEF works for women’s rights not
only as an inherent good for societies as a whole, and in recognition of women
as agents of human development, but specifically because the empowerment of
women facilitates the very environment in which gender-equal results can best
be achieved for children.
UNICEF works with partners
–Governments, civil society, private sector, professional and other
organizations - against discrimination of all kinds, and recognizes
discrimination on grounds of sex as unacceptable.
We acknowledge the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, together with the
Convention on the Rights of the Child, which are mutually reinforcing, and
central to our mandate.
Despite these well-articulated policy statements, UNICEF ESAR recognizes that whilst we have made strides in trying to achieve Gender Parity in absolute numbers, there is need for more targeted work in improving the representation of women in leadership, management and specialized technical roles.
It is against this backdrop that ESAR seeks to create a Female Talent Initiative that targets women in the UNICEF workplace in a bid to not only reach gender parity but more specifically gender equality where women in our workplace have equal leadership and management roles and participate fully in all processes that impact our workplace.
This initiative therefore seeks to:
- Augment the various policies and practices in
contributing to UNICEF’s quest for Gender Parity at all levels of the
organisation, starting from ESAR;
- Facilitate the development and promotion of
the female talent in ESAR and in turn impact the quality of engagement and
collaboration with women and communities to ensure strategic and political
support to important issues related to children’s and women’s wellbeing.
- Provide opportunities for women at all levels
to consider UNICEF as an Organization that provides them equitable
opportunities to develop, grow and contribute as much as their male
colleagues.
Scope of work: The overall objective of the consultancy is to
provide Technical Assistance to the Regional Office in enhancing overall gender
balance in UNICEF, specifically in leadership roles, and improving female staff
capacity by identifying, promoting and supporting female talent.
The specific objectives of the consultancy are to:
1. Identify critical capacity gaps
(through literature review and interviews with key informants) across levels
and functions, that need to be addressed in the immediate and medium term
(needs assessment);
2. Present clear recommendations to Regional Director/Regional HRDC general and specific actions that could be taken as part of the overall female talent initiative, with a costed menu of options (from strategic framework to a fully developed phased 3-4 year plan);
3. Develop a strategic framework and development plan for the Female Talent Initiative;
4. Define roles and responsibilities
(RACI) of various personnel in the implementation of the programme and develop
communication protocols at all levels of implementation;
5. Implement leadership development
programs for women at junior, middle and senior levels and regular follow up
learning opportunities to enhance development of talent and stimulate personal
growth and development;
6. Assess the success of the
programme based on individual and organizational improvements. This will
include development of a log frame with key indicators to measure success and
performance.
The Consultancy will be delivered in
three phases:
Phase 1: Finalizing terms and work plan (2 weeks)
Phase 2: Initial Consultancy Implementation – desk and
literature review and data gathering with initial findings, recommendations,
drafting and presentation of a strategic framework and development plan for the
female talent initiative programme to the Regional Director/Regional HRDC (8
weeks)
Phase 3: Delivery
of female leadership development programme with follow up and reports (starting
March 2016, duration to be agreed based on the adopted framework and
development plan).
The overall Consultancy will be
awarded based on
a) An accepted and approved proposal,
overall framework and indicative budget for its delivery;
b) Detailed approach and
methodology;
c) Evidence of professional
background in gender equity (gender audit, gender mainstreaming etc.) and
capacity to carry out the 3 phases based on track record and profiles of
Organization and/or individuals aligned and
d) A detailed plan and budget for
implementation of the first 2 phases.
Phase 3 of the Consultancy will be dependent on an accepted and approved detailed implementation plan.
Expected Deliverables and Reporting Requirements
Tangible and measurable outputs of
the work assignment (e.g. end products). Time frame and tentative dates to be
included in proposal:
Deliverables and timelines for phase
3 will be defined upon completion of phase 2.
Reporting: The day to day reporting line for the consultancy
will be with the Regional HR Advisor of UNICEF ESAR, although s/he will
interface with the Regional Director and Chair, Regional HRDC as and when
required.
Desired competencies, technical background and experience
Institutional:
- Experience in providing and managing long term
Technical Assistance services of this nature
- Contractual experience with UN and other
development partners would be an added advantage
- Proven capacity to produce timely and
comprehensive Technical and Financial reports
- Good track record in the areas of
organizational change and institutional assessments
- Proven professional background in gender
equity initiatives
Deployed Consultants:
- Strong experience in management of gender
issues, including gender audits
- At least 10 years’ experience in management of
HR learning & development
- Experience with HR development measurement and
management support, including assessment surveys, training and support
supervision
- Ability to work effectively with minimal
supervision, and meet tight deadlines
A detailed criteria for evaluation
will be outlined in the request for proposal document which will be made
available to the interested bidders on written request to UNICEF email address
nairobi@unicef.org to reach UNICEF not later than 16.30 hours (Kenya Standard
time) on 18th November 2015.
Request for Proposal (RFP) document
will be sent by mail to those organizations who have sent their request in
time.
The interested bidders are advised to
go through the institution/guidance provided in the RFP document.
Unicef ESARO - Nairobi - Kenya
Expression of Interest (EOI)
For Consultancy of UNICEF ESARO Southern
Africa Representative Induction and Political Economy Training
Background and Justification: The purpose is to strengthen senior management
understandings of the political economy and governance trends in Southern
Africa and equip incoming UNICEF senior leaders in the region with country
specific knowledge.
This project will provide tailored
inductions for incoming UNICEF Country Representatives in Southern Africa on
the historical, social, economic, development and political knowledge they
would need to better understand conditions and policy considerations in the
countries in which they work in order to ensure effective results for children
are achieved.
A particular focus of the indication
would be to equip UNICEF leaders with knowledge and understanding of the
political economy in specific countries in order to support them in leveraging
domestic resources for children.
Scope of Work: The project aims to institutionalize learning among
senior UNICEF staff working in Southern Africa, by equipping them with
historical, social, development, economic and political knowledge to better
understand conditions and policy considerations in the region and the countries
in which they work.
A particular focus of the indication
would be to equip UNICEF leaders with knowledge and understanding of the
political economy in specific countries in order to support them in leveraging
domestic resources for children.
It will prepare incoming
representatives taking up new appointments.
The focus of the courses will be selected countries where there are incoming UNICEF Representatives in Southern Africa, namely Mozambique, Madagascar, Lesotho, Swaziland, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Angola.
It is envisaged that about 6
countries will be covered during the period 2016-2017 between January 2016 and
December 2017.
In all instances possible, trainings will:
- Draw from the expertise of global and
regionally based experts, especially those based in Universities;
- Use teaching staff with the greatest possible
experience and seniority in their fields;
- Ensure broad coverage of topics and
geographical scope;
- Include forward thinking analysis to prompt
discussion of UNICEF future positioning;
- Develop skills and competencies for sound
socio-political analysis and leveraging of domestic resources based on the
political economy of each context.
- Address thematic issues such as urbanization,
youth, marginalization, social exclusion or other areas identified as
being learning priorities by the participating Country Offices when
finalizing the country-by-country specific learning content.
Trainings will be designed in
consultation with UNICEF to ensure the greatest possible policy relevance and
utility for UNICEFprogramming for children.
Trainings
This project will deliver Country
inductions for Country Representatives in Southern Africa.
This will consist in three-day
tailored country briefings designed to provide an in-depth induction for UNICEF
representatives taking up assignments in countries in Southern Africa.
Inductions will be taught by country
specialists with deep historical, cultural, economic and practical knowledge of
the country in question.
They will cover the history, culture,
geography, contemporary politics, regional politics, political economy and
development of the countries in question.
Participants will receive readings in
advance of the course including a specific country background paper and a
reading list and other reading resources during the course.
Expected Deliverables and Reporting Requirements
Deliverables Schedule:
Deliverables
For each country in Southern Africa
where incoming Representatives have been appointed (envisaged about 6 countries
between January 2016 and December 2017), develop and deliver 1 bespoke course
for induction of incoming Representative:
- Specialist teachers recruited and managed
drawn from the Southern Africa region and international with appropriate
seniority and academic/practitioner background (e.g. political scientists,
anthropologists, environmentalists and economists);
- Curriculum and course syllabus developed;
- Background country papers for analysing key
political, social and economic trends;
- Learning resources and reading lists
developed;
- Provision of appropriate learning venue;
- Provision of 3-day course
- Country paper based on course syllabus
developed, including political economy analysis
Dates (tentative): 2016-2017
The institution must regularly monitor the usefulness of the training courses through post-course evaluations and feedback from senior staff.
The institution must regularly monitor the usefulness of the training courses through post-course evaluations and feedback from senior staff.
Evaluation forms will be developed in
consultation with UNICEF ESARO personnel and provided to UNICEF ESARO to
evaluate the effectiveness of the training programme.
Desired competencies, technical background and experience
- Proven experience in the political and
economic situation of countries in Southern Africa;
- Proven experience and up to date knowledge
about the political economy of countries in Southern Africa, including
profound knowledge of national State Budget process and domestic resources
mobilization in countries in Southern Africa.
- Evidence of strong successful training in the
Southern Africa region.
- Ability to organise and deliver courses on
countries in the region for high level participants from civil society,
diplomatic corps and aid organisations.
- Advanced institutional knowledge and networks
in the region.
- Strong relationships with Southern Africa
universities and research institutions
A detailed criteria for evaluation
will be outlined in the request for proposal document which will be made
available to the interested bidders on written request to UNICEF email address
nairobi@unicef.org to reach UNICEF not later than 16.30 hours (Kenya Standard
time) on 18th November 2015.
Request for Proposal (RFP) document
will be sent by mail to those organizations who have sent their request in
time.
The interested bidders are advised to
go through the institution/guidance provided in the RFP document.
