UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

Duties And Responsibilities

UN Women will recruit a national consultant for the assignment. The national consultant will have the following main tasks and responsibilities,

• Reviewing successive drafts of the national gender policy to ensure that it is aligned to the international commitments and national laws of the country
• Providing strategic advice the national consultant hired to facilitate the development of the policy on any legal issues that may arise on the policy document
• Proposing mechanisms for coordination and accountability to ensure the effective implementation of the national gender policy
• Providing briefings to the technical and steering committees on the alignment of the policy document with international commitments and national laws

Expected Outcome

• Draft gender policy aligned to international and regional commitments and national legal frameworks ready for endorsement by the Council of Ministers prepared
• Coordination and accountability mechanisms for the implementation of the National gender policy outlined

DELIVERABLES

The following key deliverables are expected to be submitted to MoWCY and UN Women:

• Inception report which clearly depicts the understanding of the ToR, details the agreements made between MoWSA, UN Women and the consultant undertaking the assessment regarding the proposed research methodology and core tasks to be undertaken for this assignment
• Report on the alignment of the policy document with the international, regional and national commitments and policy frameworks
• Attend and provide briefings to the technical and steering committees established to support the policy development process

Competencies

Core Values and Guiding Principles

• Demonstrates integrity by modeling UN Women values and ethical standards.
• Demonstrates a commitment to UN Women’s mission and vision.
• Able to work effectively within a team.
• Displays cultural and gender sensitivity and adaptability.
• Able to multi-task and juggle competing demands.
• Can assess and prioritize work needs quickly.
• Able to relate to external partners, including other international organizations and agencies, NGOs, grassroots community groups, etc.

Functional Competencies

• Sound expertise in law, gender equality and women’s empowerment, including policy and strategy development
• Communications or knowledge management experience an advantage.
• Academic and practical research experience.
• Outstanding networking, team-building, organizational and communication skills.
• Capacity to work with diverse partners including governments, donors and civil society.
• Ability to work effectively and harmoniously with people from varied cultures and professional backgrounds
• Ability to produce well-written documents
• Demonstrating excellent interpersonal communication skills

Requirements

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) Law or Public Policy studies

Experience

• More than 10 years’ experience in legal field with specialization in legal and policy analysis, human rights, gender equality
• Demonstrated knowledge of international, and regional instruments
• Strong understanding of the Ethiopian legal system and institutional structures
• Experience working with Governments and non-governmental organizations and knowledge of their working procedures
• Ability to establish and maintain productive relationships with partners and other stakeholder’s and responds positively to critical feedbacks and differing points of view.
• Demonstrated ability to produce well written, well researched and high-quality reports and documents

Language

• Fluency in oral and written English and Amharic is required.
• Working knowledge of other local languages is an asset