National Consultant - Specialist Gender Equality Profiling, Freetown, Sierra Leone

UNDP • Freetown, AL

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About The Position

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.

Globally UN Women is the leading UN agency with the three-pronged mandate to supporting improvements in global norms and standards that accelerate the realization of gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women Country Offices work to strengthen and incorporate good practices and lessons learned from regional and national experiences in its normative support work. UN Women Sierra Leone strategic focus areas are grounded in UN Women Strategic Plan 2025 - 2030 and fully aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2025-2030 and major International and African regional development and gender commitments, including the agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (SDGs); the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BDPfA) (1995); the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979); MAPUTO Protocol and Africa’s Agenda 2063.

UN Women aims to strengthen national understanding and data on the advancement of international, regional, and national commitments towards GEWE and to serve as a source for evidence-driven advocacy and programming for national stakeholders, international development partners, and the UN System to advance the gains and overcome bottlenecks at the national, regional, and global level. 

It is against this background that UN Women Sierra Leone is recruiting a consultant to undertake a Country Gender Equality Profile (CGEP).  The Country Gender Equality Profile will provide a detailed assessment of current context including on progress and key challenges for gender equality in the context of sustainable development in Sierra Leone, identifying gender discrepancies in the enjoyment of social and economic rights, cultural and political rights, and analyzing the underlining root causes of the identified challenges inclusive of the effects of identified challenges on women and men, particularly vulnerable groups such as, women and girls living with disabilities, women and girls living in rural and remote areas, single mothers, women survivors of violence, etc. The Country Gender Equality Profile should equally identify gaps in research and data concerning gender equality in Sierra Leone, with emphasis on the need for statistical data in addressing additional issues and analyzing raw data on the following:

Gender Equality in political participation and decision-making
Gender Equality in the economic environment 
Gender Equality in education
Gender Equality in civic participation
Gender Equality in social protection and healthcare
Gender Equality in the context of human security with strong focus on Sexual
and Gender Based Violence and Women’s Peace and Security issues

The Country Gender Equality Profile should serve as an analytical and operational document, including an overview of opportunities to address the gaps identified.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (master’s or higher) in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Sociology, Sustainable Development, Statistics, or related fields.
• A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience in the field of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, including proven experience in developing Country Gender Equality Profiles
• Experience working with multi-stakeholder and cultural organizations is essential: governments, International NGO, CSOs, and the UN/ multilateral/bilateral institutions.  
• Sound knowledge of international standards on human rights, women’s rights and related instruments.
• Experience in policy analysis, institutional capacity assessment, and multi-stakeholder coordination.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality analytical reports and facilitate consultative processes.
• Fluency in oral and written Englishis required.

Nice To Haves

• Specialized training in gender analysis, participatory research methods, or monitoring and evaluation is an asset.
• Familiarity with Sierra Leone’s socio-political and economic context is highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of other UN languages is an asset.

Responsibilities

• The scope of work is national, covering all district and regions in Sierra Leone
• The consultant will implement the responsibilities and tasks defined in the current Terms of Reference (TOR). 
• In her/his scope of work, the consultant will have to submit a more complete list of variables, policies, programs and social, governance and economic contexts of GEWE in the country, which will guide data collection, deliberate knowledge production and context analysis.
• The consultant will conduct and provide technical expertise for an assessment for a Country Gender Equality Profiling, produce a high-quality Country Gender Equality Profile with qualitative and quantitative data that supports findings to stakeholders across various levels. 
• Identify entry points and strategies to address gender gaps across different sectors, including an advocacy strategy and indicators that can be used to track progress in relation to gender equality and women’s empowerment in these sectors. 
• Identify gaps in research and data concerning gender equality, including the need for statistical data to cover additional issues or further analysis of raw data. 
• Provide a list of recognized research bodies that can produce quality data and information. It will also design an Action Plan to address the information gaps and possible institutions that could take the lead in data collection
• Identify key entry points and opportunities, and good promising practices, to address gender gaps in social, economic and political arenas. The assessment should have a comparative analysis of the current situation of women and men in the country, identifying gender discrepancies in the enjoyment of social and economic rights, cultural and political rights.
• Provide a gender perspective of poverty and sectoral priorities about vulnerabilities as indicated in the MTNDP and where relevant the gaps in the priority sectors

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees