Sg Report Data Consultant - New York, United States - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

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New York, United States

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Description

LOCATION:

New York [New York], UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

TYPE OF CONTRACT:

Individual Contract

STARTING DATE:

01-Jun-2024

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

29-Apr-24 (Midnight New York, USA)

POST LEVEL:

International Consultant

DURATION OF INITIAL CONTRACT:

TIME LEFT:

14d 7h 53m

LANGUAGES REQUIRED:

English

EXPECTED DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT:

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.

As a standard-setting organization, the United Nations has a particular responsibility to lead by example in ensuring the equal and active participation of women at all levels of the UN system.

In 1995, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action set a goal of 50/50 gender balance, and this has been reiterated ever since by the UN Member States.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched his System-wide Strategy on Gender Parity in 2017. This strategy includes recommended actions to reach gender parity by 2028.

UN Women is mandated to lead, coordinate and promote the accountability of the UN system for women's equal representation, as per the General Assembly resolutions (such as A/RES/78/182).

In this context, the Office of the Focal Point for Women in the UN System at UN Women is mandated to monitor and report the System-wide progress on gender parity through the preparation for the Secretary-General's Report on the Improvement in the Status of Women in the UN System (the SG's Report).

The SG's Report is produced biennially (see the latest version here) and provides comprehensive insights on women's representation in the UN System, trends in women's career life cycles, and organizational culture, with over 20 recommendations aimed at assisting entities to accelerate the progress on gender parity.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Consultant will work under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Head of the Office/Senior Advisor and the Gender Parity Specialist, and will have regular meetings with the supervisors and other members of the team on topics of direct relevance, particularly in the context of reporting and monitoring on gender parity progress system-wide, collecting and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and in drafting the Secretary-General's Report on the Improvement in the Status of Women in the UN System.

The Consultant may also be asked to undertake other priority tasks. In the beginning of the assignment, a work plan with timelines will be developed. Informal feedback will be provided on a daily basis or as needed.

Deliverables:

Revise a guidance note for developing entityspecific implementation plans to reach gender parity;
Create a template for entityspecific implementation plans to reach gender parity;
Organize two webinars for the Gender Focal Point network on the updated guidance note for the entityspecific implementation plans;
Prepare the 2025 Secretary-General's Report on the Improvement in the Status of Women in the UN System, including the necessary annexes, with collaboration and under the supervision of the Office of the Focal Point for Women in the UN System;
Provide two information sessions for the Gender Focal Point network on the survey questionnaire for the SG's Report;
Create advocacy and promotion materials such as infographics related to the 2025 SG's Report;
Prepare and review related talking points and presentations as needed and requested;
Perform other official duties and special assignments if requested.

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Deliverables and timeline:

Timeline

Deliverables

Due Date

June/July 202- Develop template and guidance note on the entity-specific Implementation Plan on Gender Parity

Provision of two webinars for gender focal points on the new template

31 July 2024

November/December 202- Revisit survey questions and design of the biennial surveys for the Secretary-General's Report on the Improvement in the Status of Women in the UN System

Provide two information sessions on the survey questionnaire

31 December 2024

January - April 202- Clean survey data

Survey data analysis
Draft report

31 July 2025

May-July 202- Finalize report as per the given deadline

Prepare submission package

August 202- Design and produce infographics on key statistics

31 October 2025

October 202- Prepare for and present in the session on SG's report for the Annual Global Gender Focal Point Meeting

Special note

The consultancy is offered on a deliverablebasis, and the consultant will be required to take part in all necessary meetings, including requested meetings and consultations. The consultant may be asked to perform other official duties related to the m