Team Leader for the Participatory Gender Audit of the Ugandan Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Kampala, Uganda

The UN agencies have developed a United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) 2010-2014 which is aligned with the National Development Plan. Gender equality and women's empowerment is an area of special focus in the UNDAF because of the need to ensure that all proposed UN actions identify and address inequality and social exclusion. It is in that regard that the UN agencies developed a UN Joint Programme for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment. For purposes of realizing this commitment, the UN agencies developed the UN Joint Programme for Gender Equality and Women's empowerment.

UN WOMEN is the managing agency of the UN Joint Program on Gender Equality (JPGE) for a five-year collaboration period from 2010 to 2014. One of the components of the programme has been conducting participatory gender audits amongst UN Agencies and select government institutions in Uganda, to ensure gender mainstreaming within these institutions, and establish baselines for future monitoring and evaluation of the JPGE. The UN Agency managing the implementation of Participatory Gender Audits (PGAs) is the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

In this framework, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) has requested UNDP to support the Ministry's diagnosis of gender mainstreaming implementation in its Directorates and therefore, it has volunteered to undergo a PGA of its programmes, processes, operations and results. The PGA of MGLSD aims to: assess the extent to which MGLSD's Directorates implement gender mainstreaming in their work, as well as identify gaps and good practices; contribute to an ongoing process of benchmarking the execution of gender mainstreaming in the Ministry, so as to inform the JPGE's monitoring and evaluation frameworks; and inform the ongoing process of developing a Strategic Coordination Framework for MGLSD, in order to strengthen its coordination role of the gender-related initiatives in the country.

In order to accomplish this assignment effectively, UNDP is intending to hire an international consultant. The Consultant will work with 5 national PGA facilitators. National PGA facilitators will be selected with the guidance of the Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development (MoGLSD) from a pool of government PGA facilitators that were trained last year at the Nile Resort Hotel-Jinja. These will be guided by the consultant to do the literature review, conduct the Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), facilitate during the participatory workshops and carry out the in-depth individual interviews with key respondents.

The Objective of the assignment is to undertake the Participatory Gender Audit of the MGLSD. The consultant will act as a team leader of the Gender Audit Facilitators Team.

Duties and Responsibilities

Phase 1: Desk Review (5 working days):

• Network with UNDP and MGLSD PGA focal persons to collect relevant documents for the Gender Audit File and ensure access of the PGA facilitation team to all relevant documents;
• Conduct a desk review of relevant documents;
• Guide the PGA facilitation Team throughout the desk review process;
• Finalize the PGA work plan and key milestones in close consultation with the MoGLSD;
• Conduct a preparatory meeting with the PGA team members (in Kampala).

Phase 2: Conduct the Participatory Gender Audit exercise (15 working days):

• Lead the implementation of the PGA exercise, according to the ILO methodology;
• Organize periodic PGA team meetings to coordinate PGA activities and guide the PGA facilitation team throughout the delivery of the PGA activities;
• Lead the preparation and delivery of the PGA activities, i.e. briefing and de-briefing sessions, participatory workshops, interviews, focus groups and desk review;
• Guide the PGA facilitation team throughout the process of conducting individual interviews, Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and debriefing sessions in Kampala;
• Consolidate and prepare draft documentation arising from desk reviews, FGDs, field interviews and Workshops and from all the PGA facilitation team;
• Prepare and co-facilitate four 1-day workshops for technical staff in Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development;
• Prepare and co-facilitate two focus group discussions with MGLSD's key partners and stakeholders;
• Consolidate initial PGA findings and de-brief with MGLSD staff accordingly.

Phase 3: Report writing and Validation Workshop (10 working days):

• Prepare draft PGA validation report;
• Hold validation workshop on draft PGA validation report;
• Prepare final PGA report (based on comments received from PGA validation workshop).

Deliverables:

• Inception report that details how the PGA exercise shall be conducted;
• 4 Workshops and 2 focus group discussions with technical officers from the MoGLSD and key stakeholders;
• Draft PGA validation report and validation workshop;
• Final PGA Report .

Reporting Arrangements:

The consultant will work closely with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and the UNDP Focal Point for Gender JP. The consultant will report to UNDP Team Leader for Accountable Democratic Governance and work under the overall guidance and leadership of the Country Director of UNDP.

Payment Schedule:

The consultant shall be paid 20% upon delivering the inception report and signing of the contract. 40% shall be paid after the validation workshop of the consolidated report. The final 40% shall be paid upon delivery of final PGA report.

Competencies

• Report writting skills;
• Team player;
• Participatory research skills;
• ILO Participatory Gender Audit skill.

Required Skills and Experience

Qualifications:

Advanced university degree in social sciences, gender/women studies or other relevant field.

Experience:

• Substantial experience in conducting Participatory Gender Audits using the ILO tool.
• At least 7 years of work experience in Gender analysis and Gender Audit, development programming, research and documentation.

Application Procedure:

Applicants are required to submit an application and proposals, which include the following:

Job Proposal:

• Letter of Interest;
• Explanation as to why you consider yourself suitable for the assignment;
• A brief methodology on the approach and implementation of the assignment.

Personal CV

• Highlighting past experience in similar projects;
• Work references - contact details (e-mail addresses) of referees.

Financial Proposal:

• Please submit a financial proposal indicating consultancy fee in United States Dollars, lump sum fee (with a breakdown) or unit price together with any other expenses related to the assignment.

Please note that the online system will only allow you to upload one document, therefore all the job and financial proposals are to be attached to the CV and uploaded together at once.

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.