National Consultant to Conduct Gender Review (TOR-2021-033)

UN Women Office in Vietnam is looking for a qualified national consultant to conduct a gender review on the draft Circular regulating the preparation of labor resources, contractual conditions and form of contracts, registration documents, orientation education which guilds the implementation of the Law on Contract-based Vietnamese Overseas Workers.

Overall objective: Enhance gender responsiveness of the draft Circular regulating the preparation of labor resources, contractual conditions and form of contracts, registration documents, orientation education.

Specific objectives: 

• Conduct a gender review over the draft circular and identifying WMW issues that need to be addressed in the current draft.
• Prepare a policy brief which summarizes key issues and recommendations including concrete suggestions for improving relevant articles of the draft circular.

Specific tasks:

• Literature review: Map out and undertake a comprehensive review on different documents especially the gender analysis report on the Law 69 to analyse gender gaps issues and propose recommendations for addressing those issues in the circular. The review will address the following exclusive but not limited just to these questions:
• What issues facing women migrant workers should be addressed in the draft circular?
• To what extent these issues have been addressed in the current draft circular?
• What are gaps and how these should be further addressed?
• What are concrete recommendations/suggestions for improving relevant articles of the draft circular?
• Expert consultation: In additional to the literature review, the consultant might need to undertake individual expert consultation to enrich the understanding about the subject matters and identify appropriate recommendations for improving the circular from gender/WMW perspectives.
• Draft the policy brief. Based on a rigorous analysis of available documents and individual expert consultation, the consultant drafts the policy brief for further discussion with SAF team/VWU or other stakeholders.
• Finalise the policy brief. Based on feedback and discussion with participants, the consultant is expected to finalise the policy brief highlighting key gender issues and recommendations including concrete suggestions for improving relevant articles of the circular.

Period: As soon as possible to 30 August 2021 (maximum 10 working days) Home based with technical meetings in Hanoi

QUALIFICATIONS : 

Required experience and skills:  

1. Master’s degree in sociology, development studies, gender, human rights or relevant fields
2. At least 10 years of working experience in gender mainstreaming into law/ legislative making
3. Good understanding and experience on labour/human resource management
4. Good knowledge on migration and migration governance
5. Good writing skills
6. Having experience in labor resources, contractual conditions in the context of sending Vietnamese people working abroad is an advantage 

Applicants are requested to send the following separated documents in one application email to [email protected]  

All applications must include the following (as an attachment): 

1. Letter of interest explaining why you are the most suitable for the work
2. Signed Curriculum vitae with contact details for 3 references
3. Personal History Form (P11). The P11 Form can be downloaded from the following website: http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs
4. The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount in VND including consultancy fees. If the consultants are required to travel, it would be arranged by UN Women Office following the UN-EU cost norms.

For more detailed information, please see the TOR attached file. 

Should you have any questions, please send an email via [email protected].

Deadline for Application: 25 July 2021