UN Women Office in Vietnam is looking for a qualified national consultant to provide administrative support to UN Women programme/projects.
Under the overall guidance of the Country Representative, the national consultant will work under the supervision of the UN Women Programme Specialist. The consultant will maintain close communication with focal points at UN Women, MOH’s Legal Department, as well as other key stakeholders including civil society organizations who have already been working in the sphere of gender identity advocacy in Viet Nam including, but not limited to: iSEE, SCDI, and It’s T Time.
The Partner Coordinator will:
- With the team lead, act as the focal point for the GIA team with CSOs and other stakeholders, creating cohesive communication networks.
- Provide input into the outline and detailed work proposal of the GIA process, including, but not limited to, methodological approaches for collecting and analyzing data relevant to the GIA.
- Support the team in the development of guidelines and tools for the data collection and take part in the data collection process together with other team members.
- Create, update, share, and maintain a comprehensive digital folder comprised of the relevant materials from UN agencies, CSOs, and MOH, as well as other relevant documentation as needed
- Coordinate with MOH and other stakeholders, including health experts, transgender advocacy groups, and other CSOs, to arrange relevant meetings.
- Coordinate and collect MOH inputs into the assessment report;
- Take and circulate minutes at relevant meetings;
- Attend and participate in other meetings and consultations at the request of MOH and UN Women, in particular consultations that might be undertaken by other stakeholders on other aspects of the GAL decree;
- With the team lead, consolidate feedback from the consultations and data collection exercises into the various versions of the GIA report in order to have the final text ready for submission to MOH and UN Women in accordance with the timelines below.
- Perform other administrative tasks as needed and agreed with team lead and gender expert.
Period: 30 July to 30 November 2021 (with maximum 22 working days) homebased and Hanoi, Viet Nam (possible having the meetings at the provincial level if the COVID-19 is fully controlled and the government permits for the organization of the face-to-face meetings with more than 30 participants)
QUALIFICATIONS :
Required experience and skills:
- Bachelor’s Degree in law, Human Rights, Political Science, or other relevant disciplines.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience in the field of legal reform and policy making in general, and transgender rights and health policies in particular.
- Basic understanding on the national stakeholders that are working/advocating for the development of GAL
- Have a basic understanding on gender impact assessment of the laws and policies
- Experience in working with government stakeholders on legal documents
- Prior experience supporting UN agencies for policy advocacy will be an asset.
Applicants are requested to send the following separated documents in one application email to [email protected] [1]
All applications must include the following (as an attachment):
- Letter of interest explaining why you are the most suitable for the work
- Signed Curriculum vitae with contact details for 3 references
- Personal History Form (P11). The P11 Form can be downloaded from the following website: http://asiapacific.unwomen.org/en/about-us/jobs [2]
- 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 [3] attached file.
Should you have any questions, please send an email via [email protected] [1].
Deadline for Application: 17 July 2021