Description :

UN Women is grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations. It 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.

The Regional Office for the Arab States (ROAS) covers 17 countries in the Arab States region and provides direct support to UN Women Country Offices in Egypt, Iraq, the State of Palestine, Jordan and the Morocco Multicounty Office (MCO) covering Morocco and Algeria. In addition, UN Women has a programme presence in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, Kuwait and Bahrain. ROAS supports Country Offices to assist national governments to fulfill their gender equality commitments under the applicable national and international laws, and in furtherance of national and regional implementation of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals. A significant element of ROAS’ Strategic Note is focused on an enhanced strategic approach to communications, with the aim of increasing the visibility of ROAS and public awareness of both success stories and the specific gaps and challenges to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in the region. ROAS’s communications activities will also aim to strengthen and expand partnerships with diverse stakeholders in the region and internationally. The Beijing+25/CSW64 in March 2020 will undertake a review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPFA) and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, including an assessment of current challenges that affect the implementation of the Platform for Action and the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and its contribution towards the full realization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development through a gender perspective. UN Women ROAS will support the role and contribution of governments, civil society, women’s empowerment organizations, and youth in the implementation and review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action by producing and disseminating the required knowledge to inform, communicate, build capacities and mobilize the different stakeholders in the region.

In 2016, UN Women ROAS launched HerStory in the Arab States region to enhance and increase the content on Wikipedia related to women, gender equality and BPFA with the overall aims to raise awareness and close the gender knowledge gap. UN Women ROAS developed HerStory Beijing+25 campaign engage youth in the production and dissemination of knowledge related to BPFA. The campaign target entails the production of 1,000 articles by end of 2019 about the BPFA (Beijing+25) and the champions who contributed to the progress of women empowerment agenda in the region.

It is also an opportunity for the communities and more specifically youth to understand the root causes of violence against women and girls in their communities, to educate and involve their peers and communities to prevent such violence, and to learn about the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and how to influence the review process.

Duties and Responsibilities :

The present consultancy requires a HerStory coordinator to manage the mobilization of volunteers, planning of editathons, coordinate with local partners and Wikipedia chapters and provide quality assurance of produced articles. Under the overall supervision of the Coordination Specialist and in day to day consultation with the Youth, Advocacy and Innovation Specialist, the consultant will be responsible for the below deliverables :

1. Mobilizing and managing 100 volunteers (with contact details and countries of residence recorded) to support the production of 1,000 articles on Arabic Wikipedia, including training and mentoring of volunteers ;
2. Produce one post-event story for each editathon that takes place (including online editathons); one feature story on the contribution of HerStory to the Beijing+25 review, coordinate the production of at least one blog post by a participants in each HerStory editathon (including online), and draft social media posts (minimum one per each event, as well as a minimum of four explanatory posts on HerStory) ;
3. Document the methodology of HerStory and a case study of the HerStory Beijing+25 campaign ;
4. Provide a final report of the consultancy recording the outputs of this consultancy (as above), all contact details of volunteers, list of articles drafted, edited or translated, records of meetings, mentoring sessions etc. and the social media metrics etc. to demonstrate the outreach of the editathon events and articles uploaded to Wikipedia.

Schedule of Deliverables :

The consultant will be paid on the basis of deliverable products, in accordance with the below schedule:

Performance Evaluation:

The consultant’s performance will be evaluated based on: creativity, delivery on time, responsibility, initiative, communication, accuracy, and quality of the products delivered.

Core Values :

• Respect for Diversity ;
• Integrity ;
• Professionalism .

Core Competencies :

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues ;
• Accountability ;
• Creative Problem Solving ;
• Effective Communication ;
• Inclusive Collaboration ;
• Stakeholder Engagement ;
• Leading by Example .

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: More information here

Functional Competencies :

• Excellent technical expertise on editing Wikipedia, social media and online communications ;
• Demonstrable experience in communicating on gender equality and women’s empowerment ;
• Excellent writing skills ;
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines and produce high quality work.

Education :

• Bachelor’s degree in languages, literature, translation, communication and journalism, or any relevant degree.

Experience : 

• Minimum 4 years of experience in editing Wikipedia content and documentation of women achievements and biographies ;
• Experience to plan simultaneous editathons offline and online ;
• Experience on mobilizing and management of large numbers of volunteers and youth ;
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of gender equality and women’s rights issues in development and humanitarian contexts in the Arab states region ;
• Past experience with UN Women or the UN system or regional organizations.

Language and other skills :

• Proficiency in oral and written English and Arabic are essential.

Technical Qualification Evaluation Criteria :

Contract will be awarded to the technically qualified consultant who obtains the highest combines score (financial and technical). The points for the Financial Proposal will be allocated as per the following formula:

(Lowest Bid Offered*)/(Bid of the Consultant) x 30 « Lowest Bid Offered » refers to the lowest price offered by offerors scoring at least 49 points in technical evaluation.

The total number of points allocated for the technical qualification component is 100. The technical 4 qualification of the individual is evaluated based on following technical qualification evaluation criteria:

Technical Evaluation Criteria Obtainable Score:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in editing Wikipedia content and documentation of women achievements and biographies. 15 points
• Experience to plan simultaneous editathons offline and online. 15 points
• Experience on mobilizing and management of large numbers of volunteers and youth. 15 points
• Familiarity with gender equality and women’s rights issues in development and humanitarian contexts. 15 points
• Past experience with UN Women or the UN system or regional organizations. 10 points

Total Obtainable Score 70 points

Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 49 total points will be considered as technically qualified candidate.

Financial/Price Proposal Evaluation :

• Only the financial proposal of candidates who have attained a minimum of 49 points score in the technical evaluation will be considered and evaluated ;
• The total number of points allocated for the financial proposal component is 30 points ;
• The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum of 49 points score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.

Submission of Application :

Interested candidates are requested to submit the following documents :

1. Cover letter ;
2. P11, including contact information for 3 references ;
3. Financial proposal .

The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount per each deliverable, including any travel, per diem and administrative fees.

The above-mentioned documents (Cover letter, Methodology, UN Women P11, Personal CV and financial proposal) should be merged in a standalone file including all them, since the online application submission does only permit to upload one file per application. Incomplete submission can be a ground for disqualification.

Selected candidates will need to submit prior to commencement of work:

• Copy of the latest academic certificate ;
• UN Women P-11 form, available from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment ;
• A statement from a medical doctor of ‘good health and fit for travel’.

Application :

• All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from: http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment.
• Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment. Make sure that you provide a valid email address for future communications.

Note :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW, and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.