National Consultant - Joint Programme on Sexual and Gender Based Violence Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Liberia

Summary : National Consultant - Joint Programme on Sexual and Gender Based Violence

Deadline : 28 Feb 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 30864011

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Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS WOMEN
H and G Plaza, Sekou Toure Avenue Mamba Point Monrovia Monrovia Tel: +231 511 00 88
Liberia
Email :liberia.procurement@unwomen.org
URL :http://www.unwomen.org/en/

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for National Consultant-GOL/UN Joint Programme on Sexual and Gender Based Violence.

Organizational Context

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. With years of programming in Liberia, UN Women leads the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) on gender equality and the empowerment of women focusing on 1. Women’s leadership and political participation; 2. Women’s economic empowerment; 3. Women, peace and security; 4. Ending Violence against Women and Girls and 5. Gender responsive governance. The Joint Programme on Sexual and Gender Based Violence and Harmful Traditional Practices (SGBV/HTP JP), funded by Sweden is a collaborative initiative of the Government of Liberia and the United Nations with UN Women as the Administrative Agency.

Expected outcomes of the SGBV/HTP JP are (1) Educational institutions and relevant stakeholders in Liberia are fully engaged and active in preparedness, prevention and response to SGBV and Harmful Cultural Practices (child marriage, girls’ education, teenage pregnancy and FGM); (2) Timely essential services provided for survivors of gender-based violence, harmful traditional practices in all counties; (3) An Improved legal, policy and operational environment and coordination mechanisms at national and sub-national levels for enhanced survivor protection and support; (4) Increased awareness, involvement and accountability at national, institutional, community and individual levels and (5) An improved environment and coordination mechanisms at community, national and sub-national levels for enhanced survivor protection and support.

CURRENT SITUATION Current institutional capacities and programmatic framework seem largely limited and strained to effectively and efficiently implement multisectoral program interventions hinged on planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation in order to prevent and respond to SGBV, Harmful Practices and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR)- related issues at both national and subnational levels. Furthermore, technical, human resources, coordination mechanisms, logistical and financial gaps in the institutional and organizational capacities of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) on multisectoral programming including gender mainstreaming, strengthening coordination, gender-responsive budgeting (GRB), increased skills building and enhanced capacity for effective advocacy continue to clinch little results. In this context, the MGCSP has aspired to enter a phase of strengthening its institutional capacity to ensure better and more effective programming that will lead to timely delivery of results. This will include capacity building trainings, program/project management and managerial development, monitoring skills enhancement, etc. Additionally, the SGBV/HTP JP will also contribute to enhance the professional competencies of the technical staff of the Gender Based Violence (GBV) Division, aimed at propelling the image and raising the overall profile of the MGCSP. Given the context, UN Women will avail the services of a National Consultant whose major responsibility will be to conduct an institutional capacity assessment of the GBV Division and provide technical support to build the Capacity of the GBV Division of the MGCSP.

Main Objective of the Consultancy

To strengthen the capacity of the GBV Division of the MGCSP to better coordinate and implement SGBV related interventions in Liberia.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of the Minister of Gender Children and Social Protection and UN Women Deputy Representative, and with direct supervision by the Deputy Minister for Gender and the SGBV/HTP JP Specialist, the incumbent will be based at the MGCSP and will perform the following duties:

The Specific responsibilities include the following tasks:
1. Conduct an initial assessment of the capacity needs of the GBV Division and
County Coordinators in Margibi and Bong Counties and identify areas of
improvement as per the GBV Standard Operating Procedures;
2. Write a report of assessment incorporating findings and concrete
recommendations for action;
3. Validate the assessment with the Line Ministries and Agencies on the SGBV/HTP
Joint Programme including the Technical Team and identify a clear timeline to
improve the areas identified;
4. Develop skills-based training plan in the area of Program/Project Planning,
Results Based Management, Monitoring and Report Writing plus other capacity
needs that may be identified during the assessment with associated
methodology and objectives;
5. Deliver structured skills-based training programme for technical and other
relevant staff at the MGCSP/ GBV Division;
6. Develop an implementation plan together with requisite policies, standards and
guidance to ensure that the interventions benefit and build a culture of
systematic planning within the MGCSP;
7. Support and strengthen inter sectoral linkages between the GBV Division and the
Children Protection Division to ensure that survivors of violence, including
children, are provided necessary care and attention utilizing the referral pathway
mechanism;
8. Support coordination between UN Agencies and the MGCSW;
9. Facilitate workshops with GBV Division Technical Team of the MGCSW to
develop a monitoring and evaluation framework to ensure that the
achievements of their interventions can be tracked, and the identified challenges
and bottlenecks addressed timely.
10. Strengthen and support the validation of the National Action Plan for the
Prevention and Management of Gender-Based Violence in Liberia.

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