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AJIRA TANZANIA 2019 / NAFASI ZA KAZI 2019
Background
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.
Placing women’s rights at the centre of its efforts, UN Women is
mandated to lead and coordinate United Nations’ system efforts to ensure
that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming are
translated into action. It is
also mandated to provide strong and coherent leadership in support of
Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships
with civil society and other relevant actors.
UN
Women in Tanzania is implementing its Country Strategic Note for the
period 2017-2021, which focuses on Women’s Leadership and Political
Participation, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Ending Violence against
Women and Girls, Financing for Gender Equality and Gender Statistics.
The Strategic Note (2017-2021) is fully aligned to the United Nations
Development Assistance Programme (UNDAP) II for Tanzania covering the
period 2016-2021, under UN Delivering as One.
UN
Women plans to expand its Women’s Economic Empowerment portfolio with a
focus on women smallholder farmers, traders and entrepreneurs with a
value chain approach in the context of a changing climate. Women’s
limited access to markets and productive resources including land,
finance, agricultural inputs and value addition will be addressed with
consideration of customary law and practices of land ownership
discriminating against women. On behalf of the UN system in Tanzania, UN
Women is leading the development of a Joint UN Program on Women’s
Economic Empowerment Through Agriculture in the Context of Climate
Change. The Country Office is also leading the WEE component of a Joint
UN Program on Realizing Gender Equality through Empowering Women and
Adolescent Girls in Tanzania. UN Women intends to hire an international
consultant with experience and knowledge in donor coordination for
resource mobilization purposes, and strong program design experience to
support the development of the program documents.
Under
the overall policy guidance and direction of the Representative and
direct supervision by the Deputy Representative, the international
consultant will support programming and resource mobilization efforts of
the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) portfolio, including: 1)
conducting and coordinating follow-up actions required to finalize the
development on the Joint UN Program on Realizing Gender Equality through
Empowering Women and Adolescent Girls in Tanzania; and 2) finalization
of the UN Joint Programme (UNJP) on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE)
Through Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA). To achieve the two key
deliverables, the consultant will be required to undertake needs
assessment missions, desk reviews, stakeholder and validation meetings,
revise the two program proposals, and participate in donor meetings, as
well as support overall WEE programming, planning, coordination and
management as relevant. The finalization of the two programs (Joint UN
Program on Realizing Gender Equality through Empowering Women and
Adolescent Girls in Tanzania; and the UNJP on Women Economic Empowerment
through Climate Smart-Agriculture) will be undertaken in close
partnership with respective participating UN agencies and donors and in
close consultation with UN coordination mechanisms, such as the UNDAP II
Outcome Area on Economic Growth and Employment and the UN Program
Management Team (PMT).
The consultants will also seek advice and inputs from UN Women policy advisors in the Regional Office and in Headquarters. S/He will also perform any other duties related to the consultancy , as requested by senior management.
The consultants will also seek advice and inputs from UN Women policy advisors in the Regional Office and in Headquarters. S/He will also perform any other duties related to the consultancy , as requested by senior management.
Job Title: International Consultant to Support Development of Programme Documents on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in Tanzania
Location : Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA Application Deadline : 16-Feb-19 (Midnight New York, USA)
Additional Category : Gender Equality
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : International Consultant
Languages Required : English
Duration of Initial Contract : 6months
Expected Duration of Assignment : 6months
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Master’s Degree or equivalent in International Development, Economics, Gender Studies, Political Sciences, Social Science, Public Administration, Business Administration or related field.
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Job Title: Consultant to Support Development of Programme Documents on Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) in Tanzania
Location : Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA
Application Deadline : 14-Feb-19 (Midnight New York, USA)
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : International Consultant
Languages Required : English
Starting Date :(date when the selected candidate is expected to start) 25-Feb-2019
Expected Duration of Assignment : Seven months
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
Master’s Degree or equivalent in International Development, Economics, Gender Studies, Political Sciences, Social Science, Public Administration, Business Administration or related field.
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