International Consultant on Gender Responsive Security Sector Reform

Background

UN Women (UNW) 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 center of all of its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations systems efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

Over the past years, and in response to the need for increased accountability for implementation of gender equality commitments policies and financing decisions related to aid and domestic resources, UN Women played an active role with all its partners, to ensure that gender equality is mainstreamed in strategies, programmes and action plans. Moreover, UN Women is leading the global efforts related to women, peace and security (WPS) agenda.

One of the key areas of work for UN Women country office for Jordan is supporting Jordanian National Commission for Women (JNCW) and other government stakeholders in the security sector in the implementation of the Jordanian National Action Plan on UNSCR 1325 (JONAP), which was endorsed by the prime minister and the cabinet in December 2017 and formally launched it in a ceremony in March 2018. There were also extensive discussions during 2018 between UN Women, government and international partners on additional funding required for JONAP full implementation. As a result, a pooled fund mechanism was established in partnership between UN Women and the Government with support of Canada, Finland, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom[1].

The JONAP is based around four strategic goals, aiming to increase; (1) gender responsiveness and meaningful participation and leadership of women in the security sector and in peace operations, (2) participation of women in Prevention of Violent Extremism and in peacemaking, (3) gender sensitive services to refugee and Jordanian women, and (4) recognition of the benefits of gender equality and the role of women in Peace and Security.

As part of supporting JONAP’s implementation UN Women has been working with national Security Sector agencies to support gender mainstreaming in security sector reform. All four security sector agencies – Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF); General Directorate of Civil Defence (CDD), Public Security Directorate (PSD), and General Directorate of the Gendarmerie have finalized the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and are in the process of approving the Work Plans. MOUs will be signed with UN Women for setting the framework for partnership for JONAP implementation. This is significant step towards contributing to increase the number of women in peacekeeping police/military contingents through concrete support to JAF’s Directorate for Women and Military Affairs and Peacekeeping Operation Training Center, to Gendarmerie Women’s Unit, to Public Security Directorate Women’s Unit and Peacekeeping Operation Training Center.  UN Women will continue to provide technical expertise and support to relevant departments of all security sector institutions in strengthening institutional capacity development on women, peace and security issues and gender responsive security sector reform; and support in implementation of JONAP Strategic Goal 1: Achieve gender-responsiveness and meaningful participation of women in the security sector and in peace operations. The further work will be focused to finalize the annual work plans and then implement their activities. 

UN Women continues work with JNCW and security sector agencies in Jordan towards implementation of the JONAP on a national level and is recruiting an international consultant to provide further technical support and capacity building to all security sector agencies to enhance capacity for gender responsive security sector reform in line with JONAP.  

Objective of this Assignment

The main objectives of this assignment are to support security sector agencies to strengthen their institutional capacity, and enhance skills, knowledge and attitudes to mainstream gender and to implement the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in security sector reform. The consultant has to work in close cooperation with the UN Women, its Institutional Capacity Building Specialist and all four security sector agencies in Jordan.    

  Duration

The duration of this assignment is estimated to be 200 working days within a period of 24 months between June 2019-July 2021. The contract will be managed in accordance to the UN Women applicable human resource procedures and general terms and conditions. 

[1] The pooled fund mechanism was approved for the period of 2018-2021.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of UN Women’s Country Representative, and the direct supervision of the Programme Management Specialist, and the Institutional Capacity Building Specialist the Consultant will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Develop work plan for the assignment, including the proposed approach, the specific activities and timeline and get approval from UN Women.
2. Conduct the initial consultations and strategic meetings with all security sector agencies- Jordanian Armed Forces; General Directorate of Civil Defence, Public Security Directorate, and General Directorate of the Gendarmerie. Especially with the heads of relevant departments, and gender focal points. He/she will introduce the approved work plan by UN Women and agree on the next steps
3. Provide capacity building sessions on gender mainstreaming and UN SCR 1325 for the high ranked military officials from security sector agencies, such as heads of departments, and to the female and male staff on leading positions (in total 4 sessions)
4. Provide technical assistance to the Jordanian Armed Forces; General Directorate of Civil Defence, Public Security Directorate, and General Directorate of the Gendarmerie to implement the gender related work plans and mainstream the gender into their internal policies and procedures, including revision of the strategic papers, ToRs for gender advisors, operational policies and procedures
5. Plan and conduct the trainings needs assessment of the representatives of different departments in all four security sector agencies to define the learning needs in gender and security related issues
6. Design the capacity building plan for all security sector agencies based on the results of trainings needs assessment in close cooperation with UN Women, PSD, JAF, CDD, and Gendarmerie
7. Provide four capacity building trainings for the different representatives of all four security sector agencies in gender mainstreaming, on women, peace and security, conflict-related sexual violence in particular in the context of military operations and Gender-based Violence. One training will be conducted in each agency
8. Conduct the Training of Trainers (ToT) Course for GFPs and gender advisors, in total four ToTs, one course will be conducted per agency, including PSD, JAF, CDD, and Gendarmerie
9. Conduct four gender responsive pre-deployment training for peacekeeping operations.  One training will be conducted in each agency
10. Provide regular follow-up and coaching to GFPs from all security sector agencies both remotely and at least 12 times in person in Amman Jordan during 2019-2021
11. Design four gender and security sector training modules based on the results of the capacity assessment of the and submit for UN Women’s feedback and endorsement. The content of the module has to be agreed with the respective security sector agency. Each agency has to have one specially designed gender and security sector training module.
12. Adjust draft modules based on the feedback from UN Women. The training module should consist of the following minimum elements:
    • Course outline and agenda;
    • Training methodology;
    • Presentation slides with visuals, infographics, charts, maps, including notes for each slide;
    • Case studies and small groups exercises with handouts;
    • Background reading;
    • Pre and post-tests to assess progress of participants’ skills and knowledge before and after trainings.
13. Contribute to the annual conferences as a resource person JONAP implementation, which will be planned and organized by JNCW and UN Women; in total two to three conferences will be conducted.
14. Support and provide technical assistance to organize the international missions, and study visits for security sector agencies. This task will include drafting the concept notes, agendas and discussing the content of the visits with host security and training institutions  
15. Liaise on an ongoing basis with UN Women, and four security sector agencies and provide advice to UN Women and partners as needed
16. Work closely with the national partners to ensure their effective engagement in the execution of the assignment.
17. Submit final report with recommendations for further strengthening the institutionalization of gender mainstreaming in security sector on national level.

Deliverables:

• Monthly time-sheets and brief progress reports about implemented activities and achieved results with supporting documents (summary of strategic meetings, training reports, other materials) submitted. (by 5th of each month, up to 195 working days)- by 1 July 2021.
• Final report about the progress and achievements, lessons learnt, and recommendations submitted (up to 5 working days)- by 25 July 2021.

All monthly reports and final report should be submitted in English language.

The Consultant is expected to work from home and conduct at least 12 visits to Jordan as will be defined and approved in the work plan. He/she may access the UN Women office in Amman for printing of relevant documents.

The Consultant will be provided with UN Women’s programme related necessary materials and strategic guidance by UN Women during the implementation of the assignment. 

Duration and duty station for the assignment 

The duration of the assignment will be 24 months from June 2019-July 2021. This will be home based consultancy with 12 travels in Amman, Jordan. The contract will be managed in accordance to the UN Women applicable human resource procedures and general terms and conditions.

Competencies

          Core values;

• Integrity: Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct.
• Professionalism: Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the pertinent substantive areas of work.
• Respect for Diversity: Demonstrate an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrate an international outlook, appreciating difference in values and learning from cultural diversity.

          Functional Competencies:

• Excellent knowledge of PVE and women, peace and security issues
• Strong knowledge of Arab region
• Excellent networking skills
• Ability to advocate and provide policy advice
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to write policy papers, speeches, briefings

          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: 

• http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf

Required Skills and Experience

Education

A first level university degree or above in Law, Political Sciences, Governance, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Public Administration, International Relations, International Law, Public Policy, or related fields. A degree from a military staff/war college is strongly preferred

Experience:

• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience at an international level in the formulation, designing, implementation and facilitating military-related training;
• Experience in training on women, peace and security and conflict-related sexual violence in particular in the context of military operations and military staff responsibilities;
• Demonstrated knowledge of mandates and role of UN Peacekeeping operations on preventing conflict-related sexual violence and promoting gender equality;
• Demonstrated experience in supporting similar kinds of capacity building exercises with proven experience in providing technical support with a facilitation role;
• Institutional knowledge of the UN and UN Women would be an asset;

Language Requirements:

• Fluent spoken and written English (Arabic is an asset).

Fees and Schedule of Payments

The position will be remunerated based on a daily rate.The successful candidate will receive his/her payment based on satisfactory services and deliverable in accordance with the ToR and a time sheet duly approved by the supervisor.

The candidate’s application must include:

• UN Women Personal History (P-11) form, that can be downloaded from: http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment.