National Consultant to Conduct the Development of the Methodology for the Assessment of Hazardous Occupations for Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers in Georgia in Line with International Guidance

Background

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (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 center of all its efforts, the UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality are translated into action throughout the world. It provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts while building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.

UN Women Georgia is implementing Women’s Economic Empowerment in the South Caucasus (WEESC) Project with funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC). The overarching goal/impact of the project is to ensure that women, particularly the poor and socially excluded, in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia are economically empowered and participate in relevant decision-making.

Within the scope of the UN Women, provides the technical assistance to the Ministry of the Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and the Social Affairs of Georgia (hereafter the Ministry Responsible for Labour) in developing the methodology for the assessment of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers. Georgia has adopted the new Occupational Health and Safety Law in 2018 and Article 5.7 prohibits the employers to assign the pregnant women and nursing mothers any work that is hazardous or poses the significant risk to the health of the mother or child. The final list of occupations should be defined by the Ministry Responsible for Labour in consultation with the social partners. It is against this background that UN Women Georgia seeks to engage a national consultant to work in collaboration with an international consultant to:

• Develop the methodology/framework for the assessment of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers in line with international standards and good practices, in partnership with the Ministry Responsible for Labour and the social partners;
• Develop an indicative list of hazardous occupations for pregnant women in partnership with the Ministry Responsible for Labour and the social partners; 
• Train labour inspectors at the Ministry of Responsible for Labour on the methodology for assessment.\

The national consultant will work in close collaboration with an international consultant in the course of this assignment. Both consultants will work closely with the UN Women team as well as the Ministry Responsible for Labour, the   Georgian Trade Unions Federation and the Georgian Employers Association.

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities of the National Consultant are:

• Based on a draft provided by the international consultant, finalize the detailed workplan for the implementation of the assignment in consultation with the Ministry Responsible for Labour and UN Women;
• To support the international consultant to develop a detailed outline of the international guidelines and methodology for the assessment of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers;
• To develop a review of national guidelines/legal frameworks to be considered for this assignment based on the overview of international guidelines developed by the international consultant;
• Based on the framework methodology for the assessment of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers developed by the international consultant, develop the list of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers;
• To conduct the consultations with the ILO constituents – Ministry Responsible for Labour, Trade Unions and the Employers Association on methodology and list of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers;
• To develop the training content for labour inspectors at the Ministry Responsible for Labour on the methodology for assessment with inputs from the international consultant;
• To deliver the training for labour inspectors at the Ministry Responsible for Labour on the methodology for assessment with inputs from the international consultant.

Deliverables:

• Finalize the detailed workplan developed by the international consultant in consultation with the Ministry Responsible for Labour and UN Women including the detailed outline of the international guidelines and methodology for the assessment of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers (2 working days, home based, June 26, 2019);
• Provide inputs to the overview of the international guidelines applicable to Georgia and to methodology for the assessment of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers (1 working day, home based, July 13, 2019);
• Provide a report reviewing the national guidelines/legal frameworks to be considered for this assignment based on the overview of international guidelines developed by the international consultant (3 working days, home based, July 13, 2019);
• Develop the first draft list of the hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers based on the framework methodology for the assessment of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers developed by the international consultant (2 working days, home based, July 14, 2019);
• Report on the consultations conducted with the ILO constituents – Ministry Responsible for Labour, Trade Unions and the Employers Association on methodology and list of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers (3 working days, home based, July 30, 2019);
• Updated methodology for the assessment of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers, the list of occupations and training materials based on inputs of the ILO constituents (2 working days, Tbilisi, Georgia, July 30, 2019);
• Develop the training programme concept and objectives of each module (1 working day, home based, September 1, 2019);
• Develop training modules for a 2-day training on the updated methodology and the list of hazardous occupations for pregnant women and nursing mothers (4 working days, home based, September 10, 2019);
• Trainings delivered to labour Inspectors, the other relevant staff of the ILO constituents (2 working days in the venue close to Tbilisi; October 20, 2019).

Competencies

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: 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:

• Master’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Human rights, Labour law or another relevant field.
• Certified trainings from the UN Women and/or the ILO training centers on the gender mainstreaming in labor rights and / or the assessment of the hazardous work are the asset;

Experience: 

• At least 2 years of work experience in the field of gender mainstreaming in labour protection and / or developing the legal frameworks for the occupational framework;
• At least 3 years of work experience in assessing the labour protection frameworks’ compliance to ILO Standards;
• Demonstrated previous experience of conducting the training on labour rights, women’s work and / or the occupation safety;

Language:

• Fluency in English and Georgian.

Evaluation procedure:

The candidates will be evaluated against the following technical and financial criteria:

• Master’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety, Human rights, Labour law or another relevant field; (50 points);
• At least 2 years of work experience in the field of gender mainstreaming in labour protection and / or developing the legal frameworks for the occupational framework; (100 points);
• At least 3 years of work experience in assessing the labour protection frameworks’ compliance to ILO Standards; (50 points);
• Demonstrated previous experience of conducting the training on labour rights, women’s work and / or the occupation safety; (100 points);
• Fluency in English and Georgian; (50 points).

Maximum total technical score amounts to 350 points. Only candidates who have passed over the minimum qualification criteria and have accumulated at least 245 points out of maximum 350 under technical evaluation will qualify for the next stage i.e. evaluation of their financial proposals.

Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 150

S – score received on financial evaluation;

Fmin – the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round;

F – financial offer under consideration.

The winning candidate will be the candidate, who has accumulated the highest aggregated score (technical scoring + financial scoring).

Management arrangements:

The contractor will report to and work under direct supervision of the UN Women Programme Specialist and the Project Analyst and overall guidance of UN Women Deputy Country Representative and UN Women Georgia Country Representative.

Financial arrangements:

Payment will be disbursed upon submission and approval of deliverables and certification by UN Women National Programme Officer that the services have been satisfactorily performed as specified below:

• Deliverable 1, 2, 3, 4 (8 working days) – 40%;
• Deliverables 5-9 (12 working days) – 60%

Application submission package:

• CV;
• Duly filled Personal History Form PHF11 that can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/en/about-us/employment
• Financial Proposal - lump sum proposal/offer* in GEL  (including breakdown of this lump sum amount, indicating all necessary costs to complete this assignment).

*The applicants are required to submit an aggregated financial offer: “aggregated financial offer” is the total sum of all financial claims of the candidate for accomplishment of all tasks spelled out in this ToR. Travel costs (ticket, DSA etc.)  should not be included and will be paid for separately by UN Women.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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