Job title: Individual Consultant (national) to provide support for the implementation of activities within the Gender Programme portfolio

Duration and working schedule: From 15 September 2023 till 31 March 2024.

Application deadline: 28 August 2023

Scope of work:

Under the overall guidance of the Head of Office and direct supervision of the UNFPA Gender and Youth National Programme Analyst, the National consultant will be responsible to provide support to operational coordination and implementation of activities within the Gender and Youth programme portfolio focusing on the following:

• Strengthening multisectoral response mechanism to gender-based violence;
• Introduction of perpetrator programmes;
• Quality assessment of GBV services provided by two civil society organizations;
• Support in capacity building of the Office of Ombudsman in the area of gender equality, women’s rights and GBV prevention;
• Support to scaling up of social services to support women and girls – GBV survivors.

The work will be implemented in cooperation with international consultancies and will include the following:

Programmatic work:

• Assist in designing and organizing respective programmatic interventions and planning consultations, workshops and conference;
• Support in regular communication (formal and informal) and coordination with the national partners, international consultants, UNFPA Gender and Youth programme staff and other partners and interested stakeholders, with regard to the planned activities;
• Provide required information and materials to International consultants to support the desk work;
• Provide respective logistical support to support smooth implementation of the planned activities;
• Travel within Turkmenistan if required; possible travel within and outside the country for participation in relevant meetings.
• Support during the related programme evaluations, if any.

Administrative work:

• Maintain respective programme correspondence and communication;
• Maintain respective schedule of meetings and support all logistics arrangements and draft meeting minutes;
• Maintain respective filing system;
• Prepare respective routine correspondence, Note Verbales, memoranda etc.
• Assist in respective logistical organization of meetings, training and workshops.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Academic Requirements: University degree in social sciences, international relations, law, economics, development studies, gender/women’s studies or related fields. Advanced university degree will be an asset.

Experience:

• Minimum 4 years of progressive professional experience in the public or private sector in programme, administrative and operational project implementation. Prior experience in working with/or for international organizations is an advantage.
• Experience coordinating and liaising with government agencies and donors is an asset.

Languages: Fluency in English, Russian and Turkmen

Computer skills: Proficiency in current software applications

Other: Excellent communication skills, accuracy, ability to work in a team

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