[Hiring] National Consultant on Gender Economics @United Nations Development Programme

Role Description

UN Women Country Office in Georgia seeks to engage a local consultant to support activities on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, including work on the care economy and pay equity. The consultant will be reporting to UN Women Programme Analyst and Project Analyst and will be supported by UN Women Project Assistant, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences, Economics, Gender/Women’s studies, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with seven (7) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Requirements

• At least 5 years in case of Master’s or 7 years (Bachelor’s degree) of professional experience in gender economics, care economy, pay equity and other related fields.
• Sound understanding and technical knowledge of statistics including familiarity with key statistical concepts, techniques, and methodologies used in data analysis.
• Proven track record of working with data analytics tools, with experience in data analysis, and visualization.
• Experience in conducting training sessions.
• Prior experience in developing tools for gender statistics and indicators will be considered a distinct advantage.
• Prior experience in conducting tasks similar to the ones outlined in this ToR with UN/EU agencies in Georgia will be considered a distinct advantage.
• Fluency in English and Georgian is required.

Benefits

• This is a home-based consultancy, no travel is required outside Tbilisi.
• Up to 20 working days, payment will be proceeded upon submission of deliverables.

Company Description

UN Women exists to advance women’s rights, gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. As the lead UN entity on gender equality and secretariat of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, we shift laws, institutions, social behaviours and services to close the gender gap and build an equal world for all women and girls.

• UN Women supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality.
• It stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on five priority areas:
• Increasing women’s leadership and participation.
• Ending violence against women.
• Engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes.
• Enhancing women’s economic empowerment.
• Making gender equality central to national development planning and budgeting.
• UN Women coordinates and promotes the UN system’s work in advancing gender equality.