Consultant contractual Job at UN Women and other Companies

JOB DETAILS:
Background
Grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, UN Women 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 all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations System 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.

Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall supervision of the Programme Specialist Access to Justice at UN Women working closely with the Judiciary (the key implementing partner for this project), and Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) (development partner for this project), the consultant will:-

Phase 1: Desk review
• Review and reference relevant international, regional, and national instruments and laws respectively on VAWG and identify principles which should be integrated in the GBV Service Delivery Standards.
• Review literature on GBV service delivery standards in selected African countries and identify and adapt (where necessary) to inform GBV Service Delivery Standards across the justice chain for victims of GBV.
• Review the training aids for UPF, ODPP, Judiciary, DGAL on investigation, prosecution and adjudication of GBV cases against women and girls. Further relevant literature such as Guidelines for Handling and Submission of Forensic Exhibits for SGBV cases, SOPs for effective investigation of GBV and VAC cases, UPF Gender Policy and Strategy, Judiciary Gender Policy, JLOS Gender and Equity Strategy, Gender Bench Book and any other literature sourced by the consultant.

Phase 2: Stakeholders’ mapping
• Select the institutions that have a role to play in effective management of GBV cases against women and girls across the JLOS chain, ascertaining their responsibilities, breaking down these responsibilities into individual steps and attaching timelines or a quality criterion to each of the steps.

Phase 3: Data collection
• Conduct consultations with the representatives of the following institutions but not limited to:
o Government institutions: Judiciary, ODPP, UPF, DGAL, MGLSD, Access to Justice and Governance Secretariat; Uganda Prisons Service; selected high court judges, relevant representatives of UPF and Resident State Attorneys of Gulu who have participated in SGBV sessions.
o UN agencies - UN Women, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA.
• NGOs namely: CEDOVIP, UGANET, JCU, FIDA (U), and Uganda Law Society and selected women’s rights organisations.
• Hold focus group discussion with GBV survivors and witnesses

Phase 4: Report Writing
• Develop detailed and concrete service delivery standards and procedures for each institution covering all the steps towards delivering quality integrated justice services for victims of GBV and vulnerable women and girls. The timelines and standards for effective management of GBV cases against women and girls should cover the processes from investigation, prosecution, adjudication (including plea bargaining) to post-trial processes such as sentencing. Referral of victims to other services providers for comprehensive protection services should be covered as well. The standards should require justice actors to provide victims/survivors with full information in addition to making sure that non re-victimization, confidentiality, right of choice and safety are granted at all times. The standards should provide for oversight and regular monitoring and evaluation of the service delivery standards with indicators to track progress.

Phase 5: Validation
• Conduct a validation workshop and refine the service delivery standards.
• Submit a final report on the special service delivery standards with recommendations from the validation workshop for approval.
• Submit the final special service delivery standards
Duration of the consultancy and deliverables:
The consultancy is scheduled for 60 days according to the chronogram below.
S/N Tasks

Key Deliverables
I. Inception: Carry out desk review; design methodology and workplan (in Gantt chart format); and conduct inception meeting with UN Women, Judiciary and ADC. An INCEPTION REPORT on the content and methodology for development of the service delivery standards for GBV cases against women and girls, the inception report should provide information on the following:
• an understanding of the assignment,
• identify documentation to be reviewed and persons to be consulted.
• tools for review of documents and conducting consultations.
• workplan

ii. Desk review and stakeholder mapping
• Selecting the institutions that have a role to play in effective management of GBV cases against women and girls across the JLOS chain, ascertaining their responsibilities, breaking down these responsibilities into individual steps and attaching timelines or a quality criterion to each of the steps.
• Review relevant international, regional, and national instruments and laws respectively on VAWG and identify principles which should be integrated in the GBV Service Delivery Standards

• Review literature on GBV service delivery standards in selected African countries and identify and adapt (where necessary) to inform GBV Service Delivery Standards across the access to justice chain for victims of GBV and vulnerable women and girls. The literature review should provide information as service delivery systems and standards where they exist.

• Review the training aids for UPF, ODPP, Judiciary on investigation, prosecution and adjudication of GBV cases against women and girls. Further relevant literature such as Guidelines for Handling and Submission of Forensic Exhibits for SGBV cases, SOPs for effective investigation of GBV and VAC cases, UPF Gender Policy and Strategy, Judiciary Gender Policy, JLOS Gender and Equity Strategy, Gender Bench Books and any other literature sourced by the consultant.

Data collection
Conduct consultations with the representatives of the following institutions but not limited to:
• Government institutions: Judiciary, ODPP, UPF, MGLSD, Access to Justice and Governance Secretariat; Uganda Prisons Service; selected high court judges, relevant representatives of UPF and Resident State Attorneys of Gulu who have participated in SGBV sessions.
• JLOS Development Partners Group
• UN agencies - UN Women, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA; and
• NGOs namely: CEDOVIP, UGANET, JCU, FIDA (U), and Uganda Law Society and selected women’s rights organisations.
• Hold focus group discussion with GBV survivors
Desk review report. The desk-based report should highlight the following:
• GBV case management processes from entry to exit indicating gaps
• A list of institutions that have a role to play in effective management of GBV cases against women and girls across the JLOS chain indicating their responsibilities
• Principles from international, regional, and national legislation which should inform the service delivery standards
• Key features of the service delivery standards in other jurisdictions and identify those that can be replicated in the Ugandan context with justification.
• Lessons learned from other jurisdictions that are implementing the service delivery standards and how they can inform those to be adopted in Uganda.
• Findings from the consultations on what the service delivery standards should consist of and how to build on the existing system.

iii) Draft the service delivery standards for GBV cases against women and girls
Conduct a validation workshop to present the draft service delivery standards
Finalise the GBV service delivery standards
• Detailed and concrete service delivery standards and procedures for each institution covering all the steps towards delivering quality integrated justice services for victims of GBV and vulnerable women and girls.
• Presentation for Stakeholder validation workshop
• Final service delivery standards inputs from the validation workshop incorporated.

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
Functional Competencies
• Ability to create, edit, and present information in clear and appealing formats.
• Ability to manage data, documents, correspondences, and reports.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work well with diverse and multicultural supervisors and staff members.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
• Focuses on impact and results for partners and responds positively to feedback.

Required Skills and Experience
Education.
Master’s (or equivalent) or higher Degree in Criminal Justice, Law, Human Rights, Gender, International Relations or related field.

Experience:
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in developing legal or policy documents and in operationalized research on justice systems.
• Experience in developing mechanisms for monitoring compliance and ensuring accountability to set standards.
• Experience working with law enforcement on VAWG related issues would be an asset.
• Experience working on social norm change, survivor centered case management of VAWG, and VAC cases would be a distinct advantage.
• Working experience in/on the justice system of a developing country, specifically in sub-Saharan/East Africa would be an asset.
• Experience working with the Ugandan justice system would be an asset.
• Experience in conducting consultations with diverse stakeholders to elicit actionable information would be an asset; and lastly
• Ability to easily communicate with stakeholders from all social economic backgrounds.
• Knowledge of the Ugandan Gender, access to justice and VAW context would be an asset; and
• Experience working with the UN system would be an asset.

Language Requirements
• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential
• Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset;

BACKGROUND
International Justice Mission (IJM) is a global organization that protects people living in poverty from violence. IJM partners with local authorities in to combat modern-day slavery, violence against women and children, and other forms of abuse against people who are vulnerable. IJM works to rescue and restore victims, hold perpetrators accountable, and help strengthen public justice systems.
In 2004, IJM began operations in Uganda with offices in Kampala with a focus to protect widows from violent dispossession of their property. In 2012, we expanded our operations to Gulu, and later in 2017, we established a presence, in Fort Portal. IJM’s vision in Uganda is that vulnerable women and children are protected from violence by 2030.
To achieve this, IJM Uganda works to deter perpetrators of Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) by supporting the justice system to enforce the law and hold perpetrators to account while supporting survivors to undertake the justice journey. Additionally, IJM Uganda works to bolster preventive and response mechanisms through equipping local, religious, traditional, and cultural leaders and communities to protect women and children; strengthening the capacities of the essential service providers; and engaging and empowering survivor groups and leaders.

DESCRIPTION
Women and children across Uganda face a cycle of violence that follows them through every stage of their lives beginning with the threat of genital mutilation pre-puberty, to the threat of early marriages, the likelihood of violence within marriage and the possibility of dispossession of their land and property when widowed. According to the 2016 Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS), 51% of women aged 15-49 years have ever experienced physical violence. More than one in five (22%) women have ever experienced sexual violence in their lifetimes. Further, nearly 10% of girls aged 15-19 and close to 20% of women aged 20-24 reported ever experiencing sexual assault, with more than half of these women experiencing it in the year preceding the survey.
IJM Uganda’s response to violence against women and children is focused on three program outcomes, namely:
Justice system enforces the law by holding perpetrators of violence accountable
Survivors are protected, supported, and empowered to undertake the justice journey
The justice system is strengthened through capacity building interventions and strong data collection and that key actors are engaged in contributing towards justice being served.
In order to achieve these program outcomes, IJM Uganda is seeking to recruit a short-term consultant to lead the development of the national programs Advocacy, Communications, and Media Strategy.

Scope of Work
• In alignment with the IJM Advocacy Strategy Handbook and incorporating the SSIR Advocacy Assessment Framework conditions, develop a comprehensive review of the context, actors and environmental factors that offer opportunities and challenges to the protection of women and children.
• Identify levers of strategies and tactics that are available for building a strong advocacy strategy for the protection of women and children.
• Map out advocates, allies, and coalitions that can partner with IJM Uganda in championing the protection of women and girls from the grassroots to the grass tops.
• Review existing resources and strengths of the IJM Uganda program and identify new resources and capabilities that might be required to succeed.
• Develop key advocacy messaging on protection of women and children.
• Train IJM Uganda spokespersons to be effective carriers of the message of protection of women and children.
• Moderate an engaging and participatory 5-day workshop with key IJM Uganda staff and national survivor leaders drawing out ideas and experiences to be used in developing the Advocacy, Communications and Media Strategy.
• Develop a social media strategy as an annex to the communications strategy.
• Draft the Advocacy, Communications and Media Strategy and submit to IJM Uganda for review. Incorporate feedback, validate, and submit a final strategy document to the IJM Uganda Country Director.

Location: Kampala
Timeline: 3 months
Type of support provided: The consultant is accountable to the IJM Uganda Country Director. The day-to-day point of contact will be the Coordinator, Communications and Media in consultation with the Head of Programmes.

Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in mass communication, project management, international relations, journalism, law, social sciences and gender studies or a related field is required.
Experience: At least 8 years of relevant experience in communications, participatory community engagement or in a media / journalism role is required. The consultant will be required to demonstrate previous work developing communications, advocacy, and media strategies and /or leading national high impact campaigns.

Competencies, skills and knowledge:
• Ability to identify historic and current information and analyze key developments in violence against women and children in Uganda
• Ability to analyze data and condense it into simpler, easy-to-digest information/ comprehensible forms.
• Exceptionally strong research, analytical, writing, and editing skills are required.
• Knowledge of and experience working in gender dynamics, violence against women and children, traditional media and digital trends, and international human rights and familiarity with international human rights law; is highly desirable.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English are required; proficiency in other local languages is highly desirable.
• Ability to facilitate an engaging workshop in participatory action planning.
• Excellent understanding of the relevant stakeholders in the protection of women and children with a specific leaning towards the criminal justice system actors, community and religious leaders, traditional and cultural leaders, and mainstream and social media voices of influence.
• Good knowledge of a diverse range of cultures in Uganda, values, and traditions.
• Attention to detail, ability to deliver tasks on time with limited supervision
• Ability to work independently