Background:

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Description of Responsibilities/Scope of Work

The consultancies aim to provide technical support to GeLEAD to (a) mainstreaming WPS, the National Action Plan (NAP) and (b) sexual harassment into the Gender in Leadership and Management Curriculum (the Curriculum) under the Advanced Political Theory Progamme (APTP) of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

The successful performance of the incumbents is the expected to deliver the followings:

1.Capacity building for GeLEAD’s curriculum writers on WPS agenda, prevention of sexual harassment and NAP WPS

• Select GeLEAD’s 3 curriculum writers, a UN Women’s technical expert on WPS and prevention of sexual harassment to work jointly in the assignment.
• Choose and develop relevant documents to be translated into Vietnamese for use of reference for the curriculum reference.

2. Mainstreaming WPS agenda, prevention of sexual harassment and NAP into the Gender in Leadership and Management Manual of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

• Review the current curriculum on Gender in Leadership and Management to decide what and how WPS NAP and prevention of Sexual harassment should be included in each module.
• Design, review, and agree on the outlines of current four modules.
• Write the first draft of technical supporting material for 4 modules of the manual based on documents and technical supported by the WPS expert.
• Submit the first draft of the technical supporting material for the 4 modules of the manual for reviewed and consideration of the independent experts from HCMA/Vietnam. The review by HCMA independent experts can be organized after the curriculum is tested through 3-day trainings and it will be in 2026 according to HCMA’s training Programme update and publication schedule.
• Finalize the 4 draft of the technical supporting material for 4 modules of the manual.

3. Technical support GeLEAD to Design quizzes and end-course testing systems.

Provide techincial support to GeLEAD to design opened end-course test based on the new 4 modules.

4. Piloting and testing the supporting materials for modules.

• Organizing one three – day training to test the updated curriculum supporting materials.
• Organizing one day to test quizzes and end-course testing system supporting materials.
• Revising the supporting materials for the 4 modules of the curriculum and the quizzes and tests.

5. Capacity building for trainers

• Prepare a curriculum on WPS and NAP for trainers.
• Prepare a compulsory reading collection on WPS and NAP for trainers.
• Organize a 3-day TOT Training to test the new manual with the trainers of the course Gender in Leadership and Management from HCMA Head-quarters.

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

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Education and certification:

Team Leader: Senior National on Gender equality and Women Leadership to design the curriculum shall meet the following minimum requirements:

• Postgraduate degree (preferably PhD level) in social sciences such as political sciences, philosophy, public policy, development studies, gender and development, or related fields.
• Proven leadership and teamwork skills in a team of relevant technical experts
• At least 10 years of proven work experience in developing and carrying out training and capacity-building activities on gender and women’s leadership for leaders and managers in the public sector in Vietnam.
• Familiar with Gender equality, women empowerment, women, peace and security agenda (WPS) and national action plan (NAP) on WPS
• Proven command of written English and Vietnamese languages through published articles or reports on gender and women’s leadership.

Team Member #1:

• Postgraduate degree (preferably PhD level) in social sciences such as political sciences, philosophy, public policy, development studies, women and gender studies, or related fields.
• At least 5 years of proven work experience in designing training materials on gender and women’s leadership and in developing and carrying out training and capacity-building activities on gender and women’s leadership for leaders and managers in the public sector in Vietnam.
• Have training of trainer skills and/or public speaking
• Familiar with Gender equality, women empowerment, women, peace and security agenda (WPS) and national action plan (NAP) on WPS.
• Proven command of Vietnamese and English languages through published articles or reports on gender and women’s leadership.

Team Member #2:

• Postgraduate degree in social sciences such as political sciences, philosophy, public policy, development studies, women and gender studies, or related fields (preferably post graduate degree in Gender and Women’s studies).
• At least 5 years of proven work experience in designing training materials on gender and women’s leadership and in developing and carrying out training and capacity-building activities on gender and women’s leadership for leaders and managers in the public sector in Vietnam.
• Have coordination skills to coordinate with governmental agencies and entities.
• Have training of trainer skills and/or public speaking
• Familiar with Gender equality, women empowerment, women, peace and security agenda (WPS) and national action plan (NAP) on WPS.
• Proven command of Vietnamese and English languages through published articles or reports on gender and women’s leadership.

Statements :

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Diversity and inclusion:

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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements