UN Women – the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women has been created to speed up the process of meeting the needs of women and girls across the world. As a part of the UN reform agenda, it brings together resources and mandates which will subsequently have a lasting impact on the whole community.
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.
The programming of UN Women Programme Office in Tajikistan includes support to the Government, civil society organizations, and other partners in the development and implementation of innovative approaches aimed at achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment. In Tajikistan, UN Women supports efforts of the national partners and UN agencies in the implementation of gender equality commitments in compliance with international standards, the UN human rights conventions, resolutions, and agreements ratified by the Republic of Tajikistan. It provides strong and coherent expert and technical support to the implementation of gender equality’s priorities in national and UN efforts and building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. It strengthens coordination on gender equality and women’s empowerment programming, enhancing cooperation in a framework of the Agenda for Sustainable Development 2030.
Focusing on five strategic priorities, UN Women Programme Office in Tajikistan is implementing a wide range of projects focused on strengthening global norms and standards, increasing women’s leadership and political participation, enhancing women’s economic empowerment, ending violence against women, engagement of women in all aspects of peace and security processes and Humanitarian Action.
For the purpose of supporting the UN Women extensive portfolio in making visible the multitude of actions implemented in partnership with government and CSOs counterparts, as well as communicating clearly and actively about all the results achieved for women and girls, UN Women in Tajikistan is seeking to engage a National Communications Consultant to support the implementation of visibility and communications activities, including events, campaigns and development of knowledge products in the area covered by UN Women in Tajikistan.
Goals and objectives
The main goal of this assignment is to support the UN Women Programme Office in promoting its mandate through effective outreach, to raise awareness of the key stakeholders, target audience and donor community on the mandate, strategic goals, and activities of UN Women in Tajikistan. The Consultant will work in close collaboration with programme staff to exchange information and ensure consistent service delivery. The Consultant will assist the team with its responsibilities relating to the communications.
Learning objectives:
Under the direct supervision and coordination of the Portfolio Coordinator of UN Women Programme Office in Tajikistan, the National Communications Consultant will be responsible for the following, but not limited to:
The job performance of the National Communications Consultant will be monitored and evaluated by the Portfolio Coordinator of UN Women Tajikistan.
Core Values:
Core Competencies:
Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf
Functional Competencies:
Education:
Working Experience:
Knowledge of languages:
Application Process
The application MUST include:
Important! Applicants should sign all three (3) documents and compile in one (1) file and upload it, because the system accepts only one (1) file.
Candidates should have the ability to quickly produce degree certificates and medical certification (statement of good health) in case if they will be short-listed.