Background:

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 UN Women Training Centre (TC) in NY/HQ is dedicated to supporting the UN and other stakeholders to realize commitments to gender equality, women’s empowerment and women’s rights through transformative training and learning. The gender capacity-development programmes range from basic and introductory levels to specialized and advanced levels for diverse audiences with different backgrounds. In terms of capacity-development strategies and techniques, the TC makes maximum use of on-line training techniques, paying special attention to e-learning courses and an active learning approach.

Toward this end, the Training Centre launched the UN Women Training Centre eLearning Campus in September 2014.

The eLearning Campus is an online learning platform based on Moodle and WordPress that allows interactive, experiential, innovative and collaborative learning on gender equality and women’s empowerment. It is the foundation upon which the UN Women Training Centre can effectively function by hosting training courses, products and tools in addition to enhancing the availability, accessibility, outreach and usage of training resources on UN Women priority areas. The eLearning Campus also supports monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on results of the Training Centre and facilitates coordination with partners globally and regionally to ensure quality and effectiveness of the Training Centre’s training services and products, as well as an eCommerce function to process enrolments and payments.

The objective of this consultancy is to ensure the maintenance, smooth management and development of the eLearning Campus. The eLearning Campus consultant will support current Moodle and WordPress deployments and add new features and keep the platform up to date. The consultant will also support platform backups and security updates as needed.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience consulting with peer-review groups, conceptualizing and developing creative solutions.

In this regard, the consultant is expected to assist in the management and improvement of the e-Learning Campus and ensure the smooth and correct functioning of online courses within the framework of the Training Centre TfGE principles and guidelines, working together with the eLearning Analyst.

The consultant will be reporting to eLearning Communications Analyst, and will be supported by the Programme Associate, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.

Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work

• Support the development, packaging and implementation of online training courses and materials, including application of new technologies to the development of online courses and materials in collaboration with UN Women staff and webmasters.
• Provide pedagogical and technical assistance to on-line tutors, in coordination with the eLearning Analyst and the course manager.
• Upgrade and maintenance of Moodle and WordPress, as well as the eCommerce function, to comply with the UN Women InfoSec standards.
• Support the development, packaging and implementation of online training courses and materials, including application of new technologies to the development of online courses and materials in collaboration with UN Women staff, vendors and hosting provider.
• Support the monitoring and evaluation of courses and tools, by implementing TC evaluation tools and processes; maintenance of the Campus database reports as necessary.
• Review and modify as needed the eLearning Campus to ensure it responds to TC approaches, including improvement of texts and sections.
• Test SCORM packages.
• Reply basic helpdesk tickets.
• Take ownership of select high-profile, mission critical tools and services.
• Perform other duties and tasks as needed.

Deliverables:

• eLearning Campus PHP, Moodle WordPress and plugins updated, including Woocommerce
• Enrolments and payments of courses correctly processed.
• Course facilitators effectively assisted.
• LMS and CMS contents updated.
• SCORM files tested
• Basic helpdesk tickets responded

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is a home-based consultancy.

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.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework:

Functional Competencies:

• Excellent writing and communications abilities.
• Demonstrates use of initiative and ability to make appropriate linkages in work requirements.
• Able to work virtually, using communication technologies.
• Ability to plan, organize, implement and report on work with attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills.

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:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

Education and Certification:

• Masters or equivalent in Information technology, Educational Technology or E-Learning.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Three years of experience in management of LMS/CMS and design of eLearning materials and courses (Moodle, WordPress, Drupal, Woocommerce, Stripe and Storyline preferable).
• Extensive hands-on experience of supporting and developing web-based applications in PHP and various frameworks.
• Ability to manage and implement front end/server-side infrastructure including web markup (e.g. HTML5 and CSS3), AJAX, JavaScript and PHP.
• MySQL and writing complex SQL queries.
• Experience with UN System is desirable.
• Experience in gender and development is highly desirable.

Languages:

• Fluency in oral and written English is required.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements