UN Women : National Consultant for the Strengthening of the National Cluster for Disaster Management – Jakarta

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable / YEAR
  • Job type:
    CONTRACTOR
  • Posted:
    3 weeks ago
  • Category:
    Climate and Disaster Resilience, Humanitarian and Crisis Response
  • Deadline:
    10/02/2025

JOB DESCRIPTION

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.

Grounded on its four strategic priorities, UN Women is committed to empowering women and girls to contribute and have greater influence in building sustainable peace and resilience and benefit equally from the prevention of natural disasters, conflict, and humanitarian action. Globally, including in Indonesia, the impact of conflict, climate change, and natural disasters has disproportionately affected women and girls.

UN Women Indonesia is implementing a project entitled ‘Empowered Women for Sustainable Peace: Addressing the Peace-Humanitarian Nexus to Enhance Community Resilience in Indonesia’ project, or WE Nexus for short. The project activities started in June 2023 and will last until mid-2026, with funding from The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). The project aims to strengthen community resilience and reduce vulnerabilities in emergency and conflict-affected areas by addressing the humanitarian-development-peace nexus in the context of Indonesia. The WE NEXUS Project aims to achieve four Project Outcomes as follow: (a) National and/or local governments produce and use risk-informed, gender sensitive analysis of root causes and structural drivers of conflicts and positive factors for resilience (b) Women are able to influence and gain benefits from local policies, plans, and mechanisms that build resilience (c) Communities demonstrate commitment to advancing and implementing gender-responsive solutions/interventions/mechanisms to promote social cohesion, conflict prevention and resilience (d) Multi-stakeholder platform is established to promote capacity-sharing and knowledge to enhance collaboration between humanitarian, development, and peace actors at the national level, focusing on women’s leadership and participation in conflict prevention, emergency response and humanitarian action.

For the Outcome 4, with the support from WE NEXUS project, the Government of Indonesia managed to revise the disaster management cluster through the issuance of the Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB)) Decree number 308 of 2024, which was enacted on 24 September 2024. The Decree requires the establishment of Inter-cluster coordination that will be led by BNPB Deputy for Emergency Response Management. To enable BNPB in carrying out its function as inter-cluster coordinator, a small and agile Cluster Secretariat is needed, to initiate and support the agency in:

  1. setting up the achievement of common goals and prioritization,
  2. preparation of guidelines for the implementation of cluster activities,
  3. identification of actors that are involved in each cluster,
  4. identification of gaps and duplication of cluster activities,
  5. facilitating inter-cluster meetings, learning and evaluation of cluster implementation, and
  6. proper mainstreaming of cross-sectoral and thematic issues, especially on humanitarian development peace interlinkages, and sustainable resilience

In several meetings, BNPB has expressed the need for support for the Secretariat of the National Cluster. Therefore, an individual consultant is needed to initiate the work of the Secretariat of the National Cluster, which would be quickly handed over to BNPB for continuation and further improvement of the Secretariat.  The consultant will facilitate cross-sectoral dialogue between government line ministries and other stakeholders, and support knowledge exchange on women’s empowerment, which will contribute to Outcome 4 achievements of the WE Nexus project.

Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work

Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance and supervision of the Project Coordination Analyst UN Women and the Humanitarian Affairs Analyst UN OCHA as the lead UN Agency for the advocacy of Outcome 4, and with the close consultation with BNPB, the Consultant will undertake the following tasks:

  • Initiate the development of the Secretariat of National and Facilitate Inter-Cluster Meetings within the National Cluster for Disaster Management
  1. Design the mapping of 3W (who does what and where) actors based on sub-clusters, working groups and themes, which would be agreed upon by BNPB.
  2. Facilitate regular inter-cluster meetings starting from preparation, meeting agenda development, invitation, participants confirmation, draft minutes of the meeting, and follow-up actions
  3. Facilitate the sensitization of the National Cluster for BPBDs and key actors at the sub-national level
  4. Prepare information management products, with disaggregated data whenever available.
  5. Prepare draft of Annual Report of the Cluster of Disaster Management 2025, describing achievements, ongoing initiatives, challenges and lessons
  • Facilitate the partnership between BNPB and the National Agency for the Counter-Terrorism (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Terorisme (BNPT))
  1. Support the coordination between BNPB and BNPT in regard to the implementation of UN Women Research on ‘Gender and Terorism Financing from the Lens of Humanitarian Development Peace (HDP) Nexus’ and Interoperability of Disaster Risk Data on InaRisk to IK-Hub Terrorist Case Mapping
  2. Facilitate workshop between BNPB and BNPT on the Development of Technical Guidelines on the Misused of Humanitarian Aid for Terorism Financing.

Scope of Work

Deliverable 1 Develop Initial Draft on 3W Mapping, Workplan and Timeline of the National Cluster for Disaster Management 

  1. Develop initial draft of 3W Mapping Cluster Secretariat workplan and timeline, based on discussion with OCHA, UN Women and key cluster supporters. For the development of 3W Mapping, coordinate with the BNPB Volunteer Desk.
  2. Revised the draft by accommodating feedback from BNPB as the Inter-Cluster Coordinator and other key stakeholders
  3. Finalize the draft of 3W Mapping, Workplan and Timeline
  4. Prepare infographics based on available 3W data, by using updated Government data (i.e. latest geographic map, political boundaries, P-code, etc)
  5. Prepare infographics based on available 3W data, by using updated Government data (i.e. latest geographic map, political boundaries, P-code, etc)

Deliverable 2: Facilitate Quarterly Inter-Cluster meeting and Disaster Management Cluster sensitization for BPBDs and key actors at sub-national level (East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, and Central Sulawesi)

  1. Develop ToR for the Quarterly Meeting for the National Cluster for Disaster Management and activities for the sensitization of the National Cluster for Disaster Management
  2. Support the technical preparation with BNPB i.e. finalizing and meeting invitation, seek for participants confirmation
  3. Prepare the draft minutes of the meeting
  4. Monitoring the implementation of meeting action point and report it to BNPB, UN Women and UN OCHA

Deliverable 3: Facilitate the partnership between BNPB and the National Agency for the Counter-Terrorism (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Terorisme (BNPT))

  1. Participate and take notes on the BNPB and BNPT coordination meeting for the development of research on ‘Gender and Terorism Financing from the Lens of Humanitarian Development Peace (HDP) Nexus’ and development of Interoperability of Disaster Risk Data on InaRisk to IK-Hub Terrorist Case Mapping
  2. Connect the working level of BNPB and BNPT to implement the the implementation of UN Women Research on ‘Gender and Terorism Financing from the Lens of Humanitarian Development Peace (HDP) Nexus’ and Interoperability of Disaster Risk Data on InaRisk to IK-Hub Terrorist Case Mapping
  3. Develop ToR for the Workshop of BNPB and BNPT on the Development of Technical Guidelines on the Misused of Humanitarian Aid for Terorism Financing
Deliverable Expected completion time (due day)
Deliverable 1

Develop Initial Draft on 3W Mapping, Workplan and Timeline of the National Cluster for Disaster Management

1 May 2025
Deliverable 2

Facilitate Quarterly Inter-Cluster meeting and Disaster Management Cluster sensitization for BPBDs and key actors at sub-national level (East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, and Central Sulawesi)

1 July 2025
Deliverable 3

Facilitate the partnership between BNPB and the National Agency for the Counter-Terrorism (Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Terorisme (BNPT))

1 September 2025

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is an office-based consultancy. The consultant will mostly perform his/her task from BNPB and UN Women / OCHA offices.

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:

  • Knowledge and technical credibility in the area of disaster management, social conflict, prevention of extremism/deradicalization, gender equality.
  • Partnerships and stakeholder engagement
  • Information management skills
  • Strong analytical skill

Education:

  • Master’s degree in international development, Social Studies, Gender Studies, Geography, Data Science, or a related field is required.
  • A first-level university degree in combination with 2 additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

  • At least 10 years (for master’s degree) and 12 years (for bachelor’s degree) of progressively responsible work experience in multi-stakeholder coordination, data and information management, and working with Government in its premises.
  • Experience in developing annual workplan with wide-range consultation with key stakeholders.
  • Experience in disaster management, humanitarian coordination, or related fields, preferably with a focus on inter-cluster coordination or multi-agency coordination is an asset;
  • Demonstrated experience working with national governments, UN agencies, and other international organizations, especially in the context of disaster response or risk reduction is an asset;
  • Excellent analytical skills with a strong drive for results and capacity to work independently
  • Excellent communication and writing skills; (Samples of previous work will be required.)

Languages:

  • Fluency in English and Bahasa are required.

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.)

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements