Background
Over the past years, UN Women has provided support to national and local stakeholders in strengthening democratic governance and advancing women’s rights through initiatives aimed at mainstreaming gender in policy planning and budgeting. Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) has been identified as important tool for advancing gender equality in key national policy documents on social inclusion and gender equality in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM). In Macedonia, the Law on Equal opportunities between women and men (2012), Article 11 (3) obliges state authorities in the framework of their strategic plans and budgets to incorporate the principle of equal opportunities of women and men; to follow the effects and impact of their programs on women and men and report in the framework of their annual reports. The Government Strategy for incorporation of GRB 2012-2017 on the other hand obliges line Ministries to select programs for gender budget analysis and produce recommendations and indicators to improve their gender responsiveness.
Duties and Responsibilities
Working under the supervision of the UN Women National Project Coordinator on GRB in FYR Macedonia and the International Expert, the National consulatnt will be responsible for the following:
1) Conduct gender analysis of the monitoring and evaluation system available at MAFWM on implementation of the NPRD, IPARD and subsidy schemes;
2) In cooperation with the international expert develop recommendations on how to increase the gender responsiveness of monitoring and evaluation systems for the NPRD, IPARD and subsidy schemes;
3) Deliver training session focused on mainstreaming gender in monitoring and evaluation for civil servants working with the NPRD, IPARD and direct payments;
4) Present the findings of the analysis to high-level officials of the MAFWM and at a roundtable organised by MAFWM and UN Women on the occassion of International Day of Rural Women on the 17 October 2013.
Required Skills and Experience
Qualifications Education
- Advanced degree in economics, international law, development studies, and/or gender studies and/or international relations, or similar. Masters or PhD would be an advantage.
Experience
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience;
- Recognised expertise and experience in mainstreaming gender in monitoring and evaluation systems;
- Experience in producing substantive gender analysis and assessments of monitoring and evaluation systems for Governments and/or International organisations;
- Knowledge of relevant government policies, status of women and gender equality would be an asset;
- Ability to work in a team and independently;
- Strong analytical, writing and communication skills in Macedonian and English;
- Good computer skills in Windows environment, knowledge of internet communications and command of MS Office applications (Power Point, Word, Excel).
Application Deadline : 10-Mar-13
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