NATIONAL CONSULTANT FOR A GENDER AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST

NATIONAL CONSULTANT FOR A GENDER AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Procurement Process

IC - Individual contractor

Office

UNDP-SWZ - SWAZILAND

Deadline

09-May-25 @ 10:59 AM (New York time)

Published on

01-May-25 @ 12:00 AM (New York time)

Reference Number

UNDP-SWZ-00155-3

Contact

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Introduction

Country: Eswatini

Description of the Assignment:

Under the supervision of the UNDP Environment Team Lead, and in close collaboration with the Project preparatory Lead, the consultant will undertake the following tasks:

The Gender and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist will develop mandatory project Annexes related to application of social and environmental safeguards and support adherence of project development to UNDP’s Gender Analysis and Gender Mainstreaming Plan and specific requirements, as appropriate. The consultant will be a gender and stakeholder engagement expert with experience in-depth gender analysis and stakeholder engagement.

The scope of work entails:

I. Preparatory Technical Studies and Reviews (Component A): Prepare inputs and support the required analyses/studies, as agreed with the GEF PPG Team Leader, including:

· Support/Participate in the Inception Workshop;

· Support Team leader and SES expert to conduct stakeholder consultations;

· Prepare the gender analysis and action plan and work closely with the GEF PPG Team Leader to ensure its findings are meaningfully integrated into the project’s strategy, theory of change and results framework;

· Advise on gender responsive stakeholder analysis and consultations and ensure that they are complete and comprehensive; and

· Support the completion of any additional studies that are determined to be needed for the preparation of the ProDoc and all other final outputs as guided by the PPG Team Leader.

· In collaboration with the International Social and Environmental Safeguards Specialist, assess presence of Indigenous Peoples/ethnic minorities within project landscapes and their interests. If present, assess potential impacts of the project on rights and interests, lands, territories, resources, and traditional livelihoods and determine when FPIC applies in accordance with national contexts and preferences. Carry out consultations with communities at demonstration landscape to assess level of understanding and capacity to give consent, and identify community preferences for FPIC process. Based on these assessments, and if relevant, integrate relevant matters as needed including FPIC into project design and into the comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement Plan;

II. Formulation of the ProDoc, CEO Endorsement Request and Mandatory Annexes as well as project specific annexes (Component B):

· Prepare the Gender Mainstreaming Plan, with appropriate budget and identification of appropriate project interventions to ensure gender mainstreaming including at project demonstration sites;

· Using the findings from the gender analysis, provide inputs to the project’s results framework and theory of change; ensure gender considerations are integrated into the project’s theory of change;

· Provide inputs for the development of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan to ensure it is Socially Inclusive and Gender Responsive;

· Prepare the Gender Action Plan and Budget;

· Support the agreements on project management arrangements and ensure that gender considerations are adequately incorporated into these arrangements.

· Complete the Stakeholder Engagement plan, based on assessments undertaken during Component A and detailed development of project interventions, and identify management measures to mitigate risks to be incorporated into the ProDoc;

· Using the findings from the Stakeholder Engagement plan, provide inputs to the project’s results framework and theory of change; ensure gender considerations are integrated into the project’s theory of change;

· Provide inputs for the development of the Stakeholder Engagement Plan to ensure it is Socially Inclusive and Gender Responsive;

· Support the agreements on project management arrangements and ensure that gender and safeguards are adequately incorporated into these arrangements.

III. Validation Workshop (Component C):

o Contribute to the validation workshop; and

o Support all necessary revisions that arise during the workshop, as appropriate.

IV. Final Deliverables:

o Gender Analysis and Gender Mainstreaming Plan

o Appropriate inputs to the comprehensive Stakeholder Engagement Plan including on gender-responsive consultation and consultations with local communities and any Indigenous Peoples or Ethnic Minorities present within the demonstration landscape;

o Appropriate inputs to the final UNDP‐GEF project document based on guidance from the PPG Team Leader.

Expected Outputs and Deliverables