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.
One of the key areas of concern is the economic empowerment of women. It is expressed in targets and indicators of SDG 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls) and SDG 8 (Promote inclusive and sustainable development, decent work and employment for all). Progress toward it depends not only on the adoption of a set of public policies by governments, but also on the existence of an enabling environment and active engagement of the private sector. This is also relevant to the achievement of SDG 1 (Poverty Reduction), SDG 10 (Reduced inequalities) and SDG 17 (Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development). ย
The care economy refers to the diverse range of paid and unpaid work that supports caregiving in all its forms. Care work provides the direct and indirect care necessary for the physical, psychological, and social well-being of primarily care-dependent population groups, such as children, the elderly, the disabled, the ill, and prime-age working adults. Across the world, women and girls bear the brunt of care work. Women and girls are performing more than three-quarters of the total amount of unpaid care work and two thirds of care workers are women. This unequal gender-based distribution of care work adversely influences womenโs paid employment patterns. The causal chain negatively impacts the type of paid job opportunities available to most women and the conditions and quality of their employment, as well as leads to the over-representation of women in unregulated and informal sector jobs.ย ย
With the deadline for the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals fast approaching, we urgently need a new social pact for the future. We need to re-envision care systems to empower women and create inclusive and caring economies that benefit everyone, including the most vulnerable, and leave no one behind.ย ย ย ย
Inspired by UN Womenโs regionally spearheaded TransformCare Investment Initiative Asia-Pacific (TCII-AP), an initiative to make care systems prosperous for people and the planet in Asia-Pacific, UN Women Philippines will look into building care systems and service delivery models that promote womenโs economic empowerment (WEE), recognizing that can help and serve as a foundation to further promote caring societies and inclusive and green economies where women can fully realize their economic rights and participation.ย
An important part of this is to provide technical assistance to decision makers, policy makers and implementors using innovative tools and guidance for driving gender-responsive policies, practices and programmes to create an enabling environment to transform care systems. Thus, the need for a consultant who can help support building sustainable business models for care service delivery in the Philippines.ย
The consultant will be reporting to the Country Programme Coordinator and will be supported by the Operations Associate, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.
Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work
In view of the foregoing, UN Women is looking to hire a National Consultant for its Transforming Care Project.ย The consultant, based in Manila, will provide technical assistance to UN Women in coming up with concrete social and business models for care service delivery in the Philippines for consideration and adoption of key government agencies and stakeholders.ย
He/she will be responsible to:
- Collate, consolidate and review various policy measures on care and care service delivery in the Philippines
- Liaise and coordinate with partners, beneficiaries and stakeholders for dialogues and consultations
- Develop business case/models coming out of dialogues, consultations and co-creation workshops that can address care work issues and develop care service delivery as source for decent work and sustainable livelihoods to promote WEE
- Draft and finalize proposed care service delivery models suitable for the Philippine context that can be adapted by cooperatives, social enterprises, national to local government agencies and the private sector.
Outline of the deliverables relating to the tasks indicated above:
Deliverables Timeline Payment ScheduleInception and desk research
1 August-10 September 2025ย ย 20 September 2025
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Dialogues, consultations and co-creation workshops for possible care service delivery models 11 September -15ย October 2025ย ย ย ย ย 20 October 2025Consolidation of information, insights, model building and business case development
16 October-15 November 2025ย ย ย ย ย 20 Nov 2025
Presentation, validation and refinement of various care service delivery models
16 November 2025 -
30 December 2025
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย 30 Dec 2025
Preparation, organization and coordination for investors and stakeholderโs forumย
20 December 2025 toย
10 January 2026
ย ย ย ย 10 January 2026
Investors and Stakeholderโs forum: presentation and sharing care service delivery modelsย
Report preparation and submission of final output
25 January 2026
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ย ย ย ย 20 February 2026
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Consultantโs Workplace and Official Travel
UN Women will provide the National Consultant with substantive inputs to ensure the completion of deliverables in line with the objectives of the organizations. This is a home-based consultancy, with reporting to UN Women Philippines office as needed, including for printing of documents or when required to work on-site, and attendance to activities relevant to the engagement within the duty station.ย As part of this assignment, there may be a mission related to the scope of work as needed, which will be arranged by UN Women in accordance with UN Womenโs travel policy
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 visitย this linkย for more information on UN Womenโs Values and Competencies Framework:ย
Functional Competencies:
- Knowledge of programme management;ย
- Ability to create, edit and present information in clear and presentable formats;ย
- Ability to manage data, documents, correspondence and reports information and workflow;ย
- Good financial and budgeting skills;
- Good IT skills
- Excellent analytical skills with strong drive for results and capacity to work independently
- Excellent English communication and writing skills
Required Qualifications
Education and Certification:
- Masterโs degree or equivalent in Gender and Development, Public Administration, Sociology, International Law, Statistics, Business Management or a related field is required
- A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
- A project/programme management certification (such as PMPยฎ, PRINCE2ยฎ or MSPยฎ) would be an added advantage
Experience:
- A minimum of two years of professional experience in business, enterprise development, and operations is required.
- Strong understanding of gender equality and development issues in the context of the Philippines
- Strong knowledge of the UN system, international frameworks, standards and agendas on gender equality and the
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Sustainable Development Goals is desirable
- Experience in drafting and production of research papers and reports, project development, results-based reporting and
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย facilitating KIIs and consultations/workshops is required
Languages:
- Fluency in English and Filipino is required
- Knowledge of any other UN official language is an asset
Other requirements needed:ย
- A cover letter (maximum length: 1 page)
- Shortlisted candidates may be asked to provide other materials relevant to the pre-assessment of their language experience, such as reports, presentations, publications, campaigns, or other applicable documents
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:
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- Experience in drafting and production of research papers and reports, project development, results-based reporting and