UN Women
In line with its Strategic Plan 2019-2021, UN Women Serbia is working under the impact area of achieving life free from violence for all women and girls, with focus on the most vulnerable groups. UN Women emphasize the prevention of VAWG through transforming negative social norms and strengthening the availability of services to women survivors of violence. UN Women Serbia partner with the government and CSOs to advocate for ending violence, increase awareness of the causes and consequences of violence, build capacity of partners and promote the need for changing norms towards advancing gender equality and women’s rights. By establishing the grounds on strengthening the capacities of professionals in protection and response to VAWG in line with the Istanbul Convention, in addition to support provided to women CSOs in enhancing legislative and policy environment on eliminating VAWG, UN Women in Serbia is promoting the zero tolerance towards VAWG policy.
Under the Project Improving Safety of Women in Serbia (ISWS), funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Serbia Office is working to ensure that women and girls in Serbia live in a society free from violence.
One of the main project results is related to supporting women’s civil society organizations to pilot innovative outreach programs for informing and communication with rural women and girls on prevention of and protection from violence. At the moment, 12 women’s organizations have received grants under the ISWS project.
In order to present project results, UN Women maintains regular communication with the donor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway. The donor is increasingly striving to present the results achieved in the ISWS project through its communication channels, which significantly strengthens the link between the donor and UN Women. On the other hand, women’s CSOs – project grantees achieve significant results related to empowering rural women to recognize and report violence and discrimination. Therefore, UN Women aspires to support grantees to increase the visibility of their results as well as to promote their work through its communication channels in a way that is most accessible to the general public. In this way, UN Women fulfills its educational role by informing the women and men about the harmfulness of gender discrimination and gender-based violence as the most serious form of violation of women’s human rights.
Objective
The objective of this assignment contract is to support and advance donor-oriented communication activities and increase visibility of grantee’s project implementation. The consultant will assist UN Women Serbia office in informing the donor about the achieved results through different communication tools, as well as to support grantees to increase the visibility of their project implementation, including providing support to UN Women communication team in promoting grantee’s achievements.
Duties And Responsibilities
Working under the overall supervision of the UN Women Project Officer and Communication Officer, the consultant will be responsible for the following:
- Inform the donor about the achieved results through innovative communication tools (i.e., data visualization, infographics, one-pagers, etc.);
- Support grantees to increase the visibility of their project implementation through providing communication consultancies depending on the needs and communication skills of the grantee;
- Provide advice and guidance to grantees to ensure a unified visual identity for all program activities, materials, and events. Oversee the qualitative aspects of production, (e.g., quality control, translations, reviews of layout and graphic design);
- Support UN Women communication team in promoting grantee’s achievements (providing short success stories, event reports, social media posts, visuals, etc.);
- Draft human impact stories and promote them in traditional and social media in visual appealing way.
Responsibilities
Working under the overall supervision of the UN Women Project Officer and Communication Officer, the consultant will be responsible for the following
- Inform the donor about the achieved results through innovative communication tools (i.e., data visualization, infographics, one-pagers, etc.);
- Support grantees to increase the visibility of their project implementation through providing communication consultancies depending on the needs and communication skills of the grantee;
- Provide advice and guidance to grantees to ensure a unified visual identity for all program activities, materials, and events. Oversee the qualitative aspects of production, (e.g., quality control, translations, reviews of layout and graphic design);
- Support UN Women communication team in promoting grantee’s achievements (providing short success stories, event reports, social media posts, visuals, etc.);
- Draft human impact stories and promote them in traditional and social media in visual appealing way.
Deliverables and Timeline
Deliverables
Timeframe
Workplan (in English)
30 April 2022
Report on communication support related to the donor (approx. 10 pages in English)
30 June 2022
Report on communication support related to the grantees (approx. 10 pages in English)
31 August 2022
Final report on communication support provided to the donor, grantees, and UN Women communication team including overall reach (approx. 10 pages in English)
5 November 2022
Competencies
Core Values
- Respect for Diversity
- Integrity
- Professionalism
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 Core Values and Competencies: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf
Functional Competencies
- Good knowledge of gender equality and women’s rights issues;
- Ability to communicate sensitively, effectively and creatively across different constituencies;
- Good knowledge of web-based knowledge management systems;
- Good understanding of production, graphic design and photography standards;
- Good knowledge of social media platforms and experience in social media outreach;
- Good knowledge of local country media landscape;
- Good communication, presentation, networking and advocacy skills;
- Ability to be strategic and analytical.
Academic Qualifications
Required Skills and Experience
- Master’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, law, or gender studies.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in Serbia in providing visibility of projects funded by international donors;
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in creating different online media contents (i.e., speeches, articles, interviews, etc.);
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in providing communication support to project donor(s), including embassy (for example speeches and media content);
- Minimum of 1 year of experience in providing communication support to project grantee(s) (i.e., drafting different media content);
- Experience in the field of gender equality, including combating gender-based violence and discrimination.
Language
- Fluency in English and Serbian (written and oral).
Application Procedure
The following documents should be submitted as part of the application:
- P11 with past experience in similar assignments; can be downloaded at https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc , a signed copy should be submitted.
- Financial Proposal Specifying a total lump sum amount for the tasks specified in this Terms of Reference. Can be downloaded from the following link: http://www.undp.org.rs/download/ic/Confirmation.docx . The financial proposal shall include a breakdown of this lump sum amount (daily rate and number of anticipated working days and any other possible costs).
In order to apply please merge your P11 and the financial proposal into a single PDF file. The system does not allow for more than one attachment to be uploaded.
Any request for clarification must be sent by standard electronic communication to the e-mail [email protected] .
Evaluation Of Applicants
Consultants will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of qualifications and financial proposal. Contract will be awarded to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
- Responsive/compliant/acceptable, and
- Having received the highest score out of below defined technical and financial criteria.
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 49 points in the technical evaluation would be considered for financial evaluation.
Evaluation Criteria
Max points
TECHNICAL EVALUATION (70%)
Language
Requirements
Fluency in written and spoken English and
Serbian.
Required
Education
Master’s degree in communications, public relations, journalism, law, or gender studies.
20
0: without relevant university degree
20: Master’s degree
Professional Experience
Minimum of 2 years of relevant Serbian experience in providing visibility of projects funded by international donors
10
0: without 2 years of experience
5: 2 years of experience
10: more than 2 years of experience
Minimum of 2 years of experience in creating different online media contents (i.e., speeches, articles, interviews, etc.)
10
0: without 2 years of experience
5: 2 years of experience
10: more than 2 years of experience
Minimum of 1 year of experience in providing communication support to project donor(s), including embassy (for example speeches and media content)
10
0: without 1 years of experience
5: 1 year of experience
10: more than 1 year of experience
Minimum of 1 year of experience in providing communication support to project grantee(s) (i.e., drafting different media content)
10
0: without 1 years of experience
5: 1 year of experience
10: more than 1 year of experience
Experience in the field of gender equality, including combating gender-based violence and discrimination
10
0: without relevant experience
10: with relevant experience
Total technical
70
Financial Evaluation (30%) – max. 30 points:
A Suggested Formula Is As Follows
The maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal is allocated to the lowest price proposal. All other price proposals receive points in inverse proportion.
p = 30 (µ/z)
Using The Following Values
p = points for the financial proposal being evaluated
µ = price of the lowest priced proposal
z = price of the proposal being evaluated
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