Multi-stakeholder Partnerships and Advisory Services Workflow Review Consultant – Homebased

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.

The Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Advisory Services Section (MPAS) brings together UN Women’s multi-stakeholder initiatives through various partnership engagement. It convenes Private Partnerships, HeForShe, Individual, Digital and Public Giving, the Unstereotype Alliance and the Women’s Empowerment Principles |WE EMPOWER-G7 and seeks to ensure that these are complementary and synergistic. MPAS is the driver of UN Women’s corporate engagement with the private sector, philanthropy, and foundations both in terms of substantive partnership and resource mobilization, as well as leveraging the range of UN Women’s partnership vehicles and its National Committees to achieve maximum impact for gender equality and women’s empowerment.

The MPAS Workflow Review Consultant will report directly to the Chief of MPAS and work in close coordination with the MPAS Private Partnerships team, all MPAS initiatives teams, other SPD Sections (Public Partnership and Communications), and all other relevant teams in UN Women HQ and field offices. The consultant will conduct a desk review of all relevant UN Women guiding documents and complete an analysis of MPAS’ current workflow, functions, organizational structure and organigramme to advise on an ideal structure of its workflow and functions needed to efficiently and effectively support the needs of the section’s resource mobilization, advocacy, communications, and knowledge sharing plans to ensure delivery of UN Women’s Strategic Plan goals and financial targets and results.

Duties And Responsibilities

Scope of work and expected outputs:

• Consultation & Mapping:
• Complete a desk review of all relevant internal materials to build a comprehensive understanding of MPAS’ scope of work and role within UN Women. This will include a thorough review of documents leading to initial establishment of MPAS as a section in SPD, UN Women’s new strategic plan, objectives & resource mobilization strategy.
• Prepare an evaluation framework to structure and inform the interviews with all relevant UN Women staff, knowledge gathering activities and future recommendations
• Facilitate a consultation with the Chief of MPAS and other key stakeholders in the department to align on goals, answer questions related to the document desk review, discuss/approve the framework, and agree on next steps for interviews & benchmarking.
• Data Collection and Strategic Benchmarking:
• Document benchmarking objectives and scope and consult with Chief of MPAS to agree on primary metrics of the benchmarking evaluation
• Conduct a benchmark analysis of the staffing structures of up to 3 similar organizations to determine the relationship between MPAS’ structure, that of the current “state of play” and as relevant MPAS goals and objectives.
• Conduct interviews with MPAS team members and senior level staff across UN Women for information gathering related to staffing requirements
• Draft a short paper to formalize the benchmark analysis including how data was collected, which metrics and what sources were used for benchmarking
• Evaluation and Recommendations
• Review and synthesize all findings from the interview & benchmarking process, to arrive at key strategic recommendations for MPAS’ workflow, relevant functions, and proposed structure
• Produce a deck with recommendations on the ideal workflow, functions needed and workflow structure (aligning with the UN’s seniority protocol). This deliverable should include the following:
• an illustration of the recommended workflow, functions required and subsequent staffing organigram for MPAS;
• a high-level description of relationship between skills & capacity needed in the current MPAS structure, and how to address any potential gaps;
• high level descriptions of what each function in the recommended organigram should achieve
• recommendations on how to phase and prioritize potential realignment/s, alongside high-level change management guidance.
• Feedback, Iteration & Presentations
• Consultant will present recommendations to MPAS Chief and other key stakeholders/senior management individuals as required
• Update the recommendations deck following presentations and based on internal discussions
• Consultant will present the recommendations to any final audiences as needed and finalize per comments received

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

Required Skills And Experience

• Master’s degree in Organizational Management, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Development, Public Administration, or related field. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Over 7 years of experience working in the field of strategic planning, programme management, programme design and/or development
• Excellent work experience with nonprofit organizations and civil society, especially women led CSOs
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Familiarity with UN-Women and the UN system is considered an asset
• Experience working in gender equality and women’s rights at the international level is considered an asset

Language: Fluency in oral and written English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is desirable.

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