Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Building on this, UN Women seeks the services of an international expert to support women’s engagement in Marine spatial Planning and development in Zanzibar. The international consultant will be supported by a national consultant, to be hired through a separate contract by UN Women. The two consultants will work as a team, with the international consultant as lead responsible for overall quality assurance.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Under the overall supervision of the UN Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Programme Specialist, the international Consultant will undertake the following assignments in collaboration with, the Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry for Community Development , Elderly, Gender and Children ), UN Agencies, Development Partners, Women in marine communities, private sector, women’s rights organizations and other stakeholders in Zanzibar:
• Deliverables:
• Inception report (within 7 days) upon signature of the contract with an outline of the methodological approach and a detailed workplan with specific timelines for each deliverable and payment schedule.
• Gender and stakeholders Analysis of the Blue Economy policy implementation
• A detailed Gender Strategy and action plan for BE MSP
• Presentation of the gender strategy to government partners, UN Agencies and relevant CSOs in a 1- day validation workshop in Zanzibar.
• Report and feedback from the gender strategy validation workshop
• A concept note for a four-year UN Women project on investing in women in the blue economy sector in Zanzibar with MSP considerations
• Brief report and inputs submitted to the UN Joint drafting team drafting Marine Spatial Planning in track changes
• Contribute towards the development of UN Women new Country Strategic Note, in relation to Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Blue Economy.

Competencies
• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism
• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues in Blue Economy and Fisheries;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication.
• Inclusive Collaboration.
• Stakeholder Engagement.
• Leading by Example.
• Ability to establish, build, and sustain effective relationships with clients, demonstrating understanding of client’s perspective and how to anticipate client needs and address them promptly.
• Works effectively as a team member, demonstrating emotional intelligence and good judgment.

Required Skills and Experience
• Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field, gender studies, gender and sustainable development, women and environment, sociology, marine environmental studies or closely related subject area.
• Experience:
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrable experience in Gender and Blue Economy or Gender marine spatial planning in East Africa and/or Indian Ocean Rim countries.
• Practical experience in conducting gender and stakeholder analysis; stakeholder consultations, women’ economic security centered design, and programme design in the blue economy sector.
• Good knowledge and understanding of Zanzibar’s Blue Economy and associated sectors such as fisheries, tourism, maritime transport, aquaculture, renewable energy from a gender perspective.
• Substantive knowledge and understanding of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment issues in the blue economy sector, marine spatial planning.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting development of gender policies, strategies and programmatic issues with national and local governments and civil society organizations including community organizations.
• Experience with project development and results-based management methodologies, including gender mainstreaming of activities and projects in field of environment and marine is highly desired.
• Record of working experience in gender mainstreaming activities and projects in the field of the environment and biodiversity conservation.
• Proven experience of working with communities in coastal and marine environmental issues.
• Excellent analytical, writing, advocacy, presentation, and communications skills are required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Work experience in the East Africa and Indian Ocean Rim countries.
• Excellent oral presentation and writing skills.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
To apply follow this link https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=106303 

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