Remote Position
[Remote] UN Women: International Consultant, Expert in Women's Economic Empowerment, Care Economy and Caregiving in Crisis and Recovery Settings (Retainer), Home-Based
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UN Women is seeking an international consultant to provide technical expertise on care economy programming, caregiving systems, unpaid care and gender-responsive recovery. The consultant will support care-focused approaches across UN Women’s recovery portfolio in Gaza through programme design, implementation, evidence generation and institutionalization.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical efforts to surge women’s employment during Gaza’s early recovery
- Guide the integration of care-responsive approaches across humanitarian, recovery and development programmes
- Identify and address care-related barriers affecting women's participation in employment, livelihoods, skills development and entrepreneurship
- Develop practical recommendations on childcare, disability care, caregiving support, referral systems and enabling services including community based care models, workplace care, and formal care organizations
- Advise on the establishment of informal and formal care structures in crisis settings including: Safeguarding, PSEA and protection systems including child protection and protection for vulnerable groups; SOPs; Decent work standards for care workers; Accountability and complaints mechanisms; Quality assurance, monitoring and supervision; Childcare and care infrastructure investments; transitioning from informal community based care to formal models of care
- Guide the design of gender-responsive care interventions for vulnerable groups, including women with disabilities, caregivers and women-headed households
- Conduct and lead care economy assessments, care needs analyses and labour market assessments related to care services
- Identify opportunities for creating decent jobs and enterprise opportunities within the care economy
- Develop evidence, policy recommendations and practical guidance on care systems, care services and women's economic empowerment
- Guide the collection and analysis of sex-, age- and disability-disaggregated data related to care work and care needs
- Design and deliver capacity-building initiatives on care-responsive programming and care economy approaches
- Strengthen engagement with WLOs, service providers, government institutions, private sector actors and development partners
- Facilitate dialogue and partnerships around care systems, care needs, and care-related employment
- Develop tools, guidance products and learning materials to support scaling up care-responsive and care-focused programmes including transitioning from informal community care models into more formal care structures including work place care and private sector
Skills
- Strong technical expertise in care economy and caregiving systems
- Knowledge of women's economic empowerment and recovery programming
- Experience in humanitarian, development and recovery contexts
- Ability to conduct care economy analysis and generate evidence-based recommendations
- Experience developing policy, programme design and practical guidance tools
- Strong facilitation, coordination and partnership-building skills
- Master's degree in Economics, Social Policy, Gender Studies, Development Studies, Labour Economics, Social Sciences, International Development or a related field is required
- A first-level university degree combined with two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree
- At least 5 years progressive experience in care economy, caregiving systems, social protection, women's economic empowerment or related fields is required
- Experience designing and implementing care-responsive programmes and policies is required
- Experience supporting women's employment, livelihood and economic empowerment initiatives is required
- Experience in humanitarian, crisis-affected or recovery settings is required
- Fluency in English is required
- Demonstrated experience conducting care economy analysis, assessments or related research is desirable
- Experience working with civil society organizations, women's organizations and government stakeholders is desirable
- Experience in Palestine and/or the Middle East region is highly desirable
- Previous experience working with UN agencies and international organizations is desirable
- Knowledge of Arabic is desirable
Benefits
- Home-based consultancy, without travel
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