UN Women: Local Consultant to Review the Proposals of the Amendment of the Foreign Employment Act 2007 (Open for Nepalese Citizens Only)
Location : | Home Based Assignment, NEPAL |
Application Deadline : | 15-Jul-16 (Midnight New York, USA) |
Time left : | 12d 21h 43m |
Type of Contract : | Individual Contract |
Post Level : | National Consultant |
Languages Required : | English |
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start) |
25-Jul-2016 |
Duration of Initial Contract : | 20 working days |
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Within the framework of the Nepal Country Office Strategic Note 2014-2017, UN Women continues to support the Government of Nepal (GoN) in its efforts to engender macroeconomic policies that are informed by critical gender equality perspectives to enhance women’s access to productive resources and employment for taking forward women’s economic empowerment. Currently, one of the national priorities and commitments in relation to gender equality and women’s empowerment is addressing concerns of female migrant workers and ensure their rights in the migration cycle (Foreign Employment Policy). This policy area is a priority for its high relevance for women’s empowerment and this has been recommended in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee Concluding Observation to Nepal in 2011. In this line, the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) has initiated the amendment of the Foreign Employment Act (FEA) 2007, by collecting inputs from relevant stakeholders on their initial proposals. As the crucial partner of the GoN in the area of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, UM Women is seeking to support the MoLE, by providing technical inputs to amend the Foreign Employment Act 2007 in line with gender equality provisions in the international and national normative frameworks such as the Constitution of Nepal and CEDAW. Objectives: The over goal of this assignment is to provide technical inputs to the Government in its efforts to amend the FEA 2007 in line with national and international normative frameworks on gender equality and women’s rights. The specific objectives are:
http://www.nafea.org.np/files/download/ForeignEmploymentPolicy2068eng.pdf
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The detailed scope of the assignment includes: Review of the following national and international normative frameworks to stock take what provisions mandate the Government to ensure gender equality and women’s rights to foreign employment:
Review the following national policy documents to identify contradictions and gaps as per national and international normative frameworks:
Write a position paper, clearly stating what position the Government should take in the new FEA to ensure gender equality and women’s rights to foreign employment. The position paper should include but not limited to the following sections and recommendations:
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How to Apply? Interested individual/consultants must submit the following documents:
Note: Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Please upload as one attachment of the documents as mentioned above online through this website. If it is not feasible to include all in one single document, the relevant research or working or policy papers (as mentioned above) can be send to separate email address jobs.np@unwomen.org. Selection Process: UN Women applies a fair and transparent selection process that takes into account both the technical qualification of potential consultants as well as the financial proposals submitted in support of consultant applications. Candidate applications will be evaluated using a cumulative analysis method taking into consideration the combination of applicant qualifications and financial proposal. The contract will be awarded to the individual consultant whose offer has been evaluated and determined as:
Only candidates obtaining a minimum of 70 points in the technical evaluation will be considered for further evaluation process. The maximum number of points assigned to the financial proposal will be allocated to the lowest price proposal among the qualified candidates. All other price proposals receive points in inverse proportion.
Technical Evaluation including desk review/interview (70%). Technical evaluation criteria (including minimum qualifications):
Evaluation of submitted financial offers will be done based on the following formula: S = Fmin / F * 30 S - Score received on financial evaluation; Fmin - the lowest financial offer out of all the submitted offers qualified over the technical evaluation round; F - financial offer under the consideration. The candidate who scores highest cumulative score will be considered for the service. Note: 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.
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UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
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