Overview
Support UN Women in strengthening Gender-Responsive Governance, Planning, and Budgeting (GRB) capacities in five local government units (LGUs) through capacity development and mentoring.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a detailed workplan with timeline, outline, and methodology.
- Design, prepare, and deliver one training on gender equality/mainstreaming, GRB, planning, and governance to public officials from five partner LGUs.
- Design, prepare, and deliver a tailored GRB session at a specialized training for mayors and senior policymakers.
- Provide tailored capacity-building training and mentoring support to five partner LGUs.
- Prepare a final narrative report summarizing activities, results, challenges, and recommendations, and contribute to documenting good practices and lessons learned.
Required Experience
- A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in gender equality, public finance management, or related fields.
- Demonstrated technical expertise in government public finance systems and budgetary processes, including budget planning, budget preparation, gender-responsive budgeting methodologies and approaches, programme-based budgeting, budget legislation, and related public finance reforms, demonstrated through the successful implementation of at least four (4) relevant assignments.
- Demonstrated experience in designing and delivering capacity-building activities for public servants and/or elected representatives, demonstrated through at least three (3) relevant assignments.
- Previous experience in providing technical assistance to local government units in the application of gender-responsive budgeting or related public finance reforms, demonstrated through at least three (3) relevant assignments, will be considered an asset.
- Previous working or consulting experience with government institutions and/or international organizations/projects, demonstrated through at least two (2) relevant assignments, will be considered an asset.
Qualifications
A master’s degree or equivalent in economics, financial management, public administration, governance, development studies, or another relevant field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
