The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (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.
Empowering women in the economy and closing gender gaps are key to achieve the sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 5 on gender equality, and Goal 8 on promoting full and productive employment and decent work for all.
Economic empowerment is one of the priority areas of UN Women. UN Women works with Governments and multilateral partners to promote women’s economic empowerment and increase their access to economic opportunities, especially for those who are most excluded. The flagship programme contributes towards outcome 3 of UN Women’s strategic plan: women have income security, decent work, and economic autonomy through contributions to see that more women own, launch, and manage small, medium and large enterprises.
UN Women launched the Flagship Programme Initiative (FPI) on stimulating equal opportunities for women entrepreneurs in July 2018. The programme is implemented in UAE, as well as in South Africa and at a global level from UN Women’s headquarters. It is funded by NAMA Women Advancement Establishment, a semi-governmental entity in Sharjah, UAE and is implemented under the supervision of the UN Women Liaison Office (LO) for the GCC.
The FPI was designed as a three-year research, capacity building, and advocacy programme to support women entrepreneurs through promoting Gender-Responsive Procurement (GRP) in the public and private sector, supporting women entrepreneurs to access these opportunities and to strengthen their access to finance. The programme takes forward the findings of the Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) which highlighted the benefits of inclusive procurement from women-owned businesses (WOBs).
The programme aims to foster WEE through entrepreneurship. The theory of change is that if organizations make concerted efforts to procure from WOBs and engage in gender-responsive supply chain and investment practices, and if women business owners’ capacity to access finance and skills development is strengthened then women will have access to a more equal share of the market, and will be able to seize these new market opportunities to increase their sales, leading to their higher incomes and expansion of operations creating jobs.
UN Women LO for the GCC seeks to hire an Entrepreneurship and Procurement consultant to undertake a research study on procurement in the public and private sector in UAE with special focus on procurement that goes to women-owned businesses (WOB). The research study is expected to inform the FPI with regard to programme implementation and provide base line data on women entrepreneurs in order to identify context, necessary interventions, challenges and way forward to support them accessing procurement opportunities for their enterprises.
UN Women launched a survey in UAE, in partnership with NAMA, on 1 Aug 2020 to collect information on the current business status and general barriers faced by WOBs in UAE, in particular throughout and post- COVID 19. The collected information would enable the Programme to identify the business sectors, size, supply capacity, financial challenges, marketing barriers, and training needs of WOBs. Inputs would form the foundation allowing tailored interventions that best suit the sectors and business needs of women entrepreneurs.
Duties and Responsibilities
Research and document the status of WOB in UAE so that it provides the following:
Review, document and develop programming recommendations for UN Women on enhancing GRP policies, procedures and regulations in the private and public sector in UAE as follows:
Based on findings of research, come up with recommendations on key interventions for the FPI from both the supply side (WOB) and the demand side (public and private sector) to increase access of WOB to finance and procurement opportunities in UAE.
Deliverables:
The reports are expected in Arabic and English and should include the following elements:
Executive summary, introduction, literature review, methodology, findings and analysis, conclusion & recommendations
Financial arrangements:
Payment will be disbursed upon submission of approved monthly progress report that contain follow-up on tasks and responsibilities mentioned in the TOR.
Travel:
The selected applicant will work remotely given the current restrictions in the UAE. The selected candidate may be required to continue the assignment in-person when it is feasible. No international travel needs are anticipated. For local business travel requirements for meetings and events across the emirates and if any international travel emerges, the UN Women LO for the GCC will organize the logistics of the travel including providing daily substance allowance and terminal fees as per UN Women travel policies.
Competencies
Core Values:
Core Competencies:
Functional competencies
Innovation and marketing of new approaches:
Generates new ideas, seeks new approaches and introduces and promotes them in the workplace. Ability to identify opportunities and builds strong relationships with client and external actors.
Required Skills and Experience
Qualification Education:
Experience:
Language requirement:
Submission of application:
Interested candidates are requested to submit electronic application by the deadline indicated in the post by submitting the following:
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.
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