UN Women - National Consultancy for “The Global Accelerator on Decent Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions, National Consultant, Home-based

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.

UN Women is present in Uzbekistan for more than two years, focuses on Women’s Economic Empowerment, Gender Responsive Budgeting, Tackling Harmful Social Norms and Gender Stereotypes and strengthening Gender Statistics. These thematic areas are identified based on the needs of the country to accelerate the Gender Strategy 2030. In addition to various reforms on going in the country, Uzbekistan has been selected as one of the pathfinder countries for the Global Accelerator on Decent Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions (herein after, Global Accelerator).

The Global Accelerator is an initiative of the UN Secretary-General launched in September 2021 to help countries address multiple crises, accelerate economic recovery, investing in decent jobs and social protection, and respond to current and future challenges (formalization, youth employment, gender equality, green transition, digital economy, etc.) while facilitating just transitions for all. The Global Accelerator aims to support the creation of 400 million decent jobs, the extension of social protection to the 4 billion people who are currently excluded, and to facilitate "just" transitions for all. UN Women is one of the implementing agencies of Global Accelerator in Uzbekistan will contribute to the decent work for women through various activities.

To achieve these ambitious targets, the Global Accelerator will support: 

• Strategic investments in sectors of the economy (renewable energy, agriculture, digitalization, care, etc.) with high potential for decent job creation, formalization of employment and enterprises. 
• Strategic investments in social protection to increase the sector’s integration, effectiveness, efficiency and ability to respond to shocks of different nature.
• Strategic investments in public social protection and labour market institutions, to put the State closer to people, respond to the needs of workers and enterprises and incentivize them to contribute their fair share of taxes and social security contributions, and further capacitate institutions to design and manage social protection programmes. 

The Global Accelerator works through three inter-connected pillars simultaneously: 

Pillar 1 - It supports the development and implementation of integrated policy approaches to create productive jobs and achieve universal social protection to foster just transitions and a virtuous cycle or economic growth, public revenue generation and reinvestment in key sectors, as well as to reduce poverty and cushion vulnerable population from the impact of shocks.

Pillar 2 - It helps countries to develop and operate financing strategies using the full range of available funding sources (including tax revenues, social security contributions, official development assistance, debt relief/reduction/restructuring, private investment). 

Pillar 3 - It seeks to elicit high-level buy-in and commitment among governments, social partners, civil society, and the development community and facilitates effective intersectoral coordination and national social dialogue at the country level.

Context

This assignment will be undertaken under Activity 2.1 Researching the mechanisms of recognition and formalization of work of those employed in paid and unpaid domestic and care work.

Deliverables

UN Women seeks to engage a national expert to support the international expert and co-facilitate the Care Training scheduled for 26-30 October 2026 in Tashkent. The national expert will be responsible for adapting UN Women’s core Care training modules to the local context, ensuring their alignment with recent developments in Uzbekistan’s care system, including reforms and initiatives led by the National Agency for Social Protection and Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction.

Working in close coordination with the international expert, the national expert will revise the training concept note, develop the training agenda, and co-facilitate selected training sessions in Uzbek and/or Russian, as required. The expert will also integrate the key findings and recommendations of the study Formalizing Domestic and Care Work in Uzbekistan: Pathways for Gender Equality and Decent Jobs into the relevant training modules, where appropriate.

In addition, the expert will design pre- and post-training questionnaires to assess participants' baseline knowledge and measure learning outcomes. Following the training, the expert will prepare a concise training report summarizing the implementation process, key discussions and outcomes, participant feedback, lessons learned, and recommendations for future capacity-building initiatives.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is a home-based consultancy. No travel is envisaged within this assignment. 

Education and Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree in political or social science, Economics, International Development studies, Gender/Women's Studies, or in areas relevant to the TOR is required.

   

  Experience:

• Proven experience in conducting training, developing concept papers, policy documents, methodologies, and guidelines
• Extensive experience in gender, labour relations, decent work, macroeconomics, and gender equality
• At least 2 years of demonstrated expertise in women’s economic empowerment
• Strong knowledge and professional experience in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region

• Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point).

   

  Languages:

• Proficient in written and spoken English/ Uzbek /Russian

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

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• Experience in conducting training, research, analyzing and drafting reports;
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills;
• Ability to work independently and proactively solve problems;
• Capacity to plan, priorities and deliver tasks timely;
• Engagement with national and international staff to provide clear feedback and maintain effective rapport;
• Continuous learning and skills sharing with others to support the local capacity development;

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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