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Consultant for Strategic Note Development
Location
United States + 1 moreAll locations: United States, Canada
Posted
4 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Seniority
Mid Level
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks to review the current Strategic Note (SN) and prepare the 2027 – 2030 SN:
- Develop inception report outlining the key steps of the SN review and development.
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Desk review of key documents, including:
- UN Women MCO-Caribbean 2022 – 2026 Strategic Note
- Evaluation Report of the 2022 – 2026 MCO Strategic Note
- UN MSDCF 2022 – 2026 (MSDCF 2.0)
- Multi-Country Analysis and other relevant documentation for the development of the UN 2027 – 2031 MSDCF (MSDCF 3.0)
- Relevant Programme and Project Documents
- Donor reports
- Knowledge products, publications, and visibility materials
- Reports on specific activities
- Documents related to projects and programme achievements
- UNCT-SWAP Gender scorecard assessments and annual progress reports for 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
- Any other document that may be found very relevant to the consultant.
- Facilitate initial consultations with personnel to gather background information and develop the initial results framework.
- Conduct consultations with key stakeholders for initial inputs into strategy content and direction from their respective perspectives.
- Draft reports from all consultations and planning sessions with staff and external stakeholders, including the initial SN draft outline.
- Work with the MCO team to develop session agendas and facilitate workshops with the UN Women team to develop various components of the SN.
- Participate in joint planning exercises led by the Resident Coordinator’s Office to integrate UN Women contributions in the design of the MSDCF 3.0.
- Draft the first version of the Strategic Note as per the UN Women Guidance on SNs.
- Prepare an agenda, organize and facilitate the validation workshops with stakeholders as guided by the MCO Team.
- Incorporate comments from validation sessions into a complete Strategic Note package.
- Prepare the PowerPoint presentation and a 2-pager containing infographics for the global PRG jointly with the MCO team.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in social sciences, gender/women’s studies, international development, international relations, programme management, public policy or other related fields; or a Bachelor’s degree with two additional years of qualifying experience.
- At least 7 years of professional work experience in programme development and implementation, including monitoring and evaluation activities.
- Proven experience in guiding and documenting programme reviews, evaluations, and using learning to prepare strategic documents for international organizations.
- Advanced knowledge of results-based planning and UN planning processes.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting research and writing strategic documents, preferably within the UN system.
- Experience working on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Caribbean.
- Demonstrated experience in project management will be considered an asset.
- Fluency in English is required; knowledge of Spanish or any other UN official language is an asset.
Requirements
- Excellent facilitation and communication skills, including experience in field data collection and facilitating meetings.
- Extensive in Programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills.
- In-depth knowledge of gender equality and women's rights issues.
- Knowledge of Results Based Management.
- Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings.
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to use ICT based solutions.
- Strong analytical and presentation skills.
Benefits
- This is a home-based consultancy; no travel will be required.
- The MCO will provide the required documents for the work of the consultant.
Deliverables
- Inception report outlining the key steps of the SN review and development work - Due: 10 April 2026
- Desk review report of key documents reviewed - Due: 14 April 2026
- Report on consultations with personnel in the MCO - Due: 17 April 2026
- Report on the Consultations/Strategic Dialogues held - Due: 23 April 2026
- Initial SN draft outline - Due: 14 May 2026
- Report on the development of various components of the SN - Due: 30 June 2026
- Proposal for agenda and methodology for validation workshops - Due: 17 July 2026
- Completed Strategic Note package - Due: 31 July 2026
Job Requirements
- Master’s degree in social sciences, gender/women’s studies, international development, international relations, programme management, public policy or other related fields; or a Bachelor’s degree with two additional years of qualifying experience.
- At least 7 years of professional work experience in programme development and implementation, including monitoring and evaluation activities.
- Proven experience in guiding and documenting programme reviews, evaluations, and using learning to prepare strategic documents for international organizations.
- Advanced knowledge of results-based planning and UN planning processes.
- Demonstrated experience in conducting research and writing strategic documents, preferably within the UN system.
- Experience working on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Caribbean.
- Demonstrated experience in project management will be considered an asset.
- Fluency in English is required; knowledge of Spanish or any other UN official language is an asset.
- Excellent facilitation and communication skills, including experience in field data collection and facilitating meetings.
- Extensive in Programme formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills.
- In-depth knowledge of gender equality and women's rights issues.
- Knowledge of Results Based Management.
- Ability to gather and interpret data, reach logical conclusions and present findings.
- Good organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to use ICT based solutions.
- Strong analytical and presentation skills.
Benefits
- This is a home-based consultancy; no travel will be required.
- The MCO will provide the required documents for the work of the consultant.
- Deliverables
- Inception report outlining the key steps of the SN review and development work - Due: 10 April 2026
- Desk review report of key documents reviewed - Due: 14 April 2026
- Report on consultations with personnel in the MCO - Due: 17 April 2026
- Report on the Consultations/Strategic Dialogues held - Due: 23 April 2026
- Initial SN draft outline - Due: 14 May 2026
- Report on the development of various components of the SN - Due: 30 June 2026
- Proposal for agenda and methodology for validation workshops - Due: 17 July 2026
- Completed Strategic Note package - Due: 31 July 2026
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