UN Women

Background:

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.

In Indonesia, UN Women works with government, civil society organizations (CSOs), academia, the media, the public and private sectors to address national priorities of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Placing the advancement of women’s rights at the centre of our work and aligning with UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2021-2025, UN Women Indonesia focuses on (1) Inclusive human development through ending violence and discrimination against women and build women’s leadership to build sustainable peace, (2) Advance value-added and transformative economy by supporting women’s economic empowerment, (3) Gender-responsive approach to building climate resilience and disaster risk reduction, and (4) Using innovation and data to leverage gender-responsive governance.

One of the key areas of concern is the economic empowerment of women. In Indonesia, UN Women programmes ultimately contribute to the achievement of gender equality through enabling women’s labour force participation, entrepreneurship, economic empowerment, and thus their full and equal participation in society. This Consultancy position will lead the facilitation for Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Corporate Action Lab Indonesia.

In 2010, UN Women and the UN Global Compact launched the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) which set of 7 principles that provide companies a roadmap to become more gender-responsive throughout their value chain. The WEPs is the only framework that encompasses gender equality at all organizational levels, beginning with leadership and providing guidance for the workplace, marketplace and community, underpinned by a strong emphasis on accountability and transparent reporting of progress. With continued support from The Government of Australia’s Department of Foreign and Trade (DFAT), the UN Women Asia-Pacific launch the Gender Action Lab (GAL), which aims to further advance business sector action to accelerate gender-responsive business policies especially in four priority countries, namely Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia and Cambodia.

The Consultant will support the implementation of the WEPs Corporate Action Lab for Indonesia. Using an action lab approach, WEPs Corporate Action Lab is a collaborative, hands-on method to tackle complex problems, fostering creativity and innovation through group discussions, prototyping, and action-oriented learning, ultimately leading to the creation of gender-responsive solutions for a cohort of business sector (8-15 companies) committed to gender equality. The focus of the Indonesia Lab this year is on creating family-friendly workplace policies and strengthening employee-supported care; therefore corporates participating in the Lab will pilot and implement various solutions around this topic.

Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work

Under the overall supervision from the Programme Manager for Women’s Economic Empowerment, the Consultant will undertake the following tasks:

1. Compile and develop materials to guide the discussion and thought process throughout the Corporate Action Lab (herinafter referred as facilitation guide). The facilitation guide should at least include:

• Introduction to the UN Women Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs)
• Introduction to family-friendly workplace policies and employee-supported care
• Design thinking methodology (a human-centered problem-solving process that focuses on understanding user needs, generating creative solutions, and iteratively testing and refining them) to develop company action plans for the Corporate Action Lab – which will be adjusted to the key milestones of the Corporate Action Lab.
• Note: The Consultant could compile materials from existing UN Women’s resources, WEPs resources, and any other relevant resources

2. Utilize the above materials to co-lead the facilitation of the key workshops of Corporate Action Labs (CAL), which includes capacity building on WEPs and family-friendly workplace policies and employee-supported care; and facilitation to develop company workplans and strategies to be piloted in the Corporate Action Labs

Workshop Title

Objectives

Timeline

Kick-off Workshop

(in-person)

• Introduction about CAL
• Capacity building session #1: family-friendly policies and employer-supported care
• Baseline study: Filling in the WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Toolkit and Pre-Survey
• Initial ideation process to develop company/group action plans

June 2025 (2 days)

Action Planning Workshop (in-person)

• Each group/company to present their action plans
• Peer review and feedback
• Capacity building #2 on creating family-friendly policies and providing employer-supported care
• Ideation process to solidify company/group action plans
• Agree on common indicators to be captured in the monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) at the end of the Lab

July 2025 (2 days)

Progress check-in #1 (online)

• Check-in and feedback session to monitor progress towards the company/group action plans

August 2025

(1 hour)

Workshop on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)

(in-person)

• Interim report from each group/company about their progress
• Peer review and feedback
• Ideation process to improve group/company action plans
• Capacity building session on MEL and gender reporting
• Revisiting common indicators to be captured in the MEL process

September 2025 (2 days)

Progress check-in #2 (online)

• Check-in and feedback session to monitor progress towards the company/group action plans

October 2025

(1 hour)

Workshop to discuss best practices and lesson learned from the initiatives

(in-person)

• Each group/company to present their best practices and lesson learned
• Peer review and feedback
• Endline study: Filling in the WEPs Gender Gap Analysis Toolkit and Post-Survey
• Preparing for the closing ceremony

November 2025

(2 days)

Closing ceremony of the Corporate Action Lab Indonesia (public event, in-person)

• Presentation of best practices and lessons learned from CAL participants -Showcasing of the results through exhibition booths, posters, and videos

December 2025

(1 day)

3. Assist UN Women in developing written documentation/knowledge product related to the achievements of the Corporate Action Lab

• Co-create the monitoring and evaluation tools with UN Women to capture results in CAL, including the quality of engagement with participants and quality of initiative piloted within CAL.
• Develop a 2-page case study for each initiative piloted during Corporate Action Lab which includes the Context, Actions, Challenges, Results and Recommendation in Bahasa Indonesia.
• Develop one final report for CAL, highlighting the success and lesson learned from the processes.

Deliverables

No

Deliverables

Submission Deadline

1

Comprehensive report approved by Programme Manager of Women's Economic Empowerment on:

• Finalization of facilitation guide for Corporate Action Lab
• Successful facilitation of the Kick-off Workshop and Action Planning Workshop

31 July 2025

2

Comprehensive report approved by Programme Manager of Women's Economic Empowerment on:

• Successful facilitation of the Progress Check-in #1 and Workshop on MEL, including co-creation of the monitoring and evaluation tools with UN Women to capture results in CAL

30 September 2025

3

Comprehensive report approved by Programme Manager of Women's Economic Empowerment on:

• Successful facilitation of the Progress Check-in #2 and Workshop to discuss Best Practice and Lessons Learned

31 December 2025

4

Comprehensive final report approved by Programme Manager of Women's Economic Empowerment which highlights the success and lesson learned from the Corporate Action Lab.

15 February 2025

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is a home-based consultancy, but the consultant is expected to deliver some in-person workshop sessions in Greater Jakarta area as mentioned in the indicative timeline above.

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

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

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework:

Functional Competencies:

• Ability to support design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of development programmes and projects.
• Strong experience and knowledge in Women’s Empowerment, Diversity and Inclusion, and Gender Equality in or working with the private sector and youth communities.
• Strong ability for moderating and facilitating workshops and training, and/or business advisory.
• Knowledge of Results Based Management principles and approaches.
• Ability to maintain networks and partnerships with UN agencies, private sector, youth communities, and donors to promote partnership and build alliances to advance organizational interests and competencies.
• Demonstrated good oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of UN management systems.

Required Qualification

Education and Certification:

• Master’s degree in gender studies, development studies, economics, business administration, public policy, law, international relations or other related fields.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Professional certificate of competence on the following skills: design thinking and/or human design, behavioral science, facilitation, and/or innovation is an advantage.

Experience:

• Minimum 7-years (for Master’s degree) and 9-years (for Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience with a demonstrable ability to administer projects and provide technical expertise in the areas of gender, economic empowerment, sustainability, CSR, and multi-sector partnerships.
• Demonstrable record of leading facilitation and training process for gender equality issues, and/or using design thinking/human-centered design methodologies to co-designing solutions/innovations.
• Previous experience in developing/co-authoring knowledge products on business sector engagement/innovation/gender equality/economic empowerment is an asset.
• Demonstrable record of having undertaken similar project assignments is an asset.
• Very good multi-stakeholder understanding with a strong focus on business sector engagement

Language Skills:

• Fluency in oral and written Indonesian and English is required
• Excellent technical and analytical writing skills (to be assessed through writing sample)

Statements :

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.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

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