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.

The LEAP Project (Faith and Traditional Leaders for Ending GBV by Advancing Advocacy, Policy and Social Norms Change in Nigeria and West Africa) is a Ford Foundation-funded initiative. It focuses on engaging traditional and religious leaders as agents of change to challenge harmful social norms and practices that perpetuate gender-based violence (GBV), and to promote community-driven accountability, faith-based advocacy, and system-level prevention responses.

As the project enters its final year, documentation, learning, and knowledge management are critical to capturing evidence of change, disseminating lessons, and sustaining results.

The consultant will report to the Deputy Country Representative and work in close collaboration with the Programme Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, and Communications Focal Point.

UN Women has collaborated and supported various partners to develop knowledge products such as policy briefs, training manuals, toolkits, testimonials, awareness campaign materials, assessment reports, advocacy templates, etc to support capacity building, disseminate best practices, guide decision-making, and to plan and execute project interventions. In a bid to engender continuous use and phase-over of the knowledge products to other relevant stakeholders towards advancing decision-making and future programme development relating to the prevention of violence against women and girls.

UN Women is seeking the expertise of a qualified consultant to collate and build a well-organized repository of products developed through the implementation of the Ford Foundation Funded LEAP Project. The Consultant will further support drafting and review of donor and country office reports related to the LEAP Project. This process is intended to streamline the knowledge products, making it easier for organization to make informed decision.

The consultant will work closely with UN Women to deliver on the following elements:

• Collate, curate, and build a repository of all knowledge products (policy briefs, toolkits, declarations, case studies, etc.) produced under the LEAP Project.
• Lead the documentation of best practices, lessons learned, and stories of change from community-level engagements and state partnerships.
• Develop and implement a dissemination plan targeting government stakeholder, donors, CSOs, traditional/religious networks, and regional partners.
• Designing and packaging of advocacy toolkits for traditional and religious leaders.
• Coordinate knowledge sharing events and learning exchanges, including a national knowledge-sharing session in July 2025.
• Manage content development and reporting for the final donor report and legacy knowledge products.
• Ensure that all products are submitted in editable and design-ready formats and maintain a documentation trail of inputs and revisions.

Deliverables:

• Deliverable 1: Collate, oversee and handover a repository of knowledge products and lessons learned developed by UN Women and partners throughout the life cycle of the LEAP Project ensuring cross-country office dissemination and awareness of the KM products
• Deliverable 2: Documentation of success stories, human-interest case studies, and community-led innovations
• Deliverable 3: Support development of advocacy toolkits and evidence-based policy briefs
• Deliverable 4: Outline and support dissemination plan of knowledge products developed within the LEAP Project products including with civil society organisations, government, donor partners and the private sector
• Deliverable 5: Provide substantive inputs to donor and country office annual reports as the align with the LEAP Project and wider Ending Violence Against Women thematic area
• Deliverable 6: Support lessons learned and monitoring and evaluation exercises in collaboration with UN Women M&E team and the Spotlight Initiative PMU with the verification of the data in the reports submitted by UN Women ‘s implementing partners on the Spotlight Initiative
• Deliverable 7: Provide all completed final products, tools, datasets, infographics, and raw files to UN Women.

Competencies :

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:

• Strong competencies in programme formulation, implementation, reporting, monitoring and evaluation
• Strong experience on knowledge and communications management
• Ability to synthesize program performance data and produce analytical reports to inform management and strategic decision-making
• Strong knowledge of the ICT, including the usage of design tools like Adobe Photoshop
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to identify and analyze trends, opportunities and threats to fundraising and develop strategies

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in knowledge and information Management, social science and arts related disciplines
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A project/programme management certification would be an added advantage

Experience:

• At least four of experience working on issues of gender-based violence, gender equality, and women’s rights, human rights, and or global development
• Proven experience in knowledge management consulting, with a track record of successful projects.
• Excellent communication and training facilitation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required.
• Working knowledge of more than one Nigerian language is desirable;
• Working knowledge of another official UN language is an asset;

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.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process. Females are strongly encourage to apply.