National consultant on strategic advisory on Gender-Responsive Practices in Public Finance Management

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 Gender Equality Programme 2023-2027 of the Republic of Moldova sets a clear prerogative, under Objective 1, to  implement gender  responsive policies and budgets as a transformational approach to alleviate structural gender inequalities. The Public Finance Management Strategy (2023-2030) contains express commitments and provisions to advance the institutionalization of Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) in the Republic of Moldova. Moreover, the outcomes and recommendations of the Public Expenditure and Finance Accountability Assessment (PEFA) supplementary assessment on gender completed in 2022, coupled with Moldova’s commitments under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), particularly SDG 5.c.1. as well as the EU accession agenda of Moldova by 2030.  

UN Women is looking to contract a national consultant on strategic advisory on Gender-Responsive Practices in Public Finance Management. The consultant will be working under the supervision of the Programme Analyst on Women in Leadership and Governance (WILG), and in coordination with and WEE Programme Coordinator and Programme Officer on Gender Responsive Governance under the EVOLVE4GE project, and guidance from Deputy Country Representative and other members of UN Women Moldova CO’s management team including national and international consultants involved, as needed.  The national consultant will not be located in the premises of UN Women and will have to work remotely. The selected consultant shall sign a contract with UN Women for stipulated assignment.

Interested candidates are invited to submit their online applications by 10 March 2024 to the following link UN WOMEN Jobs - 115497- National consultant on strategic advisory on Gende (undp.org)   ,with the following documents:

• Personal CV or P11 (P11 can be downloaded from: https://www.unwomen.org/sites/default/files/Headquarters/Attachments/Sections/About%20Us/Employment/UN-Women-P11-Personal-History-Form.doc ).
• Letter of Intent to include a brief overview about which of your previous experiences makes you the most suitable candidate for the advertised position.  (maximum length: 1 page).

Please note that only applicants who are short-listed will be contacted.

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.

The United Nations in Moldova is committed to workforce diversity. Women, persons with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV, as well as refugees and other non-citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova, are particularly encouraged to apply.