Overview
UN Women seeks a national consultant on a retainer basis to provide technical and coordination support for advancing the care economy agenda in Viet Nam. The role involves policy analysis, capacity building, and research related to gender equality and care systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide evidence-based policy analysis and technical advice to integrate gender-responsive care considerations into laws, policies, strategies, programmes and implementation processes.
- Review and provide substantive inputs and recommendations on legal and policy documents, strategies, guidelines, programmes and other technical materials related to unpaid care and domestic work, paid care services, care employment, long-term care, childcare and the broader care economy.
- Support the development and implementation of gender-responsive policies and programmes that recognize, reduce and redistribute unpaid care work and promote the reward and representation of paid care workers.
- Provide technical support for policy dialogues, consultations, technical meetings and regional or international processes related to care, including relevant APEC Women and the Economy Forum processes.
- Advise UN Women and its partners on relevant international standards, normative frameworks, emerging policy issues and good practices concerning gender-responsive, accessible and sustainable care systems.
- Provide care-related technical inputs to UN Women’s programme development, advocacy and resource mobilization efforts, including concept notes, project proposals, presentations and advocacy materials.
- Assess capacity-development needs and contribute to the design of capacity-building strategies and activities on gender-responsive care policies, systems and services.
- Develop training programmes, agendas, curricula, presentations, facilitation materials, practical tools and other learning resources related to unpaid and paid care work and the broader care economy.
- Deliver or co-facilitate training workshops, technical sessions, consultations, policy dialogues and learning events on care at national and subnational levels.
- Support knowledge exchange, peer learning and partnership-building on care among government agencies, UN entities, development partners, private sector actors, research institutions and civil society organizations.
- Support UN Women’s engagement with national and subnational partners on care-related initiatives, including the development and implementation of local care models and gender-responsive care services.
- Document the results of capacity-building and stakeholder-engagement activities, including lessons learned, good practices and recommendations for strengthening care policies, systems and services.
- Conduct research, desk reviews, evidence mapping, data analysis and other knowledge-generation activities related to unpaid care and domestic work, paid care services, care employment, long-term care, childcare and the broader care economy.
- Develop research methodologies, analytical frameworks, data-collection tools and terms of reference, and provide technical support for care-related studies, assessments and evaluations commissioned or supported by UN Women.
- Prepare or contribute to analytical papers, research reports, policy briefs, technical notes, case studies, presentations and other knowledge products on care.
- Review and synthesize national and international evidence, experiences and good practices on care systems to inform policy advocacy, programme design, capacity-building and partnership development.
- Support the dissemination and application of care-related research findings and knowledge products through consultations, policy dialogues, learning events and other appropriate channels.
- Undertake other relevant care-related assignments, as agreed with UN Women through specific work requests.
Required Experience
- At least 15 years of professional experience in social protection, economics or public policy, with a focus on gender mainstreaming
- At least 10 years' work experience in policy advocacy for gender equality and the empowerment of women, experience in mainstreaming gender and care consideration into laws and policies is an advantage
- Demonstrated experience in conducting research and policy analysis and preparing high-quality analytical reports, policy papers and policy briefs on gender equality, social protection or the care economy.
- Demonstrable experience in workshop facilitation and training involving government officials and private sector stakeholders are required
Qualifications
Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics with specialization in Gender or Public Policy is required.
