Deadline: 13-Jul-22
UN Women has announced the proposals for Second Chance Education and Vocational Learning (SCE) program to fill the gap in support for young and adult women who have missed out on education to get a second chance to find pathways to economic empowerment.
The SCE program is now in its fourth year of the innovative pilot Phase I, including a 12-month cost extension due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on program implementation, ending 30 June 2022. The number of graduates has reached 28,031 women with 15,8461 starting to earn an income, mostly through self-employment/entrepreneurship.
UN Women is currently planning the design of a 5-year Phase II of the SCE program to transition the successful components of the program to sustainable scale by integration into institutional and policy frameworks in the initial pilot countries, mobilizing resources for scale up by other stakeholders including by governments, foundations, impact and institutional investors, as well as continuing to expand the use of the model geographically through new UN Women Country Offices adopting it into their wider women’s economic empowerment programs in both humanitarian and development contexts.
Scope
The 6-month OBA Executable Design Phase will include the SCE programs in two countries, as well as OBA Executable Design at global program level that will provide a framework for scaling the SCE program and the innovative finance mechanism through new UN Women Country Offices.
Funding Information
The budget range for this proposal should be between: USD 400,000- USD 650,000
Competencies
- Technical/functional competencies required
- The organization must have at least 10 years’ experience in the area of Social Impact Bonds and outcomes-based approaches
- Previous engagement with UN agencies in the area of Innovative Finance, and in the technical areas of education and women’s economic empowerment, will be an advantage.
- Organizational experience and credibility in design outcome based financing model for development and education for women and girls,
- Proven experience in having worked on a programme model in one of the SCE countries
- Has internal programmatic, administrative and financial processes in place to ensure delivery of quality, cost-effective and timely programme results
- Has grassroots networks/outreach in relevant communities
- Has adequate numbers of professional staff with adequate qualifications and experience Governance and management structures
- Officially registered and has no conflict of interest between staff in the organization and UN Women.
- Has an anti-fraud and corruption policy and consistently implements the policy
- Has in place policies and procedures regarding data privacy and data
- Other competencies, which while not required, can be an asset for the performance of services
- The team composition is expected to include at least an overall team leader and team members.
- The overall Team Leader should have Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in area of innovative finance; social impact bonds. Work experience in educational social impact bonds and financing in development context is desirable. Bachelor’s degree can be considered with minimum ten years professional experience media engagement.
- Project team members should have at least 3 years’ experience in working in innovative finance; social impact bonds. At least one project team member should have background in gender equality, education and women’s economic empowerment.
- Administrative and Finance Staff should have at least one Administrative & Finance Staff supporting the project implementation. S/he should have minimum 3 years’ experience in administrative and finance functions, especially in preparing financial reports for donors.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=92949