Vacancy
Overall Goal and Mission of WoMEP
The OSCE Women's Municipal Excellence Program will support the incremental development of the capacities, skills and potentials of Albania’s of women councilors elected in the June 2019 local government elections. It will provide opportunities to expand practical and theoretical knowledge and personal and professional networking to women councilors from Albania by assessing and addressing their professional development needs and leadership potentials.
The Program will enable the Presence to engage strategically and on the long term with women municipal councillors as key stakeholders in the advancement of the role of women in power and promoting gender equality agenda at the local level. WoMEP will provide knowledge and tools for promoting gender sensitive governance, empowering them through added skills, competencies, knowledge, and networking capabilities.
Prior interventions
Over 2016 and 2017, the Presence worked to strengthen the capacities of elected women councillors throughout Albania through one-day training interventions, organised regionally. The positive reception of the past local interventions and the demands for long term and regular follow-ups to them, argued in favour of the need for developing a program expanding beyond short-term trainings, initially focused of a narrow array of topics, to the provision of a more comprehensive set of topics and skills, complemented by follow ups, periodical assignments, monitoring of progress achieved, and a modular delivery of knowledge and skills.
Tasks and responsibilities of the Consultant:
The consultant will be responsible for leading the work for developing and co-delivering the first of the three modules of the capacity-building program for Women Councilors. The consultant will work together with an expert on local budget and finances and provide for the development and delivery of Module 1 over 2019, and work out recommendations and proposed contents for Modules 2 and 3.
A first training module of 2 days will be delivered to one select group of councilors (generation). Under the present consultancy assignment, the first module for the first generation of the Academy will be developed and delivered. Each module shall include the training package for one training event (in this case one 2-days event), consisting of the trainer’s guide, the training handouts and materials, and training agenda.
Module 1 will be developed and delivered over 2019 (November/December), whilst Modules 2 and 3 will be delivered in 2020 based on the lessons learned by delivery of Module 1 by thus completing the first training generation of the Academy.
Indicative issues to be covered by Module 1 that will be co-delivered by the Senior Expert in close cooperation with the expert on local budget and finances:
• Women Leadership in Local Government: how to lead a complex organization whilst balancing the needs of the local community with the resources and organizational challenges of a local organization. • Introduction on Legal Framework on Local Budgets: Competences of the Councils, Mayors and legal obligations and duties of councilpersons • Decentralized Governance System: Management of Local Budgets and Finances • Local Economic Development – Financing Local Governance: Taxes and Fees • Deconcentration, Delegation, and Outsourcing Public Services at the Local Level • Interaction between political interest at the central and local level and development priorities of a municipality: addressing competing interests between different local stakeholders in the council. • Gender budgeting: how to mainstream concerns of women and men in local budgets
In relation to the above requirements, the consultant will:
• Hold an inception meeting with OSCE PiA and conduct a brief desk review of key documents (WoMEP Inception Report provided by OSCE PiA and other documents identified by the consultant) in relation to the gender equality and local women councilors in Albania, and their potential and specific challenges and constraints; • Outline the methodologic framework for Module 1, including curriculum, training program, and training materials; • Implementation/Delivery of the first training module (Module 1) during 2019. • Provide recommendations on proposed topics for Modules II and III.
Sequence of Activities related to the provision of deliverables:
• Participation in coordination meeting with OSCE • Provision of proposed training program for Module I • Delivery of training program for Module I • Submission of follow-up recommendations on Modules II and III.
Expected Output/Deliverables:
1. Program, Training Materials and Training Agenda for Pilot Module I to be provided preliminarily in Albanian, prior to the delivery of Module 1(15 pages) – by 5 December 2019 2. Delivery of one 2-day training based on agreed program –in the period 10-15 December 2019 3. Recommendations on contents and structure of Modules II and III in English. (8 pages) – by 20 December 2019.
Necessary Qualifications: • Working experience in top positions of local government (high managerial positions with policy and program development, implementation and monitoring responsibilities) • He or she to be cognizant of the applicable gender equality framework, local government reform, national local development strategies and regulations. • Over 5 years of experience in designing, delivering and monitoring capacity building on local government and gender equality, • Master’s degree in one of the listed fields: Social Sciences, Development Studies, Law, Economics, Political Sciences, Public Administration, Business Administration. • Past positive experiences in delivering similar capacity-building interventions is a plus.
Remuneration The payment for this consultancy will be in accordance with the OSCE established rates and upon submission and approval of the deliverables mentioned above.
How to apply All applications are due by 19 November 2019. If you wish to apply for this position, please use the OSCE's online application link found under link https://jobs.osce.org/. The OSCE retains the discretion to re-advertise the vacancy, to cancel the recruitment, to offer a contract with modified Terms of Reference or for a different duration. The OSCE is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious, ethnic and social backgrounds to apply to become a part of the organization. Please be aware that the OSCE does not request payment at any stage of the application and review process.