UN Women: National Consultant to Facilitate the WEPs Corporate Action Lab Indonesia, Home Based, Jakarta, Indonesia

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. 

In Indonesia, UN Women works with government, civil society organizations (CSOs), academia, the media, the public and private sectors to address national priorities of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Placing the advancement of women’s rights at the centre of our work and aligning with UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2021-2025, UN Women Indonesia focuses on (1) Inclusive human development through ending violence and discrimination against women and build women’s leadership to build sustainable peace, (2) Advance value-added and transformative economy by supporting women’s economic empowerment,  (3) Gender-responsive approach to building climate resilience and disaster risk reduction, and (4) Using innovation and data to leverage gender-responsive governance.

One of the key areas of concern is the economic empowerment of women. In Indonesia, UN Women programmes ultimately contribute to the achievement of gender equality through enabling women’s labour force participation, entrepreneurship, economic empowerment, and thus their full and equal participation in society. This Consultancy position will lead the facilitation for Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Corporate Action Lab Indonesia.

In 2010, UN Women and the UN Global Compact launched the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) which set of 7 principles that provide companies a roadmap to become more gender-responsive throughout their value chain. The WEPs is the only framework that encompasses gender equality at all organizational levels, beginning with leadership and providing guidance for the workplace, marketplace and community, underpinned by a strong emphasis on accountability and transparent reporting of progress. With continued support from The Government of Australia’s  Department of Foreign and Trade (DFAT), the UN Women Asia-Pacific launch the Gender Action Lab (GAL), which aims to further advance business sector action to accelerate gender-responsive business policies especially in four priority countries, namely Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia and Cambodia. 

The Consultant will support the implementation of the WEPs Corporate Action Lab for Indonesia. Using an action lab approach, WEPs Corporate Action Lab is a collaborative, hands-on method to tackle complex problems, fostering creativity and innovation through group discussions, prototyping, and action-oriented learning, ultimately leading to the creation of gender-responsive solutions for a cohort of business sector (8-15 companies) committed to gender equality. The focus of the Indonesia Lab this year is on creating family-friendly workplace policies and strengthening employee-supported care; therefore corporates participating in the Lab will pilot and implement various solutions around this topic. 

Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work

Under the overall supervision from the Programme Manager for Women’s Economic Empowerment, the Consultant will undertake the following tasks: 

1. Compile and develop materials to guide the discussion and thought process throughout the Corporate Action Lab (herinafter referred as facilitation guide). The facilitation guide should at least include:

• Introduction to the UN Women Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs)

• Introduction to family-friendly workplace policies and employee-supported care

• Design thinking methodology (a human-centered problem-solving process that focuses on understanding user needs, generating creative solutions, and iteratively testing and refining them) to develop company action plans for the Corporate Action Lab – which will be adjusted to the key milestones of the Corporate Action Lab.

*Note: The Consultant could compile materials from existing UN Women’s resources, WEPs resources, and any other relevant resources

2. Utilize the above materials to co-lead the facilitation of the key workshops of Corporate Action Labs (CAL), which includes capacity building on WEPs and family-friendly workplace policies and employee-supported care; and facilitation to develop company workplans and strategies to be piloted in the Corporate Action Labs

• Co-create the monitoring and evaluation tools with UN Women to capture results in CAL, including the quality of engagement with participants and quality of initiative piloted within CAL.

• Develop a 2-page case study for each initiative piloted during Corporate Action Lab which includes the Context, Actions, Challenges, Results and Recommendation in Bahasa Indonesia. 

• Develop one final report for CAL, highlighting the success and lesson learned from the processes.

Deliverables

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel

This is a home-based consultancy, but the consultant is expected to deliver some in-person workshop sessions in Greater Jakarta area as mentioned in the indicative timeline above.

• Ability to support design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of development programmes and projects.  

• Strong experience and knowledge in Women’s Empowerment, Diversity and Inclusion, and Gender Equality in or working with the private sector and youth communities.  

• Strong ability for moderating and facilitating workshops and training, and/or business advisory. 

• Knowledge of Results Based Management principles and approaches.  

• Ability to maintain networks and partnerships with UN agencies, private sector, youth communities, and donors to promote partnership and build alliances to advance organizational interests and competencies.  

• Demonstrated good oral and written communication skills.  

• Knowledge of UN management systems.  

Required Qualification