National Consultant to support UN Women Georgia CO in development of tailored Data Monitoring Tool - Zoho Creator (Retainer)

Background:

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. 

UN Women implements Results-Based Management (RBM) to ensure the totality of its work is driven by specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound Results, while ensuring the effective and efficient use of entrusted resources. Through RBM, UN Women demonstrates a commitment to uphold the highest levels of accountability and transparency in pursuing the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls (UN Women, PLANNING, MONITORING AND REPORTING POLICY, Effective date: 10 October, 2023. Review date: 9 October, 2027).

UN Women, PLANNING, MONITORING AND REPORTING POLICY defines Monitoring as a regular and systematic assessment of performance against planned Results. This includes systematic collection and analysis of information to allow an understanding of UN Women’s performance against the Strategic Plan (SP), Strategic Notes (SN) and Projects, and to take corrective actions, as required, to deliver desired Results. This Monitoring process is focused on a holistic, forward-looking reflection of the SNs and overall performance of the HQ Divisions/Independent Office, ROs and COs to promote agility, responsiveness and strategic foresight to improve implementation and inform future Planning. This enables UN Women to analyse and address potential risks, challenges and opportunities to implement forward-looking actions.

For the purposes of systematizing monitoring processes, including monitoring data collection, across UN Women Georgia CO, UN Women has introduced a special monitoring software, low-code custom application – Zoho Creator (www.zoho.com/creator). This platform was identified after a market review of suitable technical solutions, consultations with FAO counterparts, and analysis of value for money and cost effectiveness. In 2023-2024, UN Women has been developing tailored version of ZOHO Creator; various functionalities of ZOHO Creator were tested and established in compliance with UN Women monitoring & reporting needs. In 2025, UN Women plans to continue further development of ZOHO Creator custom application and introduce new functionalities and features. 
In order to accomplish the above task, UN Women intends to hire a national consultant to further support development of ZOHO Creator custom application in compliance with UN Women monitoring & reporting requirements. 

The consultant will be reporting to Monitoring & Reporting Analyst, and will be supported by Administrative Assistant, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues.

The consultant should provide reports to UN Women, describing works completed. The reporting format will be provided by UN Women. The reports should be submitted on a quarterly basis, by 25th of the relevant month. 

Description of Responsibilities /Scope of Work:

The national consultant will be responsible to:

•    In close coordination with UN Women Georgia Country Office team, support further development of Zoho Creator and tailor the application to UN Women ongoing result-tracking needs, ensuring linkages between databases and monitoring information of different projects, where relevant; 
•    In close coordination with UN Women team, develop a separate database, data collection forms and data dashboard for UN Women Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) project; 
•    In close coordination with UN Women team, develop a database of institutional partners of UN Women based on existing documents (Prodocs, other internal documents); 
•    In close coordination with UN Women, as relevant, perform monitoring data entry (capacity building activities, sub-partnerships, employment support, etc.) for ongoing projects to ensure that most recent monitoring data is reflected in the Zoho Creator; 
•    In close coordination with UN Women, develop a unified map in ZOHO Creator for all UN Women grassroots beneficiaries by end of 2025, to include all relevant project data and develop an Indicator Tracking Dashboard for UN Women Annual Reporting;
•    Provide support on technical troubleshooting, if needed.

Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel
This is a home-based consultancy. No travel will be required.  
 

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Values and Competencies Framework: 

Functional Competencies:

•    Technical credibility in monitoring/data management 
•    Research 
•    Business planning 
•    Risk management
•    Commitment to continuous improvement

Required Qualifications:

Education and Certification:
• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, humanities or a related field is required with two (2) years of experience.
• A first-level university degree in combination with four (4) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:
•    At least two (2) years in case of Master’s degree (or four (4) years in case of first-level university degree) of progressively responsible work experience in monitoring, reporting and/or evaluation.
•    Experience in data monitoring using low-code custom applications (Zoho Creator or similar application) is required.
•    Experience in development of tailored low-code custom applications (Zoho Creator or similar application) is required. 
•    Experience of work specifically with Zoho Creator would be an asset. 
•    Experience of work with UN agencies in Georgia would be an asset. 

Languages:
•    Fluency in English and Georgian is required.

Statements :

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.

Diversity and inclusion:

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process.