National Technical Consultant on Women’s Economic Empowerment and Private Sector Engagement

UNWOMEN Viet Nam is looking for a National Consultant to provide technical support for the implementation of activities on Women’s Economic Empowerment and its Private Sector Engagement Strategy primarily linked to the Project WE RISE Together (WRT) from March 2023 to February 2024. The Consultant will work hand-in-hand with the Programme Manager in the implementation of the project’s Annual Work Plan.

Interested applicants must submit the following document/information (in PDF format) to demonstrate their qualifications

Technical component:

• Letter of interest explaining why you are the most suitable for the work and your proposal for the number of working days
• Signed Curriculum vitae with contact details for 3 references
• Two reports in English on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment or entrepreneurship, market access, financial inclusion as evidence of written skills

Financial proposal (with your signature)

• The financial proposal shall specify a total lump sum amount in VND for the consultancy fee. The candidate will not need to include the travelling cost because UN Women will arrange for the consultant to the project site following the UN-EU cost norm. Please note that the cost of preparing a proposal and of negotiating a contract, is not reimbursable as a direct cost of the assignment.

Complete applications with TOR reference no. should be sent to <procurement.vietnam@unwomen.org>. Only applications with all items mentioned above will be considered.

TOR number TOR-VNM-2022-037 is attached.

Deadline for Application:  29 January 2023

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