National Expert for Mainstreaming Gender Considerations into DEI's Strategic Planning in the Context of European Union Pre-Accession Assistance Programming Training Syllabus, IC, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The Position:
National Expert for Mainstreaming Gender Considerations into DEI's Strategic Planning in the Context of European Union Pre-Accession Assistance Programming Training Syllabus
You will report to WPS Project Manager
How you can make a difference:
UNFPA is the lead UN agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. UNFPA’s strategic plan (2022-2025), reaffirms the relevance of the current strategic direction of UNFPA and focuses on three transformative results: to end preventable maternal deaths; end unmet need for family planning; and end gender-based violence and harmful practices. These results capture our strategic commitments on accelerating progress towards realizing the ICPD and SDGs in the Decade of Action leading up to 2030. Our strategic plan calls upon UN Member States, organizations and individuals to “build forward better”, while addressing the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on women’s and girls’ access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, recover lost gains and realize our goals.
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards, and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
UNFPA is seeking candidates that transform, inspire and deliver high impact and sustained results; we need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them and who commit to deliver excellence in programme results.
Purpose of consultancy:
Within the framework of the Gender Equality Accelerator, a collaborative inter-agency initiative involving UNICEF, UN Women, UNDP, and UNFPA, Bosnia and Herzegovina is pursuing a comprehensive agenda to advance gender equality across three strategic pillars: gender-based violence (Pillar I), economic empowerment (Pillar II), and gender-responsive governance and leadership (Pillar III). Pillar III focuses on the systematic enhancement of public institutional capacities and decision-making processes. Pursuant to Output 3.2.1, the Joint Programme is dedicated to ensuring that policymakers and decision-makers possess the necessary technical proficiency and practical instruments to
formulate, execute, and monitor gender-responsive policies and sustainable planning, strictly aligned with European Union standards and foundational values.
This consultancy supports the CPD’s focus on strengthening institutional capacity for evidence-based and gender-responsive policymaking and planning. As Bosnia and Herzegovina intensifies its trajectory toward European Union accession, the Directorate for European Integration (DEI) occupies a pivotal role in coordinating the integration process and cultivating civil service competencies through its institutionalized training programmes. The systematic integration of gender equality and non-discrimination, fundamental tenets of the European Union, within these instructional frameworks is imperative for the effective and inclusive implementation of the EU acquis.
Currently, gender perspectives are inconsistently represented within specific segments of the DEI training syllabus, particularly where such considerations are intrinsically linked to EU legislation, strategic planning, policy frameworks, and institutional methodologies. This results in gender-blind large capacity programmes for civil servants and missed opportunity to provide them with adequate knowledge on gender equality and tackling harmful gender-norms and stereotypes.To address this challenge, and in accordance with the agreement between UNFPA and DEI, UNFPA will conduct a pilot phase for the gender mainstreaming of two modules out of larger package of DEI’s training programme. This consultancy will focus on gender-mainstreaming the module on the Strategic Planning in the Context of European Union Pre-Accession Assistance Programming training syllabus.
In this regard, UNFPA seeks to engage a National Consultant possessing technical proficiency in the EU acquis, gender mainstreaming, European integration processes, and public administration. The Consultant will be responsible for the production of actionable recommendations designed to facilitate the gender mainstreaming of the Strategic Planning in the Context of European Union Pre-Accession Assistance Programming training syllabus.
(Description of services, activities, or outputs):
The national consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
Task 1: Desk Review of Strategic Planning in the Context of European Union
Pre-Accession Assistance Programming Syllabus
Task 2: Gender-Responsive Curriculum Revision and Validation
Task 3: Knowledge Transfer for DEI trainers
schedule:
Task 3 – Knowledge Transfer for DEI trainers
Duration: 4 working days, between 1st September and 15th October 2026.
Total: 16 working days, from 11th May to 15th October 2026.
to be delivered:
Sarajevo
Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (e.g. electronic, hard copy etc.):
The consultant is expected to deliver the following deliverables during the Consultancy duration.
Deliverable Expected / Delivery Date
The payment will be divided in two (2) sub-deliverables:
● At completion of tasks 1 and 2 by 15th June, 2026.
● At completion of task 3 by 15th October, 2026
Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements, periodicity format and deadline:
The monitoring will be conducted by UNFPA CO in Bosnia and Herzegovina with regular progress updates provided to WPS Project Manager.
Regular updates on document development will be ensured through direct exchanges between the lead trainer, co-trainers, UNFPA Gender expert and, WPS
Project Manager
arrangements:
WPS Project Manager
Expected travel:
N/A
Required expertise, qualifications and competencies, including language requirements:
Academic Qualifications:
Professional Experience (Minimum 7 Years):
Technical and Functional Competencies:
Inputs/services to be provided by UNFPA or implementing partner (e.g support services, office space, equipment), if applicable:
UNFPA will provide logistics support for the planned September awareness raising session.
Other relevant information or special conditions, if any:
UNFPA reserves the right to offer to the selected candidate the rate in accordance with UNFPA consultant rates and UNFPA available budget. Payment for contractor will not exceed average UNFPA rates for national consultants. Where the contractor fails to deliver the required quality of products, the rate payable will be reduced. UNFPA reserves the right to assess the quality of products. The contractor has an obligation to finalise products/documents to the full UNFPA satisfaction.
UNFPA Work Environment:
UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here [link removed] to learn more.
Disclaimer:
Selection and appointment may be subject to background and reference checks, medical clearance, visa issuance and other administrative requirements.
UNFPA does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process and does not concern itself with information on applicants' bank accounts.
Applicants for positions in the international Professional and higher categories, who hold permanent resident status in a country other than their country of nationality, may be required to renounce such status upon their appointment.
