National Consultant - Women's Economic Empowerment

About the role

UN Women Moldova is seeking a national consultant with expertise in gender equality and women's economic empowerment (WEE) to provide programmatic support to the WEE portfolio of the UN Women Country Office. The consultant works closely with operations, programme and projects staff, reports to the Programme Analyst and is overseen by the WEPP Project Manager and the Women Economic Empowerment and Resilience Specialist. The post is home-based, with no travel foreseen.

Key responsibilities

• Review economic development policies, legal frameworks and programmes to integrate gender equality and WEE priorities
• Provide strategic and technical support across the WEE portfolio: programme planning, research, knowledge management, partnership building, policy dialogue and quality assurance
• Support access to finance: work with banks and microfinance institutions, develop guidance and tools, and use sex-disaggregated data to track progress
• Support women's entrepreneurship: business support programmes, value chain analysis in agriculture and food, vocational education, mentor networks and cluster development
• Guide private sector companies in applying the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs): diagnostics, policy reviews, monitoring and peer exchange among signatories
• Develop knowledge products, terms of reference and proposals, and support multistakeholder dialogues and advocacy materials

Required profile

• Master's degree in economics, finance, public administration, human rights, gender equality, management or a related field; a first-level degree plus two years of qualifying experience may be accepted instead
• At least 5 years of relevant experience managing complex, multi-component programmes and projects, preferably in gender equality, WEE and gender-responsive budgeting
• At least 3 years of collaborative work with national partners, including government and civil society organisations
• Experience in the UN system

Required skills

• Reviewing national economic, agricultural and rural development policies and integrating gender priorities
• Designing business support programmes and sectoral gender and value chain analyses
• Guiding companies on WEPs tools and monitoring progress against WEPs indicators
• Analytical and writing skills for proposals, concept notes, ToRs and quality control of deliverables
• Use of productivity software, advanced spreadsheets and database management systems

Payment is made monthly after approved deliverables and timesheets, and performance is evaluated on timeliness, quality and accuracy.