UN Women: National Consultant on Gender-Responsive Policy, Research, and Institutional Capacity Strengthening, Home-based, Philippines

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. Building on the EmPower Programme, UN Women and UNEP are advancing gender-responsive, human rights-based climate action in the Philippines by strengthening women’s leadership, resilience, and participation in climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and environmental governance. Through support to gender-responsive climate planning, financing, and policymaking, including local climate action plans, the People’s Survival Fund, and key national climate frameworks, the programme contributes to UN Women’s broader agenda of resilient communities and gender-transformative governance. By expanding women’s influence in decision-making, strengthening institutional responsiveness, and promoting equitable access to resources and opportunities, the programme seeks to accelerate a just, inclusive, and climate-resilient future. Complementing this work, UN Women plays a central role in advancing the UN System-wide Gender Equality Acceleration Plan (GEAP), a flagship initiative launched in 2024 to strengthen accountability and institutional performance on gender equality across the UN system. Through the development of Country Gender Equality Profiles and Biennial Reviews, GEAP supports evidence-based analysis, identifies structural barriers to gender equality, and informs UN Country Team priorities, national development strategies, and Sustainable Development Cooperation Frameworks. Together, these efforts strengthen the integration of gender equality across climate, humanitarian, and development agendas while enhancing accountability, coherence, and impact. Delivering these key work areas requires specialized technical expertise to generate evidence, conduct assessments, develop tools and policy guidance, and strengthen the capacities of government and key stakeholders. UN Women therefore seeks a national consultant to provide technical expertise in the review, alignment, adaptation, and contextualization of frameworks and approaches that advance gender-responsive policy and governance across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, supporting inclusive resilience-building and sustainable development outcomes consistent with UN Women’s global priorities and country-level commitments in the Philippines. The consultant will be reporting to the Country Programme Coordinator, and will be supported by the Operations Associate, who will be the point of contact on the contract and payment issues. Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work The National Consultant on Gender-Responsive Policy, Research, and Institutional Capacity Strengthening will perform and deliver on the following tasks: 1. Undertake technical desk reviews and produce evidence-based recommendations, complemented by training design and facilitation support, to strengthen gender mainstreaming in national policy processes, including on climate adaptation 2. Develop, refine and/or adapt gender-responsive toolkits, monitoring frameworks, analytical instruments and strategic approaches, including anticipatory action, humanitarian engagement and gender data mapping, paired with capacity building support to ensure effective institutional uptake and application 3. Provide guidance and deliver in depth analytical and advisory support across programmes, including conducting targeted capacity building interventions 4. Any other requests within their functional profile, as guided by the supervisor Expected Deliverables(Payment will be processed upon approval of the following deliverables) 1. Undertake technical desk reviews and produce evidence-based recommendations, complemented by training design and facilitation support, to strengthen gender mainstreaming in national policy processes, including on climate adaptation - 1.1  Technical desk review of the Enhanced LGU Guidebook on the Formulation of the Local Climate Change Adaptation Plan (target date of completion on 13 November 2026)Draft  recommendation on mainstreaming gender in the LCCAP formulation processDevelop training design on the capacity building for the trained coaches on LCCAP formulation - 1.2  Support the review of the developed  Localization Roadmap on Gender Mainstreaming in National Adaptation Plan (target date of completion on 14 December 2026)Provide substantive input on the draft toolkit on gender mainstreaming and NAP localizationProvide inputs on gender mainstreaming in the CDP process in the toolkit 2. Develop, refine and/or adapt gender-responsive toolkits, monitoring frameworks, analytical instruments and strategic approaches, including anticipatory action, humanitarian engagement and gender data mapping, paired with capacity building support to ensure effective institutional uptake and application - 2.1  Develop the gender data mapping framework and preliminary analytical framework to support the drafting process of the Country Gender Equality Profile (CGEP) (target date of completion on 30 January 2027)Conduct initial desk review and gender data mapping (October 2026) and draft preliminary analytical framework for GTG review and data collection (October-December 2026) - 2.2  Support in the technical review and provide inputs on policies related to anticipatory action, and DRMM planning and policies (target date of completion on 31 March 2027)Conduct desk review on the anticipatory action protocols and existing mechanismsProvide inputs on the supplemental guidebook to be developed by UN Women with OCD - 2.3 Support in the development of the Country’s Gender in Humanitarian Action Strategy (target date of completion on 28 May 2027)Support in providing technical review and inputs on draft UN Women Country Gender and Humanitarian StrategySupport in providing technical review and inputs on the draft stragegy note for Engaging Private Sector in Humanitarian ActionSupport in the conduct of the capacity-building in integrating gender for private sectors in the humanitarian action - 2.4 Support the drafting of the full draft and validation activities for the CGEP (target date of completion on 18 June 2027)First full draft (January – February 2027) and final full draft of the CGEP (May-June 2027), and support consultations and validation activities (March/April 2027) 3. Provide guidance and deliver in depth analytical and advisory support across programmes, including conducting targeted capacity building interventions - 3.1 Support research and capacity strengthening on Gender and Development (GAD) budgeting and programming of key government agencies and counterparts (target date of completion on 30 August 2027) - 3.2  Facilitate institutional advisory sessions and/or training to strengthen gender mainstreaming practices across partners (target date of completion on 30 September 2027) - 3.3  Final report and debrief  (target date of completion on 29 October 2027) Consultant’s Workplace and Official Travel UN Women will provide the National Consultant with substantive inputs to ensure the completion of deliverables in line with the objectives of the organizations. This is a home-based consultancy, with reporting to UN Women Philippines office as needed. The consultant may access the UN Women Philippines office for printing of relevant documents or when required to work on-site at any point during the assignment. As part of this assignment, there may be at least 2 mission related to the scope of work, which will be arranged by UN Women in accordance with UN Women’s travel policy. Competencies : Core Values: - Integrity; - Professionalism; - Respect for Diversity. Core Competencies: - Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues; - Accountability; - Creative P