Overview : As part of its commitment to entrench gender equality and empowerment principles throughout it operational and programming culture, The UNDP Lesotho Office is undertaking a second round of the Gender Equality Seal (GES) for UNDP Country Offices. The Country Office was certified at bronze level in 2018. The GES promotes an organizational culture of equality and incentivizes country offices to meet standards by integrating gender into all aspects of development work. It is UNDP’s flagship initiative to build capacities and support transformational gender equality results. It is also a tool for empowering managers and staff, and accelerating changes needed to support the Country Office to achieve its gender equality goals. Lesotho Country Office (CO) participated in the baseline exercise of 2021 and is now moving forward to participate in the current round of certification for 2022/23 and will be working on the implementation of the benchmarks stipulated for the certification. The CO Office aims to improve its ranking from Bronze to Silver in this round, requiring that it meets 70% of the established benchmark indicators. To this end, Lesotho CO intends to hire a highly motivated and experienced Gender Equality Seal Consultant to facilitate the effective implementation of the GES Certification Programme within the Country office. The Consultant will advise on strategies, develop, and carry out capacity building activities geared towards the successful implementation of the GES Programme. All submissions must be send to : ls.procurement@undp.org on or before the deadline. |