• Country: Bangkok, Thailand
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: UNDP
• Gender: Both 
• Deadline: 2024-01-05

Duties and Responsibilities

CONTRACT PERIOD AND WORK LOCATION

The period of this consultancy is for 12 months; the consultant will be Bangkok based.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide Technical Support and supervision of the implementation, management and reporting of the Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Climate Economy Impact Accelerator: Women Entrepreneurs in Climate Tech in ASEAN (WE – Climate Tech Accelerator). – Provide technical assistance to the service provider implementing WE-Climate Tech Accelerator from outreach to potential entrepreneurs, supporting selection process and implementation of the acceleration programme and work with the implementing partner to ensure the Accelerator is implemented in a gender-responsive way using UN Women Resources, such as WE RISE: Toolkits for Accelerators[1] and Entrepreneurs[2] and other supporting tools.[3]Contribute to synergising the ASEAN WE Climate Tech Accelerator with the EmPower II Programme to ensure a cohesive approach to supporting women’s entrepreneurship in the context of climate action in ASEAN.
2. Lead the delivery of trainings for climate-tech entrepreneurs:  Support the implementing partner of the Climate Tech Accelerator to conduct trainings in the areas of gender-responsive business conduct helping them to build more inclusive business models. This will be incorporated into the overall accelerator curriculum managed with a yet to be selected partner. It will also include providing business support for selected entrepreneurs (from WE Climate-Tech Accelerator and EmPower II) to prepare them to be business ready, connecting them to existing networks, and accessing the finance through the Finance Facility under EmPower II.
3. Support communication and advocacy efforts on promoting women’s entrepreneurship in Climate Action within ASEAN, with a focus on the ASEAN WE Climate Tech Accelerator programme including co-organizing events, supporting advocacy efforts, and developing min. 10 evidence-based impact stories in collaboration with the UN Women WEE Communications officer and EmPower II Communications Specialist. This includes leading the design and implementation of an advocacy and public speaking training for selected entrepreneurs to become strong leaders and advocates to influence public policy. The consultant will be working closely with UN Women and experts to advocate for policy reforms and contribute in creating a enabling and supportive environment for women entrepreneurs in the ASEAN region.
4. Lead the support of the enterprises under ASEAN WE Climate Tech Accelerator to access Finance Facility under EmPower II, including managing the application process, business and ESG due diligence and support the overall EmPower II programme to promote the uptake of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs)[4] by engaged businesses. This will also include support the WE- Climate Tech Accelerator implementer to identify additional finance partners.
5. Lead the regional development of a Gender Financing strategy for Entrepreneurship at large – Working with UN Women’s global gender-financing team and the country offices in Asia-Pacific and identify practical approaches to advance gender-lens investing in areas, such as climate change but also other impact areas like but not limited to the Care Economy, the Tourism Sector etc.(tbc) This includes also providing capacity building to the established UN Women WEE Community of Practice.
6. Develop a presentations, briefings and develop concept notes for resource mobilization – including the organization of panels, small events and convenings to engage different stakeholders to advance advocacy, policy changes, and programming.

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

The consultant will work under the direct supervision of Regional WEE Program Lead, UN Women ROAP, to achieve the following deliverables:

Competencies

Core Values

• Respect for Diversity;
• Integrity;
• Professionalism.

Core Competencies

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

Functional Competencies

• Excellent knowledge of Gender-Lens Investing  and Financing
• Strong overall knowledge of on women’s entrepreneurship and women’s economic empowerment
• Strong technical expertise climate economy
• Strong writing skills
• Strong knowledge on development and political understanding in ASEAN
• Ability to work with different stakeholders from private sector, investors up to policy makers, donors
• Strong ability to work on a practical implementation of programmes

Required Skills and Experience

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Education and certification:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in economics, law, public policy and governance, gender/women’s studies, international development, finance, business administration or a related field is required;
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Experience:

• Must have worked minimum 5 years in ASEAN in the space of minimum 2 of the following areas: women’s economic empowerment, gender financing, entrepreneurship business development and/or acceleration, and climate technology
• Experience in implementation of entrepreneurship programming
• Experience working with government, private sector and/or investors in ASEAN
• Experience in providing capacity building, training or support to entrepreneurs and/or investors in the area of climate change / gender-lens investing
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• UN experience is an asset

Language Requirements:

• Excellent command of written in English
• Fluency in another South-East Asian spoken language is a strong asset

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