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Consultant - Career Coach - Empowering Women in STEM (WeSTEM)
Organization: UN Women
Apply By: 16 Jan 2025
Location: Ahmedabad(Gujarat) Bharuch(Gujarat) Surat(Gujarat)
About the Organization
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.
All human development and human rights issues involve gender dimensions. UN Women globally focuses on key priority areas that are fundamental to women’s equality, and that can unlock progress across the board. UN Women’s priority areas include increasing women’s leadership and participation in political spaces, ending violence against women, enhancing women’s economic empowerment, engaging in all aspects of women peace and security processes, making gender equality central to national planning and budgeting through Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) and advancing gender in intergovernmental processes.
Job Description/Responsibilities
In this context, the Consultant/s will work under the guidance and direct supervision of the Programme Analyst and State Project Coordinator and overall supervision of Country Programme Manager (WEE), to support in the execution of the course curriculum and other programme activities and coordinate with relevant government technical institutes and team members, including the operations team, implementing partner organisations and government officials, to ensure successful implementation of Programmes.
Roles and Responsibilities of the Consultant:
Classroom Management:
- Conduct regular classroom sessions for beneficiaries, ensuring attendance is recorded in the attendance register and complete the training syllabus/curriculum as per given guideline and timeline.
Job Opportunity Guidance:
- Provide information to young women about various job opportunities, motivating them to participate in job fairs, campus drives, and exposure visits.
- Support in conducting virtual job orientations and job fairs.
Local Industry Identification:
- Map the skill requirements of the local industry and companies; identify the industries in the respective districts to provide job opportunities for beneficiaries and organize exposure visits.
Database Maintenance:
- Regularly maintain and update the database of beneficiaries and industry partners in standard formats, sharing it with the program team as needed.
Mobilization and Outreach:
- Align mobilization efforts to identify and reach eligible beneficiaries, offering counseling and motivation for program enrollment.
- Encourage young women to pursue higher education in STEM fields.
Career Counseling:
- Conduct regular counseling sessions focused on career guidance, pursuing STEM jobs, and higher education opportunities in STEM.
Community Outreach:
- Mobilize more women into ITIs through community outreach initiatives.
Stakeholder Coordination:
- Build rapport with stakeholders, including ITIs, government polytechnics, and individuals from diverse academic, socio-economic, and cultural backgrounds.
Capacity Building:
- Engage staff of ITIs especially Training and Placement Officers and Principals and build their capacity to carry out implement the WeSTEM activities once the project comes to an end. And create industry linkages with the institutes to ensure sustainability of the project.
Reporting and Documentation:
- Create internal reports, case studies and documentation of various activities to enhance internal knowledge on program implementation.
- Generate regular progress reports for the project and engage in periodic updates with donors regarding program status and future planning.
- Conduct regular feedback sessions with students and faculty for mid-course correction in content, facilitation or activities
- End report to document the numbers trainers, jobs offered and training of ITI staff.
Aspirational Mapping:
- Conduct aspirational mapping through interviews and surveys, along with skills needs assessment of the students.
Database Sharing:
- Share the database of eligible aspirants with the program team based on stipulated criteria for placement opportunities.
Additional Duties:
- Perform any other duties assigned by supervisors as required and perform other activities assigned under the programme
Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience
- Minimum masters degree in Science/Social Sciences/Development Studies with atleast 3 years of progressive experience in the area of STEM and/or working with government agencies; 5 years of experience would be considered in lieu of Master's degree.
- Degree in Management related field will be an asset.
Experience:
- At least 3 years of experience in coaching, counselling, coordination and capacity building
- Experience of working in the UN System is an asset
- Experience in the thematic area of women’s economic empowerment will be an advantage
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in English and working knowledge of Hindi is required
- Knowledge of the other UN official working language is an asset
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