UN Women Technical Consultant for Financing for Care – Home Based – India – National Consultant

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.

UN Women’s Country Office, based in New Delhi, India, works to accelerate the advancement of gender equality and the empowerment of women through the strengthening of strategic partnerships, technical and policy advisory services and advocacy with governmental, inter-governmental and civil society partners.In addition, UN Women CO is also leading and coordinating the UN system’s work on gender equality, including through ensuring accountability for results.

The Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Unit at UN Women India Country Office, leads and implements programs that enhance women’s access to education, skills, employment, and entrepreneurship opportunities. A central focus of the WEE Unit is transforming care systems as a strategic pathway for achieving gender equality and women’s economic empowerment by addressing the disproportionate burden of unpaid care work shouldered by women and girls. Recognizing care as both a social and economic imperative, the Unit’s approach focuses on transforming care systems through a full life-cycle lens that ensures the well-being of present and future generations while removing persistent gender inequalities. These efforts span promoting gender-responsive care policies, strengthening care services and ecosystems and supporting women’s leadership in care entrepreneurship.

Central to this agenda is financing for care, which involves expanding access to affordable, accessible, and quality care services; catalyzing caregiving innovations and scalable, low-cost care models; facilitating increased public and private investments in care infrastructure; and promoting the formalization and professionalization of care work to create decent jobs in care and green economies. UN Women India is supporting national and state governments to develop gender budgets that address the gendered impacts which aligns with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Guided by UN Women’s Strategic Plan 2022–2025 and the framework of the TransformCare Investment Initiative Asia-Pacific, these efforts strengthen care ecosystems by building multi-stakeholder partnerships, fostering policy reforms, and contributing directly to the achievement of multiple Sustainable Development Goals, including SDG 5 on gender equality, SDG 8 on decent work, and SDG 10 on reducing inequalities.

In this context UN Women India Office seeks the services of a National Consultant to conduct baseline review of care related schemes and programs and conduct a capacity development workshop and related activities on financing for care in India.

The assignment will involve i) conducting a baseline desk review of current care-related schemes and programmes across public and private sectors, including CSR-financed initiatives, and identifying key gaps and challenges to inform the development of contextually relevant training modules, ii) provide meaningful recommendations based on existing global and regional practices/experiences iii) support the facilitation of training for key stakeholders (state government officials, civil society representatives, private sector actors, and care service providers). The National Consultant will work under the overall supervision of the Country Programme Manager, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Gender Training Specialist of UN Women Knowledge and Partnership Centre in delivering the assigned tasks.

• Conduct a baseline review (based on secondary literature) of the current status of care-related schemes and programs across the public and private sectors in India, including CSR, identifying key gaps and challenges in financing for care.
• Review existing global and regional training modules on financing for care, including those developed by UN Women, through a gender-sensitive lens, and contextualize them for application in the Indian policy and institutional context.
• Adapt and finalize selected gender training modules and develop accompanying IEC materials to support delivery of the Financing for Care Training Workshop, incorporating relevant content on public, private, and blended financing approaches for care systems.
• Serve as a key facilitator in the training on financing for care.
• Prepare a comprehensive training report, including findings/recommendations from pre- and post-training assessments and develop work plan for UN Women.
• Develop a policy brief outlining key policy recommendations, capturing insights from the training on strengthening financing for care in India. Ensure the policy brief serves as a reference for stakeholders, providing entry points and advocacy messages on financing for care.

Deliverables:

• Conduct a desk review on the current scope of financing for care in India, including an overview of existing public and private care-related schemes and programs, including CSR, and identification of key financing gaps and challenges. And Review existing global and regional training modules on financing for care systems, including those developed by UN Women HQ, through a gender-sensitive lens, and provide contextualized recommendations for adaptation within the Indian policy and institutional context – 5 September 2025 – 20% Payment (20 Days)
• Adapt existing gender-responsive training modules and develop a supporting Training Resource Pack for the Financing for Care Workshop in India, incorporating relevant content on public, private, and blended financing approaches to care systems – 30 September 2025 – 30% Payment (20 Days)
• Serve as a key facilitator in the training workshop on financing for care – 28-30 October 2025 – 10% Payment (10 Days)
• Prepare a comprehensive training report, including findings from pre- and post-training assessments and recommended capacity development actions. – 15 November 2025 – 20% Payment (15 Days)
• Develop a policy brief outlining key policy recommendations, capturing insights from the training on strengthening financing for care in India. Ensure the policy brief serves as a reference for stakeholders, providing entry points and advocacy messages on financing for care – 30 November 2025 – 20% Payment (15 Days)

Competencies :

Core Values:

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

Core Competencies:

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

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Functional Competencies:

• Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude.
• Demonstrates good oral and written communication skills.
• Focuses on impact and result for the partners and responds positively to feedback.

Education:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Gender and Development Studies, or any Social Sciences or a related field, preferably with a background in development finance or public and private sector financing mechanisms.
• 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:

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in financing approaches from a gender lens, mainstreaming gender equality and women’s empowerment concepts and approaches in care economy and social protection systems;
• Significant expertise in developing capacity development programs, gender modules as well as tools for gender mainstreaming and and conducting gender trainings for multi-stakeholder audiences including government officials, civil society, and private sector actors on strategies for financing for Care;
• Extensive expertise and experience in gender analysis, gender sensitive needs assessment and policy analysis in the context of unpaid care work, care systems, and public service delivery;
• Good communication skills and the ability to explain technical terms in a non-technical language, and effectively engage with diverse stakeholder groups;
• Experience of working in the similar assignments is preferable.
• Experience of working with UN agencies and international organization is desirable.

Language Requirements:

• Strong written skills in English and good command over Hindi.

Evaluation and Selection Criteria:

The evaluation process for selection of the candidate will be based on the following assessment:

• Interview – 80 Points
• Writing Samples – 20 Points

Please Note:

• For an assignment requiring travel, consultants of 65 years or more require full medical examination and statement of fitness to work to engage in the consultancy.
• Consultants are required to submit doctor’s certificate to state fitness to work and travel for this assignment.
• Due to large number of potential applicants, only competitively selected candidates will be contacted for remaining steps of the service procurement process.
• The consultant is expected to use their own computer equipment. The office will not provide any computer equipment for this assignment.
• Travel and DSA will be booked and settled as per consultant contract norms directly by UN Women on submission of F-10 form with original ticket stubs, vouchers, etc. as per actuals.

Statements :

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