National consultant for gender-responsive DRR framework at UN Women Tanzania
National consultant to develop a gender-responsive Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) framework and strengthen institutional capacity in Kigoma Region
Organization: UN Women
Job identification: 34114
Vacancy category: Consultancy
Job function: Economic Empowerment
Job schedule: Full time
Posting date: May 13, 2026, 03:12 PM
Application deadline: May 22, 2026, 06:59 AM
Locations: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Kigoma, Tanzania
Initial contract duration: 40 working days over a three-month period
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, peace and security.
Placing women’s rights at the center of all its efforts, UN Women leads and coordinates United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality are translated into action worldwide. The organization provides strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States’ priorities and efforts while building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
In Tanzania, UN Women has played a leading role in advancing gender-responsive planning, climate action, and women’s empowerment. It has strengthened partnerships with national and local government institutions, including Kigoma Regional Authorities, to promote gender-responsive and climate-resilient development approaches.
These efforts are aligned with the National Gender Policy 2023, which recognizes the critical intersection between gender equality, climate change, disaster risk reduction, peace and security.
Tanzania’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2025–2029 provides a strategic framework to enhance women’s participation, protection, and leadership in peacebuilding, disaster risk management, and recovery processes. UN Women supports the operationalization of this framework and other national frameworks by working with government counterparts to translate policy commitments into practical tools, institutional mechanisms, and localized action.
Kigoma Region is characterized by significant structural and socio-economic vulnerabilities that reinforce its exposure to climate and disaster risks. According to the 2022 Population and Housing Census, the region has a population of approximately 2.47 million people, of whom 75.4 percent reside in rural areas, with livelihoods largely dependent on agriculture and natural resources.
Although labour force participation is high at 91.5 percent, much of this engagement is within low-productivity and informal activities, limiting income security and resilience to shocks.
Gender disparities further deepen vulnerability in Kigoma. Evidence from the socio-economic profile shows that women have lower access to productive resources, including land ownership, with 29.9 percent for women compared to 36.8 percent for men. Women also have lower literacy rates, at 77.7 percent compared to 85.5 percent for men.
In addition, a significant proportion of households rely on unpaid and labour-intensive activities such as firewood collection, which is used by 71.2 percent of households. This disproportionately burdens women and limits their economic participation.
While national frameworks provide a strong foundation, gaps remain in the systematic operationalization and institutionalization of gender and Women, Peace and Security priorities within regional disaster risk reduction systems, planning processes, and climate response frameworks.
This highlights the need for strengthened institutional capacity, improved coordination, and the development of practical, gender-responsive tools that link national policies with local implementation.
In this context, the assignment aims to bridge the gap between national policy commitments and subnational implementation by developing a practical, action-oriented framework that integrates gender equality, climate resilience, disaster risk reduction, and Women, Peace and Security priorities while strengthening institutional capacity for sustained implementation.
The assignment also includes strengthening women’s participation in climate-related sectors and decision-making processes, and ensuring that disaster risk reduction systems effectively address risks related to gender inequality and gender-based violence.
Objective of the assignment
The main objective of this consultancy is to conduct a comprehensive gender analysis of climate and disaster risks in Kigoma and develop a gender-responsive regional Disaster Risk Reduction framework.
The framework will enhance:
- Protection and gender-based violence risk mitigation
- Women’s economic participation
- Integration of Women, Peace and Security priorities into regional disaster risk reduction systems
- Practical guidance for designing, implementing, and scaling current and future programmes, policies, and investments at regional and community levels
Specific tasks
The consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:
1. Prepare an inception report
The consultant will prepare and present an inception report that:
- Summarizes existing information
- Demonstrates understanding of the assignment
- Defines the scope of work
- Outlines the data collection methodology
- Presents the proposed data collection tools
2. Conduct a gender analysis
The consultant will conduct a comprehensive gender analysis of climate, disaster, peace and security risks in Kigoma.
The analysis will examine:
- Differential vulnerabilities, capacities, and roles of women, men, and youth
- Risks related to protection and gender-based violence
- Linkages between disaster risks, peace and security dynamics, and women’s economic participation
- Linkages between disaster risks, governance, and women’s economic empowerment
- Institutional capacities
- Coordination mechanisms
- Existing disaster risk reduction systems
3. Facilitate stakeholder consultations and validation
The consultant will facilitate consultations with key stakeholders to validate findings from the gender analysis and ensure contextual relevance and ownership of results.
Key stakeholders will include:
- Government institutions
- Community leaders
- Women’s groups
- Relevant partners
4. Develop a gender-responsive DRR framework
The consultant will develop a gender-responsive Disaster Risk Reduction framework for Kigoma Region.
The framework should be aligned with:
- The National Gender Policy
- The National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2025–2029
The framework must be action-oriented and include:
- Clearly defined implementation pathways
- Institutional roles and responsibilities
- Monitoring and reporting mechanisms
5. Conduct capacity-building workshops
The consultant will conduct capacity-building workshops for local government officials and community leaders on gender-responsive disaster preparedness and response.
The workshops should place strong emphasis on:
- Disaster-related gender-based violence prevention
- Gender-based violence response
- Gender-responsive preparedness and response systems
Expected deliverables
The consultant will be expected to submit the following deliverables:
1. Comprehensive inception report
The inception report should include:
- Understanding of the assignment
- Refined scope of work
- Methodological approach
- Data collection tools
- Workplan
- Stakeholder engagement strategy
2. Comprehensive gender analysis report
The gender analysis report should focus on disaster-related risks in Kigoma and include:
- Analysis of differential vulnerabilities, capacities, and roles of women, men, and youth
- Assessment of protection and gender-based violence risks
- Examination of linkages between disaster risks, peace and security dynamics, and women’s economic participation and governance
3. Finalized gender-responsive DRR framework
The finalized Disaster Risk Reduction framework for Kigoma Region should be aligned with the National Gender Policy and the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security 2025–2029.
It should integrate:
- Women’s participation and leadership in disaster risk reduction and governance
- Gender-based violence prevention, mitigation, and response
- Linkages between disaster risk reduction and women’s economic resilience
- Practical guidance for application in ongoing and future programmes, policies, and investments
4. Capacity-building package and training report
The capacity-building package and training report should document:
- Sessions conducted
- Participants involved
- Key outcomes
- Recommendations for follow-up support
Execution and implementation modalities
The assignment will be supervised by the Program Specialist in Women’s Economic Empowerment in close coordination with UN Women programme teams and relevant government counterparts at national and regional levels.
Time frame and logistics
The consultant will carry out the assignment over an overall period of three months from the date of signing the contract.
The consultant will sign specific contracts that provide details including:
- Consultancy costs
- Payment modality
- Contractual terms and conditions
Payment schedule
Payments will be made upon submission and acceptance of the specified deliverables. The payments are grouped into three tranches, with the percentage of facilitation fee indicated below.
Payment breakdown
- Comprehensive inception report: 20%
- Comprehensive gender analysis report on disaster-related risks in Kigoma: 30%
- Finalized gender-responsive Disaster Risk Reduction framework for Kigoma Region: 30%
- Capacity-building package and training report: 20%
The level of payment will be determined by the profile of the candidate.
UN Women reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if work or outputs are incomplete, if deliverables are not submitted, or if deadlines are not met.
All materials developed by the consultant will remain the copyright of UN Women. UN Women will have the right to adapt and modify them in the future.
Key performance indicators
The consultant’s performance will be assessed based on the following indicators:
- Timely and quality report design and inputs
- Relations with partners and stakeholders
- Regular communication with key partners and staff
- Adherence to UN Women standards and rules
Core values and guiding principles
Integrity
Demonstrate consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the United Nations Code of Conduct.
Professionalism
Demonstrate professional competence and expert knowledge of the relevant substantive areas of work.
Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity
Demonstrate appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. The consultant should also demonstrate an international outlook, appreciate differences in values, and learn from cultural diversity.
Core competencies
The consultant should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Ethics and values, including safeguarding ethics and integrity
- Organizational awareness, including corporate knowledge and sound judgment
- Ability to work in teams and maintain effective working relations in multicultural and multiethnic environments
- Communication and information sharing, including facilitating open and effective communication
- Self-management and emotional intelligence, including staying composed and positive in difficult moments and handling tense situations with diplomacy and tact
Functional competencies
The consultant should have:
- Demonstrated expertise in gender-responsive disaster risk reduction, climate change, and resilience programming
- Strong experience in conducting gender and institutional analyses
- Proven ability to integrate Women, Peace and Security frameworks into programmes
- Experience linking gender equality with women’s economic empowerment in climate-sensitive sectors
- Strong knowledge of Tanzania’s policy and institutional frameworks
- Experience in developing policy frameworks, strategies, and practical tools
- Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills
- Training design and adult learning facilitation skills
Required qualifications
Education
The assignment requires the services of a reputable consultant with at least a master’s degree in one of the following fields:
- Social Science
- Development Studies
- Gender Studies
- Legal Studies
- Related fields
Experience
The consultant should have:
- Experience in conducting assessments, related studies, and strategies
- Ability to work with a team and meet deadlines
- Ability to access, analyze, and integrate a wide range of opinions and information
- Ability and experience to interact with communities
- Knowledge and experience in developing gender-related strategic plans and policy documents in Tanzania
- Knowledge and capacity to provide high-quality reports
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience in working on disaster risk reduction and climate change programme evaluation, development, and strategies
- Experience working with other United Nations agencies on similar assignments, specifically in policy development or review, briefs, plans, and strategies
Language requirements
The consultant must have:
- Written and oral proficiency in English
- Written and oral proficiency in Swahili
Evaluation of applications
Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Profile and experience of the individual in relation to the subject of the mission
- Methodology proposed for conducting the mission
- Financial offer