International Consultant On Socio-Economic Empowerment Of VAWG Survivors, Home-Based, Turkiye Türkiye Posting Date06/12/2026 BE THE FIRST TO APPLY

Organizational Context

UN Women Türkiye, operating since 2012, works to advance women's rights and gender equality, focusing on governance, economic empowerment, ending violence against women (VAWG), and peace/security. The office collaborates with government, civil society, and the private sector to implement programs aligned with national and international commitments, ensuring marginalized women are not left behind. The Country Office is dedicated to enhancing VAWG prevention and protection services and promoting favorable social norms.

Job Purpose

This consultancy supports UN Women Türkiye's project "Restoring and Strengthening Preventive and Protective Services for VAWG Survivors in Earthquake-Affected Areas." The role focuses on enhancing socio-economic empowerment opportunities for VAWG survivors, including those in shelters and receiving services. The consultant will contribute to project design, implementation, and monitoring, leveraging international best practices to improve survivors' access to quality services, well-being, and post-shelter support. The ultimate goal is to improve the protection of women's and children's rights in earthquake-affected regions.

Responsibilities

The International Consultant will provide technical expertise on women's socio-economic empowerment within EVAW contexts. This includes conducting comparative analyses of international best practices, producing policy briefs, and delivering online technical sessions for government personnel and partners on survivor-centered empowerment approaches. The consultant will review and provide feedback on skills mapping and gap analysis reports, formulating programmatic options. They will also contribute to training curricula and knowledge products, ensuring alignment with international standards and survivor-centered principles. Additionally, the role involves providing technical support for monitoring and results frameworks, including the design of monitoring tools and assessment of empowerment changes, and advising on the use of monitoring data for program learning and coordination.

Work Experience

A minimum of seven years of progressive professional experience in women's socio-economic empowerment, livelihoods, employment, or labor market programming, informed by international standards, is required. Experience in policy analysis or advisory work in EVAW-sensitive, post-crisis, or fragile contexts is highly desirable. Experience with monitoring and evaluation frameworks for women's empowerment programs, capacity development support, and producing policy-relevant knowledge products is also desirable.

Skills

Technical expertise in women's socio-economic empowerment, comparative analysis, policy brief development, capacity building, training delivery, monitoring and results frameworks, and knowledge product development.

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