Consultant for the development of a senior female police commanders preparatory leadership course

1. Background

Eight Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security have mandated the integration of gender perspectives in all conflict prevention, resolution and reconstruction efforts. In particular, the resolutions call for women’s equal participation in all the phases of planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of peace and security processes.

As part of the Secretary General’s 50/50 vision by 2026 and Security Council Resolution 2242 (2015) requiring uniformed female personnel to double its strength within five years affirming the United Nations Global Effort target of reaching 20 per cent for female participation by 2020, a specific project was launched to support gender parity in leadership positions.

2. Objective

The objective is to prepare senior female police officers in the recruitment process for leadership positions.

Accordingly, the project aims to develop a training curriculum for senior female police officers to help them understand the United Nations system and police command in a peace operations context, translate professional qualifications and experience into the format required by the recruitment process and hone leadership skills as per the UN core competencies.

The course will be rolled out to up to 200 senior female officers in four regional training courses to be held in Africa (Anglophone and Francophone workshops), Middle East/Asia and Latin America. Those successfully completing the course will be eligible for inclusion in a new UNPOL Senior Female Command Cadre as a talent pipeline for leadership positions and contracted professional posts.

3. Target group

The target group for the training course are senior female police officers who have the qualifications required according to the job descriptions for leadership posts from P5 to D2. Lower level qualifications will be considered such as those who fulfil the qualifications for P4 posts.

3. Scope of work

Under the overall supervision of the Chief of the Strategic Policy and Development Section of the Police Division/OROLSI/DPKO through the Gender Affairs Officer, the consultant will:

Activity:

1. Consult and review existing leadership training materials (inlcluding e-learning) and resource documents (i.e. journal articles, books etc.) particularly informed by gender analysis and within the area of police and other law enforcement institutions.

2. Conduct interviews with subject matter experts in the United Nations (UN) Headquarters - Police Division staff, as well as, focus group meetings and surveys with field mission staff, external experts, and senior female command officers in selected Police-contributing countries for the purpose of identifying the training content and tailoring it to the target group.

3. Prepare a detailed course outline providing the structure and the subject areas to be covered. This should be based on the outcomes of the development workshop held in Ottawa, Canada from 16 to 19 May 2017, literature review and further consultations with Police Division with subject matter experts.

At a minimum, the training curriculum will have the following five secions - Knowledge, Process, Skills, Tools and Assessment - with the suggested topics below.

· Part 1: Knowledge

o Module on United Nations context

UN system and peace operations; Strategic Guidance Framework for International Police Peacekeeping; Living in a UN field mission

o Module on Commanding a United Nations Police Component

Managing a multi-dimensional police mandate; Leading and communicating with diverse groups in post-conflict environments

· Part 2: Process

o Module on Preparation for the recruitment process for leadership positions in United Nations

Overview of the UN recruitment and selection process; Written application form; Competency-based Interviews; Evaluation of candidates

· Part 3: Skills

o Module on Leadership skills

UN core values and competencies, focusing on managerial competencies; Women’s leadership, including advancement barriers and challenges;

· Part 4: Tools

o Module on Leadership tools

Self confidence; Organisational politics; Decision-making; Negotiation; Managing conflicts and discrimination; Network building; Influence and buy in

o Module on Personal context

Managing personal and family challenges while on mission, reintegrating back to family, community and home police organization

· Part 5: Assessment

o Module on Participant Assessment and Certification

Testing exercise and evaluation of each partipant in view of obtaining a certification and inclusion in the UNPOL Female Command Cadre, a talent pipeline for police leadership positions in peacekeeping4. Develop the content for the training curriculum in consultation with Police Division and subject matter experts. 4. Serve as co-facilitator and co-trainer during the back-to-back preparatory seminar with instructors and pilot course to validate the training curriculum to be held in November – December 2017.

1. Revise curriculum, as needed, based on the pilot course.

2. Document experience of the content development process in a summary note.

Deliverables:

1. 5 Sept 2017 Report on consulted resource documents: Review resource materials, particularly on leadership concepts and tools informed by a gender analysis and application in the police or other law enforcement institutions and policing in peacekeeping.
2. 12 Sept 2017 Detailed course outline: Propose a detailed course outline with the objectives, target participants, trainers, course duration, training outcome, an outline of course modules, training methodology, testing and certification conditions and submit for approval. Identify concepts and tools to be used for the course. The maximum duration of the course is five days with eight (8) 45-minute training sessions per day. Each day includes an hour lunch break and two 15-minute coffee break. A five-day workshop has a total 40 45-minute training sessions. The first two sessions on the first day should be put aside for the opening ceremony and the last two sessions of the last day for the awarding of certificates and closing ceremony. Therefore, a total of 36 45-minute training sessions should be planned for the course.
3. 27 Oct 2017: First draft of training content: Develop the training content for each module and lesson. The training content should be based on consultations with subject matter experts and presented in the format of the Instructor’s Notes and a participant handbook according to the DPKO/DFS template. Each module and lesson should include the following:

Module outline

· Objective and learning outcomes

· Duration

· Key messages

Lesson content

· Objective and learning outcomes

· Duration

· Background literature

· Related reading (obligatory and supplementary) including links

· Supporting materials including multi-media resources (e.g. graphs, charts, video clips etc.)

· Training methodology

· Analytical framework of the content of the lesson

· Training concepts and tools

· Learning activities (exercises)

· Case studies

· Summary of the lesson and key messages

1. 1- 3 Nov 2017 Consultations on the first draft of training content

Consult on the first draft of the training curriculum.

1. 7 Nov 2017: Final draft of training content

Incorporate comments and feedback and submit a second draft of the training content.

6. 28 Nov 2017 – 8 Dec 2017: Facilitation of the preparatory seminar for instructors and pilot training course

Facilitate a preparatory seminar for instructors including presentation of the training curriculum (3 days) and co-facilitate the pilot training course (5 days). Incorporate feedback and comments from the pilot course (2 days).

7. 13 Dec 2017 Submission of the final training curriculum content

Consult on the finalized training curriculum and incorporation of final comments and approval.

8. [Optional] 18 Dec 2017 Review the translated French training curriculum

Review and provide corrections on the translated French training curriculum

9. 20 Dec 2017: Submission of a reflection note documenting the curriculum development process and lessons learned

Write a reflection note documenting the curriculum development process such as list/number of persons consulted including lessons learned and good practices.

Total days: 55

Required qualifications and competencies:

Education:

· Graduate degree in social science, political science, international relations, behavioural science, gender studies, sociology, education or any other topic relevant to the consultancy.

Experience and competencies:

Candidates are expected to have at least seven years of relevant experience in curriculum development.

In addition the successful candidate will meet the following criteria:

· Extensive experience in developing training materials on leadership skills, communication and negotiation

· Significant experience on using gender analysis and gender-related concepts and have the ability to turn knowledge into a practical training module

· Facilitation and training skills experience

· Significant experience in leading interactive adult learning workshops/training courses, preferably in the United Nations System

· Familiarity with United Nations peacekeeping

· Familiarity with police organisations

· Confident, persuasive, and able to communicate very well in English

· Excellent skills in writing in English

· Excellent administration, organizational and time management skills

· Excellent team work and participatory process skills.

Optional: French-language proficiency

Please send a motivation letter, CV and a sample of work (i.e. curriculum developed) addressed to Lea Biason via email biason@un.org.

The deadline of application is 26 July 2017.