International Consultant – Social Norms FrameworkNew

This home-based international consultancy will help UN Women ECARO operationalize its Social Norms Framework across Europe and Central Asia. The consultant will map programming, analyze approaches through the framework, develop a regional operational plan, tools and recommendations, and present findings that strengthen gender-equality programming, monitoring, learning and technical support.

• Map UN Women social-norms programming across Europe and Central Asia
• Review regional and country programmes addressing discriminatory social norms
• Analyze interventions against the Social Norms Framework and identify good practices and gaps
• Develop an operational plan for regional and country programming
• Develop practical tools, programming questions, mapping templates and monitoring approaches
• Assess ECARO technical capacity and recommend strengthening measures
• Identify priority regional action points and roles for country offices and programme presences
• Present findings and the operational plan to ECARO colleagues and incorporate feedback

• Advanced university degree in gender studies, sociology, social or political sciences or a relevant field
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in gender equality and women’s empowerment programming, policy development, research or technical advisory services
• Demonstrated experience translating analytical findings into operational guidance, methodologies or practical recommendations for gender-equality programming
• Demonstrated knowledge of social norms theories and approaches for gender-equality programming
• Experience working with UN Women, other UN entities or international development organizations
• Fluency in English

• Experience on gender equality and women’s empowerment issues in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is an asset
• Knowledge of another UN official language is an asset

• Social-norms programming analysis
• Gender-equality and women’s-empowerment programming
• Analytical review and evidence synthesis
• Operational-plan and tool development
• Technical writing and stakeholder engagement

• Home-based consultancy with outputs due 10 October, 10 November and 15 December 2026
• Selected candidates undergo reference and background checks