HeForShe Barbershop Facilitator (Consultant Roster)

The consultant will deliver contextualized Barbershop sessions to engage men and boys in gender equality and equitable masculinities, supporting local adaptation and implementation of the Barbershop Toolkit. This is a home-based consultancy under the UN Women Consultants Roster modality, with assignments varying in duration and location depending on programme needs.

Responsibilities

• Attend at least 80% of mandatory Barbershop Orientation and Coordination Webinars to ensure alignment with methodology, facilitation standards, and implementation protocols.
• Review and adapt Barbershop curriculum and session objectives to local language, setting, socio-cultural context, and participant profile.
• Coordinate with UN Women or implementing partners on session design and readiness.
• Conduct Barbershop sessions for groups of men and boys according to standardized curriculum and guidelines.
• Facilitate dialogue on gender equality and equitable masculinities maintaining a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment.
• Adapt facilitation techniques to group dynamics while maintaining core learning objectives.
• Deliver structured monitoring and evaluation reports aligned with the Barbershop M&E Framework summarizing delivery, participation, outcomes, and learning insights.
• Document participant attendance, engagement, and profile.
• Summarize key discussion themes and outcomes.
• Record facilitation observations, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Provide recommendations for future sessions and improvements.
• Share facilitation insights, lessons learned, and good practices through community of practice platforms or debrief sessions.
• Contribute written inputs to strengthen guidance notes and supplementary facilitation materials.
• Provide recommendations to improve future Barbershop sessions and implementation approaches.
• Submit facilitator testimonials and reflective statements for use in UN Women communications and advocacy materials.

Requirements

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Social Sciences, Human Rights, Gender/ Women’s studies, International Development, or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience.
• Experience facilitating trainings, workshops, or dialogue-based programmes on gender equality, male allyship and equitable masculinities is required.
• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Fluency in an additional language is highly desirable, particularly if it will assist in adapting the Barbershop toolkit and materials to regional or local contexts.
• Strong understanding of gender equality concepts, equitable masculinities, and social norm change approaches.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills, including conflict resolution and group management.
• Cultural sensitivity and experience working in diverse contexts and with diverse populations.
• Ability to adapt content to different languages, literacy levels, and socio-cultural contexts.
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of training or community engagement programs is an asset.
• Knowledge of the UN system and familiarity with inter-governmental processes is an asset.
• Familiarity with the HeForShe Initiative and Barbershop Toolkit is an asset.

Skills

• Training Facilitation
• Workshop Facilitation
• Dialogue-based Programmes
• Gender Equality
• Male Allyship
• Equitable Masculinities
• Social Norms Change
• Interpersonal Communication
• Conflict Resolution
• Group Management
• Cultural Sensitivity
• Content Adaptation
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Reporting
• UN System Knowledge
• HeForShe Initiative Familiarity
• Barbershop Toolkit Familiarity

Languages

English