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1) Preparatory Actions:

- Review the and gender performance indicators from their outputs and outcomes from their quarterly reporting.
- Review the CFYE Gender Tools including Diagnostic & Gender Action Plan, in coordination with the CFYE Gender Advisor, and make Country Specific Adaptations to the tools where necessary.
- In direct collaboration with the Uganda Country Team, develop a workplan indicating key milestones of the assignment.
- Compile & share monthly assignment progress reports with key achievements, challenges, and learnings.

2) IP-Specific Actions:

- Conduct and document gender diagnostics for each of the selected IPs and analyse their challenges and barriers at an individual and sector level.
- Review and assess the efficacy and shortcomings of previously implemented gender responsive/mainstreaming interventions, including associated documents, policies, workplans, and training tools, specifically examining the strategies for recruiting and retaining females.
- Consult with the IP’s female employees and beneficiaries to gain insights into stereotypes, biases, motivations, and challenges in specific job, and sectors.
- Develop and advise on the contextualized Gender Action Plans to offer customized solutions for improved recruitment, retention, inclusive policies, and organizational culture transformation.
- Provide advisory support in consultative meetings with IPs leadership to promote gender inclusiveness and youth (especially women) participation in project implementation and towards meeting the IP’s CFYE project gender targets.

Key Deliverables:

- A brief report on Gender learnings and/or key insights, including successful approaches, best practises, tools that work and case studies in the different sectors.
- A workplan for the assignment and monthly progress reports on the activities.
- An adapted gender diagnostic tool and Gender action plan relevant to the country context and the IP sector.

IP-Specific Deliverables:

- A Gender Analysis report from the diagnostics for each of the IPs with individual and sectoral insights out of the challenges identified among participating IPs.
- Gender action plans for each of the participating IPs developed, including tested and proven recommendations on how IPs and effectively attract, select, and retain females into employment under their CFYE projects.

Required Qualifications:

- Applicants must have expertise in Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI) support in the private sector in industries including waste recycling, financial inclusion, and refugee response.
- Applicants must have demonstrable experience implementing successful decent work strategies for women and youth that drive more female youth participation and retention.
- Demonstrate experience supporting programme partners to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate GESI processes and tools in informal settings.
- Working knowledge of issues and opportunities related to GESI and decent work in the country and how these should be captured and applied in results measurement plans.
- Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships across teams and organisations.
- Applicants must have experience using both qualitative and quantitative data collection/research techniques and use their findings to inform knowledge platforms.
- Attention to detail and ability to perform multiple tasks, balancing competing priorities effectively and efficiently often within a required period.