Gender and Inclusive Development (GID) Advisor
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Tetra Tech
- Career category:Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type:Job
- Humanitarian or Development:Development
- Experience level:5-10 years
- Organisation type:Consultancy
- Remote option:No
- Right to work requirements:Anyone can apply
- Salary: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule:Full-time
- Length of contract:Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Location:Sri Lanka
Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation; democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development.
Position Summary:
The Gender and Inclusive Development (GID) Advisor will be responsible for providing expert guidance and support on the integration of GESI, ID, and conflict sensitivity across TAG as a whole and all its activities. The GID Advisor will also play a crucial role in promoting gender equality, mainstreaming gender perspectives, and ensuring the inclusion of vulnerable and underrepresented populations across all aspects of MSI’s work. The GID Advisor will collaborate with various stakeholders to develop and implement gender-responsive strategies, policies, and programs, fostering an environment that empowers individuals of all genders. The GID Advisor will report directly to COP.
The Gender and Inclusive Development (GID) Advisor will be responsible for providing expert guidance and support on the integration of GESI, ID, and conflict sensitivity across TAG as a whole and all its activities. The GID Advisor will also play a crucial role in promoting gender equality, mainstreaming gender perspectives, and ensuring the inclusion of vulnerable and underrepresented populations across all aspects of MSI’s work. The GID Advisor will collaborate with various stakeholders to develop and implement gender-responsive strategies, policies, and programs, fostering an environment that empowers individuals of all genders. The GID Advisor will report directly to COP.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical guidance, resources, and tools on integrating gender, inclusive develop, and conflict sensitivity in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of TAG activities.
- Serve as the lead for gender and inclusive development and conflict sensitivity analyses and assessments for Sri Lanka TAG to identify inclusion gaps across underrepresented and underserved populations and develop recommendations for addressing them.
- Contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of GESI and ID policies, guidelines, frameworks and tools.
- Support the development of ID tools and resources to facilitate knowledge sharing and learning.
- Conduct research on ID and GESI-related topics, analyze data, and generate evidence to inform decision-making.
- Stay up to date with current trends, best practices, and emerging issues ID and its particular correlation to crisis and conflict-affected settings.
- Maintain effective client relations and coordination.
- Prepare high quality reports, technical resources, and other products and deliverables on topics related to gender and inclusive development, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL).
Qualifications:
- Master's degree in gender studies, women's studies, sociology, anthropology, international development, or a related field required.
- Minimum ten (10) years of experience encompassing international development, research, and evaluation, and program management required.
- Experience presenting technical content or thought stewardship to external audiences, such as through conference presentations, workshops, webinars, white papers, or journal articles required.
- Experience working as in a role focused on Inclusive Development, with a strong understanding of gender equality and women's rights issues, including in-depth knowledge of GESI analysis methodologies.
- Experience working in conflict sensitivity and correlation of conflict and inclusion.
- Experience heading task teams to deliver client deliverables, including research, assessments, and trainings.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively engage with diverse stakeholders and facilitate discussions on sensitive gender topics.
- Proficiency in project management, including the ability to plan, coordinate, and monitor initiatives.
- Strong interpersonal, supervision, and written/oral communication skills.
- Fluency in written and spoken English, Tamil and/or Sinhala.
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