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UNHCR is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. We are in over 135 countries, using our expertise to protect and care for millions.   

Overall Purpose and Scope of Assignment

The consultant will:
a. Develop a gender and power analysis template (2-3 pages), accompanying guidance note (4-5 pages) and a training slide deck on gender and power analysis for use by GBV and gender equality focal points. The gender and power analysis is one of the milestones of the UNHCR GBV Policy (Milestone 1 of the policy monitoring framework for the area of GBV prevention). 

b. Organize and facilitate two webinars on gender and power analysis for UNHCR GBV and gender equality focal points. As part of the webinar, the consultant will introduce participants to the gender and power analysis template, Guidance Note and training slide deck.

c. Develop detailed 5–6-page guidance on meaningful engagement with organizations led by forcibly displaced and stateless women. The note is aimed at providing practical guidance to gender equality focal points, regional and country UNHCR teams on the effective operationalization of UNHCR’s commitment to meaningfully partner with WLOs, including supporting their leadership, access to funding, participation in decision making and strengthening their capacities to engage in humanitarian responses. 

d. Document 4 promising practices of UNHCR's engagement with organizations led by forcibly displaced and stateless women. 

e. Organize and facilitate two webinars with UNHCR staff and gender equality focal points to socialize the promising practices and the guidance on meaningful engagement with organizations led by forcibly displaced and stateless women, facilitate peer learning between operations and strengthen staff knowledge on working with these organizations.


Required level, qualifications and work experience

- A master’s degree or equivalent in gender or women’s studies, gender and development, women’s studies and human rights or a combination of university degrees in related areas. 
- At least six years of experience working as gender training specialist, developing gender curriculum and delivering gender equality training programmes for UN agencies or NGOs. 
- Experience in delivering training and designing tools on gender and power analysis 
- Proved experience in implementing gender and power analysis in different contexts  
- Demonstrated experience working with women-led organizations and movements. 
- Previous experience in humanitarian/refugee or IDP response is an asset. 
- Knowledge of instructional design principles and demonstrated experience with developing engaging training materials, including e-learning content targeting different audiences. 
- Excellent time management, and workload prioritization experience with the ability to work independently and with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced context.