Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI) Advisor

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Resonance Global

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Consultancy
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Renumeration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 01/08/2024
  • Location: Madagascar
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
WHO WE ARE 
Resonance is an award-winning, Certified B Corporation consulting and implementation firm that delivers market-based solutions to address the world's toughest social and climate challenges. Our core service areas include partnerships and private sector engagement (PSE), design and innovation, innovative financing, and learning and change management. 
 

OUTCOMES / ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS  
  • Provide contextual insights into the cultural, societal, and economic dynamics within Madagascar to inform technical inputs and strategies related to gender, women's empowerment, and the inclusion of people with disabilities and socially marginalized populations;
  • Engage in design conversations with the PSLA team, as appropriate, to understand the thought process behind development of partnership concepts and other outputs in order to provide a GESI lens to the design;
  • Review stakeholder interview guides, other relevant assessment tools, partnership concepts, and PSLA deliverables (e.g., slide deck, final report, etc.) and provide expert input to ensure they are written/designed with contextual relevance, cultural appropriateness, and a GESI lens to be inclusive of women/girls and socially marginalized populations in Madagascar;
  • Analyze data from key informant interviews and focus group discussions with stakeholders, ensuring a gender-sensitive, disability-inclusive approach in data collection and analysis; 
  • Provide actionable, contextually relevant recommendations for the PSLA team and/or USAID/BHA to implement to ensure a GESI lens is applied through PSE and partnership development activities;
  • Ensure assessment recommendations and proposed partnership concepts abide by the Do No Harm principle and are not disruptive of local norms and cultural dynamics; and 
  • Conduct desk research, leveraging existing literature and findings to inform GESI mainstreaming strategies and methodologies, as relevant. 


REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE  
 
  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical area such as sociology, gender studies, business administration, economics, supply chain management, international development, agricultural studies, humanitarian assistance, or a related field;  
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of progressive experience in mainstreaming gender, women's empowerment, and inclusion of people with disabilities and socially marginalized populations as part of a project management role, as a practitioner/specialist or similar capacity; 
  • Deep understanding of the cultural, societal, and economic norms and roles in Madagascar, particularly in the Grand Sud and Sud-Est regions, and their implications for resilience and equity concerning gender, women's empowerment, the inclusion of people with disabilities, and socially marginalized populations; 
  • Familiarity with market systems, industry sectors, key livelihoods, and value chains in the Grand Sud and Sud-Est regions of Madagascar (in order to apply a relevant GESI lens to our PSLA and its various tools, deliverables, and work products); 
  • Familiarity with the humanitarian context in the Grand Sud and Sud-Est regions of Madagascar, and in particular the impact of shocks and stressors on households; 
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively on a team assignment;  
  • Strong written and oral presentation skills;   
  • Fluency in English and working proficiency in French and/or Malagasy is required; 

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