Call for Gender Experts, Gender Leadership, Equity, and Advancement for Development (LEAD) Program

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ECODIT

Remote (local)
  • Location: Serbia, Zambia, Madagascar, Rwanda ,
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Consultancy
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Renumeration: Not Disclosed
  • Deadline: 11/09/2024
  • Location: Serbia, Zambia, Madagascar, Rwanda ,
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Position Summary

ECODIT is seeking Gender Experts to support gender analyses with the five-year USAID Gender Leadership, Equity, and Advancement for Development (LEAD) Program. The Program provides technical assistance and forward-leading programmatic support, thought leadership, and knowledge dissemination in gender integration to USAID Missions and Bureaus across sectors and focus areas. LEAD also supports Operating Units (OUs) in the implementation of the 2018 Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment (WEEE) Act and USAID’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy (Gender Policy) as operationalized through Automated Directive System (ADS) 205. LEAD is managed by USAID’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Hub (GenDev).
 
 
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables

The Gender Experts will be responsible for the following deliverables:
  • With team lead, co-draft the gender analysis methodology, which includes a work plan/schedule, a list of key stakeholders to interview, and research questions guides. 
  • Contribute to a review of existing literature, including USAID and third-party gender analyses, critical and feminist research papers, reports, policy documents, evaluations, and quantitative data sets.
  • Conduct primary data collection as needed to address the information gaps from the literature review. This may involve in-depth interviews and focus groups. Participate in onboarding sessions and daily coding sessions with the research team.
  • With team lead, co-facilitate a validation and prioritization workshop.
  • With team lead, draft and finalize a 15-page gender analysis report with substantive annexes.
  • Adhere to ECODIT’s ethical, quality, and environmental policies.

 
 Required Qualifications:
 
  • Master’s degree in social sciences or a related field (e.g., gender and women’s studies, sociology, anthropology, development studies, geography, and environmental studies).
  • Experience conducting qualitative and/or quantitative research on issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment in focus country.
  • Expertise in or knowledge of at least one specific area of gender studies (i.e. women’s economic empowerment, gender-based violence, or social norms) or international development sector (i.e. Education, Health, Environment, Democracy Human Rights and Governance).
  • Knowledge of country government gender policies, activities, and mainstreaming programs, and stakeholders and development partner engagement in the gender space.
  • Experience and expertise working with priority population groups: LGBTQI+ individuals, individuals with a disability, and/or youth preferred.
  • Understanding of Do No Harm principles and trauma-informed approaches preferred.
  • Experience with USAID programming and donor requirements preferred.
  • Conversant in English; fluent in national language/s
  • Excellent interpersonal and intercultural skills

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