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Consultant, Gender Action Plan
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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Remote (global)- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management, Research/ Data analysis
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: 10+ years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Deadline: 13/09/2024
- Location: Remote (global)
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Scope of Work:
The Consultant will work closely with various key stakeholders[2] established specifically to support the action plan development process, and to provide strategic direction, expertise and advice. UNICEF will also provide communications support to the Consultant.
- Prepare an inception report (including the approach, the timeline and scope of work) – 1-2 pages
- Synthesize findings from prepared background papers and outline implications for the next Gender Action Plan – 6-8 pages
- Coordinate and convene bi-weekly meetings of the Internal Working Group (IWG)[3] including agenda and minutes preparation
- Review available sources of evidence and feedback (e.g. background papers; online survey results; two aforementioned evaluations and the management response to the first one; feedback from internal and external consultations)
- Prepare Draft Zero of GAP 2026-2029 for the IWG to review, in the form of an annotated outline, noting the parallel process of UNICEF’s overall Strategic Plan development
- Prepare an accompanying slide deck which shall contain: findings from the background papers and the online survey, key recommendations from consultations and an overview of the outline for GAP 2026-2029
- Prepare Draft 1 of GAP 2026-2029 for the IWG to review, incorporating feedback received
- Update the accompanying slide deck to reflect Draft 1 of GAP 2026-2029
- Prepare Draft 2 of GAP 2026-2029 for the IWG to review, incorporating feedback received
- Update the accompanying slide deck to reflect Draft 2 of GAP 2026-2029
- Prepare Final Draft and summary slide deck
Qualifications
Education:
At least a master’s degree.
Disciplines: Advanced degree in gender studies, social sciences, international development, public policy or a related field.
Experience:
- At least 10 years of progressively responsible and relevant professional work experience in developing gender strategies, policies and plans and gender-related research and evidence synthesis.
- International work experience, experience with public and private sector, expertise in international development and humanitarian response, and/or the gender equality ecosystem are strong assets.
- Experience with UNICEF in children’s rights, women and girls’ empowerment, gender rights is an advantage.
- Experience in work environment of an international agency, UN, or international institutions is desirable; prior experience in UNICEF is an asset.
- Experience in developing country contexts and an understanding of development challenges from the field perspective is desirable.
- Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required.
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