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Professional Organizations (POs) play an important role in the development of fisheries and aquaculture. They contribute significantly to increasing the role of trade corporations in strengthening food security and combating poverty, and they support fishers and aquaculturists in the sustainable management of their operations, primarily through supervision and advisory support.
In this regard, the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources issued Executive Decree No. 22-405 of November 24, 2022, on fisheries and aquaculture cooperatives, which sets out the rules governing the creation and management of cooperatives. This decree defines fisheries and aquaculture cooperatives as non-profit entities with legal personality and financial autonomy, while also establishing their modalities for creation and management.

The National Gender Specialist will conduct a needs analysis of women in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors, collecting sex-disaggregated data to map gender-sensitive value chains.

Tasks and responsibilities

•    Submit a work plan with methodology and schedule.
•    Support a needs analysis (training and/or support) for women in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
•    Collect and analyze baseline information, including qualitative and quantitative data disaggregated by sex (and age, if possible), to provide an overview of the gender division of labor in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors and make women's work visible in the various value chains. This "gender-sensitive" value chain mapping will help identify components or activities that may affect certain aspects of gender equality and social inclusion and identify options for risk mitigation and possible trade-offs.
•    Identify and analyze gender constraints related to access to and control of resources that limit women's productive and entrepreneurial potential, and propose concrete actions to address and strengthen women's voice and action, responding to the identified obstacles.
•    Assess how the project will benefit other vulnerable groups/communities in general, with a focus on various social dimensions (gender, age, disability, socioeconomic status, etc.).
•    Work closely with the two cooperatives' experts.
•    The analysis must align with FAO's approach to gender-sensitive value chain development and use the analytical tools included in the publication: "Developing Gender-Sensitive Value Chains: A Practical Guide for Practitioners" and the online course available on the FAO platform: https://elearning.fao.org/course/view.php?id=543.
•    Support the organization and facilitation of the results dissemination workshop.
•    Support the organization and facilitation of one or more training sessions on the role of professional organizations (cooperatives, associations, and others) in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
•    Contribute concrete recommendations to the drafting of the national program to strengthen the capacities of professional organizations in creating and managing cooperatives.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

•    University degree in Gender studies, social sciences, international development, rural development, agricultural economics, sustainability, or related fields.
•    Minimum of 5 years in integrating gender perspectives and addressing social considerations in large-scale climate change adaptation and mitigation projects and programs in the broader agricultural sector.
•    Working knowledge of English, French. 
•    National of Algeria or resident of the country with valid work permit.