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Gender Barrier Analysis of Integrated Health Consultancy
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United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)
Remote (global)- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: International contract
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 03/11/2024
- 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.
How can you make a difference?
How can you make a difference?
The purpose of this consultancy is to conduct a Gender Barrier Analysis Integrated Health and Nutrition, Immunization and VAS to enhance data and evidence to inform health and nutrition-related policy and programming. The specific objectives are:
- To analyze how local beliefs, cultural norms and societal context, gender inequalities, and power dynamics differently impact women, men, girls, boys, adolescent girls, pregnant women, caregivers (both male and female), as well as including the specific needs of people with disabilities in accessing to health and nutrition services and realizing their rights.
- To identify how broader social, economic, political context influence the UNICEF programming related to gender dimensions.
- To understand and assess how policies, systems, structures, and services, along ongoing program interventions influence formal and informal rights of women, men, girls, and boys in accessing health and nutrition services.
- Identify gaps in UNICEF programming and opportunities for enhancing interventions and making it more gender-responsive and transformative.
- To provide practical and actionable recommendations to further integrate a gender-responsive and transformative approach into existing health and nutrition policies, strategies, and interventions for improving access and uptake to (maternal) and child health services.
- As part of the Gender Barrier Analysis) assess the gender related capacity needs of service providers/frontline workers and issues affecting their roles.
- To assess gender-related supply side barriers to utilize and delivery of health & nutrition services.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Gender Studies, Social Science, women studies Anthropology, Sociology, or any related field.
- A minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience in conducting and leading studies, research and evaluation in relevant fields, such as gender, health and nutrition.
- Professional experience in conducting and leading a gender analysis.
- In-depth knowledge of gender-transformative approaches.
- Skills in qualitative data analysis.
- Experience working with UN agencies and national government in an international setting.
- Professional experience in and/or familiarity with West and Central Africa and/or Sierra Leone context is considered an asset.
- Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
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