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This remote position is open to candidates located anywhere in the U.S. Please note that U.S. work authorization is required to apply.

The Senior Technical Specialist will work closely with the Executive Director and Senior Gender Research Advisor to provide targeted expertise to partners to integrate a gender lens into programming across multiple sectors. In its outset, this position will provide technical assistance to a large international foundation to build gender considerations and gender equality outcomes into investments. Principal duties of this role include providing technical assistance in gender integration (e.g., gender analysis, development of gender action plans, design of results frameworks, etc.); designing, facilitating, and delivering training related to gender equality; and developing new tools to disseminate learnings and support partners in gender integration. The Senior Specialist will contribute to the documentation of support provided to track progress and capture the impact of these efforts. Priority activities for the Senior Specialist will depend on gender integration support requests from partners.

The Senior Specialist must have deep expertise in integrating a gender lens in the design, implementation, and analysis of international development programs. The Senior Specialist should have deep prior experience in health and development sectors (e.g., Nutrition, Maternal and Child Health, Infectious Diseases, Health Systems Strengthening) and be willing to learn about additional sectors as needed. Strong candidates will have expertise in a broad range of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and familiarity with either clinical product development or health service delivery as well as programming experience in the Global South. Implementation experience is not required but is highly desirable.