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The Challenge Fund for Youth Employment (CFYE) is a 7-year and €135 million programme funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that aims to create a prosperous future for 230,000 young women and men in the Middle East, North Africa, Sahel & West Africa, and Horn of Africa regions. 

Short term objectives
  1. Preparatory Actions: i
Review the and gender performance indicators from their outputs and outcomes from their quarterly reporting.  
Review the CFYE Gender Tools including Diagnostic & Gender Action Plan, in coordination with the CFYE Gender Advisor, and make Country Specific Adaptations to the tools where necessary. 
In direct collaboration with the Morocco Country Team, develop a workplan indicating key milestones of the assignment. 
Short monthly assignment progress updates  

2. IP-Specific Actions: 
Conduct and document gender diagnostics (using the standardized CFYE diagnostic) for each of the selected IPs and analyse their challenges and barriers at an individual and sector level. 
Review and assess the efficacy and shortcomings of previously implemented gender responsive/mainstreaming interventions, including associated documents, policies, workplans, and training tools, specifically examining the strategies for recruiting and retaining females. 
Provide coaching to the IP to design and facilitate implementing the Gender Action Plan (including “Gender smart” interventions).  
Develop and advise on the contextualized Gender Action Plans to offer customized solutions for improved recruitment, retention, inclusive policies, and organizational culture transformation. 
After 3 months: provide advisory support in 1 consultative meeting with IPs leadership to check in on implementation of the gender action planning. 

Key Deliverables 
Country Portfolio-Level Deliverables 
• A virtual kick-off the assignment with all new IPs 
• A workplan for the assignment and monthly short progress reports on the activities. 
• Where relevant, slightly updated gender diagnostic tool  
• A diagnostic report per IP with insights in Gender learnings and/or key insights, including successful approaches, best practises, tools that work and case studies in the different sectors.
• Gender action plan relevant to the country context and the IP sector. 

Core Competencies  
• Strong preference for experience working with companies on gender issues in the Morocco context, or the MENA region in general.  
• Applicants must have expertise in Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI) support in the private sector in industries including digital and green sectors. 
• Applicants must have demonstrable experience implementing successful decent work strategies for women and youth that drive more female youth participation and retention.  
• Demonstrate experience supporting programme partners to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate GESI processes and tools in informal settings. 
• Working knowledge of issues and opportunities related to GESI and decent work in the country and how these should be captured and applied in results measurement plans. 
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships across teams and organisations.  
• Attention to detail and ability to perform multiple tasks, balancing competing priorities effectively and efficiently often within a required period.