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Gender and Social Development Specialist
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Hybrid- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Development Bank
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
- Remuneration: $13,000 USD / Budget
- Deadline: 04/03/2025
- Location: Tajikistan
Objective and Purpose of the Assignment
1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will engage consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions. ADB will lead the identification, evaluation, and selection of the technical assistance (TA) consultants. This Terms of Reference (TOR) refers to the consulting service under Output 3, using individual consultants’ recruitment.
2. ADB will supervise and monitor the consultants’ output to be delivered. The output will be reviewed by both the executing agency and ADB, and the consultants will incorporate comments and suggestions before finalizing the deliverables.
3. There are three outputs under the TA: (i) sector regulatory capacity developed; (ii) Dushanbevodokanal management effectiveness improved; and (iii) Dushanbevodokanal’s climate adaptive capacity increased. A multidisciplinary team of international and national experts will be recruited to develop and implement TA activities under Output 3. Output 1 is sector regulatory capacity developed and Output 2 is Dushanbevodokanal management effectiveness improved.
4. Output 3: Dushanbevodokanal’s climate adaptive capacity increased. The output’s objective is to build resilience at DVK and ensure that WSS investments adequately address climate change and disaster risks. The TA will undertake a systems-level resilience analysis of DVK, develop risk-based investment planning and processes, and embed climate actions into corporate and operational documents. The TA team, in close coordination with DVK, will collect data, hold consultations, develop climate models, assess climate change impact and vulnerability, identify risk mitigation measures, prepare reports and presentations, and organize training workshops to increase awareness of climate change risks and disaster risk management. Based on these assessments, the TA will support the feasibility and preliminary design of a Type 2B adaptation project.
5. International and national consultants will conduct systems-level climate resilience analysis, stakeholder consultations, identification of priority projects, and carry out the feasibility study covering concept design, in addition to required ADB due diligence with respect to economic, financial, environment safeguards, social safeguards, gender, social development, climate change and procurement.
The consultants will also prepare draft documents for ADB’s RRP including related sector assessment, problem tree, cost estimates, and timeline. The team leader will be responsible for overall coordination of the team of consultants, overall quality of documentation prepared, and liaison with the client and other consultants. In collaboration with the DVK engineering team, the consultants will prepare strategic procurement planning, draft procurement plan, preliminary design incorporating climate proofing measures with bill of quantities, cost estimates and proposed packaging of all civil works, goods and consultancy services completed in all respect and accepted by the DVK and ADB. .
2. ADB will supervise and monitor the consultants’ output to be delivered. The output will be reviewed by both the executing agency and ADB, and the consultants will incorporate comments and suggestions before finalizing the deliverables.
3. There are three outputs under the TA: (i) sector regulatory capacity developed; (ii) Dushanbevodokanal management effectiveness improved; and (iii) Dushanbevodokanal’s climate adaptive capacity increased. A multidisciplinary team of international and national experts will be recruited to develop and implement TA activities under Output 3. Output 1 is sector regulatory capacity developed and Output 2 is Dushanbevodokanal management effectiveness improved.
4. Output 3: Dushanbevodokanal’s climate adaptive capacity increased. The output’s objective is to build resilience at DVK and ensure that WSS investments adequately address climate change and disaster risks. The TA will undertake a systems-level resilience analysis of DVK, develop risk-based investment planning and processes, and embed climate actions into corporate and operational documents. The TA team, in close coordination with DVK, will collect data, hold consultations, develop climate models, assess climate change impact and vulnerability, identify risk mitigation measures, prepare reports and presentations, and organize training workshops to increase awareness of climate change risks and disaster risk management. Based on these assessments, the TA will support the feasibility and preliminary design of a Type 2B adaptation project.
5. International and national consultants will conduct systems-level climate resilience analysis, stakeholder consultations, identification of priority projects, and carry out the feasibility study covering concept design, in addition to required ADB due diligence with respect to economic, financial, environment safeguards, social safeguards, gender, social development, climate change and procurement.
The consultants will also prepare draft documents for ADB’s RRP including related sector assessment, problem tree, cost estimates, and timeline. The team leader will be responsible for overall coordination of the team of consultants, overall quality of documentation prepared, and liaison with the client and other consultants. In collaboration with the DVK engineering team, the consultants will prepare strategic procurement planning, draft procurement plan, preliminary design incorporating climate proofing measures with bill of quantities, cost estimates and proposed packaging of all civil works, goods and consultancy services completed in all respect and accepted by the DVK and ADB. .
Minimum Qualification Requirements
The specialist is preferred to have
(i) at least a master’s degree in relevant field,
(ii) at least 5
years of relevant work experience in gender and social impact assessments,
(iii) demonstrated relevant
field experience in social sector surveys and analyses, and
(iv) experience in preparing social and
gender assessments and related plans for ADB or IFI-financed projects.
(i) at least a master’s degree in relevant field,
(ii) at least 5
years of relevant work experience in gender and social impact assessments,
(iii) demonstrated relevant
field experience in social sector surveys and analyses, and
(iv) experience in preparing social and
gender assessments and related plans for ADB or IFI-financed projects.
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