International Consultant for Gender Mainstreaming in Performance Audits

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UN Women

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: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Deadline: 24/09/2025
  • Location: Remote (global)
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Background/Context

Since 2023, UN Women Georgia has been partnering with the State Audit Office (SAO) to strengthen its role in advancing gender equality. As a part of this effort, a Participatory Gender Audit (PGA) was conducted, helping SAO identify concrete entry points to integrate gender equality both within its institutional structures and across its audit outputs. Building on these findings, UN Women and SAO have since worked together on a series of initiatives, ranging from capacity development for SAO staff on gender equality to embedding gender considerations into wider audit practices. This national-level work is closely connected to global efforts. At the international level, UN Women Headquarters collaborates with the INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) to promote gender-responsive auditing worldwide. Together, they have developed auditing frameworks that provide SAIs with practical tools to assess how governments are fulfilling their gender equality commitments and addressing the needs of diverse groups.

Description of Responsibilities/ Scope of Work
  • Conduct a desk review of relevant resources and hold consultations, summarizing key insights and available materials in a report submitted to UN Women.
  • Engage in consultations with UN Women, SAO, INTOSAI Development Initiative (IDI) and other relevant stakeholders to ensure coherence with global SAI gender mainstreaming approaches and resources.
  • Develop a draft methodology/tool for mainstreaming gender in performance audits, drawing on international frameworks and best practices, and integrate feedback from SAO and UN Women.
  • Facilitate a one-day validation workshop for the draft methodology/tool, in close coordination with SAO and UN Women.
  • Finalize the methodology/tool for mainstreaming gender in performance audits, incorporating feedback from SAO and UN Women.
  • Develop a draft training manual on mainstreaming gender in performance audits, ensuring that the module is prepared in accordance with the standards of the State Audit Institute, and submit it for review to SAO, the State Audit Institute, and UN Women.
  • Finalize the training manual based on feedback received from SAO, State Audit Institute and UN Women.
  • Deliver a Training of Trainers (ToT) session for designated State Audit Institute trainers to strengthen their capacity to apply the training manual.
  • Prepare a final consultancy report summarizing all activities undertaken, key observations, achievements, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations for follow-up actions.

Required Qualifications:
  • At least Master's degree in Public Finance, Humanitarian Affairs, Development Policy, and/or any relevant field directly related to the assignment; or Bachelor's level or equivalent with minimum seven years of demonstrated working experience in public finance management.
  • At least five years (or seven years in case of a bachelor’s degree) of proven experience working with State Audit Institutions or in the field of public sector auditing.
  • At least five years (or seven years in case of a bachelor’s degree) of demonstrated experience in designing and delivering capacity development trainings on gender equality and gender mainstreaming to diverse stakeholders, including representatives of national and local governments, civil society organizations (CSOs), or other relevant actors.
  • Previous professional experience in applying gender mainstreaming tools, frameworks, and methodologies.

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