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Duties and Responsibilities

BACKGROUND: The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), is fully dedicated to supporting small businesses of developing countries to trade. This post is a local position based in Uganda and located within the Sector for Enterprise Competitiveness. The post focuses on advancing gender inclusion for Uganda’s Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) as a key pathway to dignified and fulfilling work for young people, particularly women. REPONSIBILITIES: Under the direct supervision of Head, SheTrades Initiative, the Advisor will be responsible for the following duties:  

• Works with key clients to facilitate the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects, including activities related to mainstreaming gender inclusion and addressing participation barriers in Uganda’s Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) sector; monitors and analyzes specific aspects of programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and recommends corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions. 
• Carries out basic research on selected aspects of programmes, operations and other activities, including emerging gender trends, risks, and structural gaps affecting women and underrepresented groups in the CCI sector; to include collecting, analyzing and presenting statistical data and other information gathered from diverse sources. 
• Provides substantive support for policy coordination and evaluation functions, including the review and analysis of gender inclusion issues, participation in evaluations or research activities and studies.  
• Assists in performing consulting assignments, in collaboration with the partners, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions, ensuring meaningful participation of women, youth and persons with disabilities, and assisting in developing the action plan that support inclusive change processes. 
• Participates in survey initiatives; assists with the design of gender-responsive data collection tools; issues data collection tools, reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares preliminary conclusions.    
• Contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications
• Performs other duties as required, including supporting the effective implementation and monitoring of gender inclusion activities. ed.

Qualifications/special skills
 
A first-level university degree in business administration, management, economics or a related field. A first-level university degree in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced. 
A minimum of two years of experience in project/programme management, administration or related area is required Experience in gender mainstreaming and women’s entrepreneurship. Experience in designing, structuring and implementing activities in trade-related technical assistance projects. Experience working with partners in the public or private sector.
• Professionalism:  Knowledge and understanding of theories, concepts and approaches relevant to particular sector, functional area or other specialized field including on gender mainstreaming, women’s entrepreneurship development and value chain development issues. 
Ability to identify issues, analyze and participate in the resolution of issues/problems.
Ability to assist with data collection using various methods. 
Fluency in English is mandatory.