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Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the United Nations system’s designated entity for addressing environmental issues at the global and regional level. Its mandate is to coordinate the development of environmental policy consensus by keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action.   

The purpose of this consultancy is to update and support the streamlined execution of the GEF ISLANDS programmatic Gender Equality Action Plan across all GEF ISLANDS regional child projects through the provision of technical guidance and expertise on inclusive planning and implementation. The GAP serves as a foundational element for the role that CCKM plays in providing cross-cutting support to the regional child projects and takes into account interlinkages with the activities executed by all their Executing Partners.  The consultant will be responsible for the following: 
- Reviewing the state of implementation of the existing ISLANDS Gender Equality Action Plan (established in 2022) and assessing its effectiveness in facilitating gender mainstreaming from local to global level within the ISLANDS programme, in consultation with ISLANDS regional child projects and teams. 
- Revising the ISLANDS Gender Equality Action Plan based on progress achieved so far at both global and regional levels, taking into account gender analysis and any other gender-responsive activity conducted at regional level since projects inception, in consultations with ISLANDS regional child projects and teams, in particular their gender focal point / specialist whenever possible.  
- Further supporting the establishment of gender focal points and/or specialists within regional child projects and teams, providing them with regular guidance, feedback and advice to ensure analysis, strategies, including stakeholder engagement strategies, activities and outputs (e.g. knowledge resources, communications materials), as well as management actions such as those related to recruitments (ToRs) are based on gender mainstreamning principles, gender-sensitive and responsive. 
- Providing guidance and technical support to the regional child projects in the development and / or update and alignment of their regional gender action plan, as well as during implementation, including through a series of recommendations aligned with the GEF and UNEP’s policy.  

Qualifications/special skills

- Advanced university degree in the field of environmental management, social sciences or gender studies, is required
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in advancing gender mainstreaming in the design, implementation and monitoring of environmental technical assistance projects, in particular in relation to chemicals and waste management, is required. 
- Strong grounding in gender analysis methodologies and proven track record of reviewing diverse types of documents (project documents, publications, communications materials) to ensure gender integration. 
- Excellent project management skills (planning, timelines, risk management, coordination, stakeholder engagement) are required. 
- Strong analytical skills and ability to effectively articulate and present findings in writing are required. 

- Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of French and/or Spanish is an asset.