International Consultant - Gender Specialist (15 Months), Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire

Consultant Teaching & Training Programme & Policy

Overview

Develop and implement gender strategies for education programs

You have:

• Master's degree in Social Sciences, Gender and social norms or Project management.
• At least 8 years’ experience in Gender or related fields.
• Experience working with UN agencies.
• Good oral and written communication skills in French and English.
• Previous work experience in Cote d’Ivoire is an asset.
• Experience conducting a gender analysis of a project or program.
• Experience in collecting and analyzing data related to gender issues in Education.
• Proven track record of designing and delivering capacity-building initiatives.

Contract

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, A Champion

The Gender Specialist will be accountable for the development, design, planning, implementation, and management of the Gender work assigned within the applicant’s area of responsibility. She/He will be under the direct supervision of the Education Specialist P3 and with close collaboration with the Programme Team. the consultant will implement the assignment by following specific activities.

How can you make a difference?

Strategic Direction and Coordination

• Support the development/update of the Education Gender Strategy and action plan to support the implementation of Education Programme 2021-2025 in alignment with the UNICEF GAP 2022-2025.
• Lead the development/update and the implementation of the Education Gender Action Plan 2024 and its M&E Framework in alignment with the UNICEF GAP 2022-2025 and CI Country Programme Document 2021-2025.
• Provide technical support on the integration of gender into country programming phases, including strategic planning and reviews (CPD, mid-term reviews, extended annual reviews, programme component strategy note and in the programmatic assessment and institutional strengthening components of gender reviews).
• Set up and coordinate an Education Gender Task Force (GTF) involving the Ministry of Education and Literacy (MENA), the Ministry of Technical and Vocational Training, and the Ministry of Women, Family, and Childhood, as well as all relevant stakeholders. The objective is to ensure permanent capacity for mainstreaming gender in all programs, projects, and procedures throughout the cycle of programming.

Capacity Building and Knowledge management

• Support and provide capacity-building training and workshops to Education programme staff, gender taskforce members, and external partners including project and programme partners.
• Support the development of systems, tools, and processes that enable staff members and external partners involved in Education programme to enhance their understanding of gender integration and adoption of gender-sensitive behaviors.
• Provide individualised gender technical support to Education programme staff.
• Initiate documentation and sharing of the country-level experience in gender programming and lessons learned relevant for Education programm, which will be shared with internal networks and external partners.

Support to programme/project development, planning, implementation, and monitoring

• Support education programme in enhancing annual reporting on gender results regarding institutional targets and UNICEF programming.
• Provide technical inputs and review on the gender components in key funding concepts notes and proposal appeals and submissions and the design of funded projects/programs so that gender technical components are clearly defined, and technical capacities are included.
• Ensure that gender in monitoring and evaluation and reporting are carried out efficiently, rigorously, and transparently in compliance with established results-based guidelines and procedures.
• Support education programme in enhancing annual reporting on gender results regarding institutional targets and UNICEF programming.
• Design an education gender proposal based on gender analysis in line with CI CPD 2021-2025.

Networking

Represent Education Section in UN inter-agency and other external meetings on gender integration into sectoral and cross-sectoral groups.

Timeline

D

Deliverables/Outputs:

%

Q1

D1

Education gender strategy and action plan updated/developed

10%

D2

Updated gender taskforce term of reference and roadmap

6%

D3

Education gender taskforce quarterly meeting 1 minutes produced

3%

D4

Concept Notes/proposals 1 reviewed (based on submission by Program)

2%

D5

Concept Notes 1 on gender developed for resources mobilization

4%

Planned payment 1

Timeline

D

Deliverables/Outputs:

%

Q2

D6

Education gender taskforce quarterly meeting 2 minutes produced

3%

D7

Education gender action plan 2024 and M&E Framework developed/updated

5%

D8

Monitoring of the education gender action plan 2024 implementation presented during the mid-year review (TBC June or July 2024)

5%

D9

Training modules and material developed and shared

5%

D10

Ministry of Education Gender Manual finalized and adopted

6%

D11

Concept Notes and proposals 2 reviewed (based on submission by Programs)

2%

D12

Education gender taskforce meeting 2 participation and Gender Meeting minutes shared (depending on meeting invitation)

2%

Planned payment 2

Q3

D13

Concept notes and proposals 3 reviewed (based on submission by Programs)

2%

D14

Gender taskforce quarterly meeting 3 minutes produced

3%

D15

Education gender proposal finalized

8%

D16

Education gender taskforce meeting 3 participation and meeting minutes shared (depending on meeting invitation)

2%

D17

Gender taskforce training and workshops reports

5%

D18

Knowledge management tools and platforms developed and set up

5%

Planned payment 3

Q4

D19

Education gender analysis report with clear cross-sectoral action plan and accountability framework

9%

D20

Education RAM and COAR reviewed

5%

D21

Education gender taskforce meeting 4 participation and meeting minutes shared (depending on meeting invitation)

2%

D22

Monitoring of the education gender action plan 2022 implementation presented during the annual review (TBC December 2024)

5%

D23

GTG meeting 4 participation and meeting minutes shared (depending on meeting invitation)

2%

Planned payment

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Master's degree in Social Sciences, Gender and social norms or Project management.
• At least 8 years’ experience in Gender or related fields.
• Experience on working with UN agencies
• Good oral and written communication skills in French and English.
• Previous work experience in Cote d’Ivoire is an asset.

Skills required :

• Experience on conducting a gender analysis of a project or program, which involves identifying and analysing the ways in which gender and other social identities intersect to affect outcomes.
• Experience in collecting and analysing data related to gender issues in Education and use it to inform project design, implementation, and evaluation.
• Experience in working collaboratively with donors and project team members, including project managers, technical experts, and community members, to achieve project goals.
• Proven track record of designing and delivering capacity- building initiatives that empower local partners and communities to address gender-based obstacles and foster gender equality for project success, preferably in Education.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

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The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

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