Duties and Responsibilities

• Preparing Technical and financial proposals for gender-related Assessments, feasibility studies, training, and project evaluations.
• Preparing training materials targeting beneficiaries, data collection tools, and train Enumerators for data collection.
• Lead the data analysis and draft report for any assessments, project evaluations, and research studies.
• Performing a gender audit, reviewing policies and practices globally on Gatepath assigned program areas, and assessing the implementation of existing gender policies and strategies.
• Work within the development team, in particular the rural livelihoods, nutrition, and health teams, to ensure that a sound gender analysis informs program design and management, and identify strategic actions to be undertaken to improve the quality of program implementation.
• Provide technical assistance to partners in assessing the strength of their approach to gender mainstreaming across the program cycle.
• Provide advice on appropriate gender-sensitive indicators in the performance measurement framework and support colleagues in the monitoring and reporting of program results/outputs and objectives against agreed indicators.

With this background and context in mind, the Gender specialist should have an experience in Project Evaluation objectives;

• Assess the relevance of the Clients organization’s contribution to Integrating Gender in various program interventions;
• Assess the effectiveness and organizational efficiency in progressing toward the achievement of Integrating Gender in various program interventions
• Assess the sustainability of the intervention in achieving sustained engagement of women in various program interventions;
• Analyze how the human rights approach and gender equality principles are integrated in the implementation of the project;
• Identify and validate lessons learned, good practices, and examples and innovations of efforts that support the Integration of Gender in Peace Support Operations.
• Lead Mid-term and final project evaluations in the thematic sector.
• Develop concept papers and proposals in the thematic sector when needed

Team/Program: Program

Location: Home-based

Key competences, technical background, and experience required

• Master’s degree in the social sciences (i.e. sociology, demography, psychology, political science, social policy, economics, etc.), public policy, public health;
• A minimum of 6 years of relevant experience related to international development and gender equality is required;
• Proven skills in research and analysis.  Experience and demonstrated track record with undertaking desk research, literature reviews, and consolidating findings;
• Experience and skills with project planning, organizing information, and engaging relevant stakeholders;
• At least seven years of planning, reviews and/or evaluation experience, five years of which in planning/reviews in development programs related to human rights, gender, and results-based evaluations;
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to synthesize complex information in written papers, reports, presentations;
• 4 years’ Experience in leading consulting works such as KAP, assessments studies, and project evaluations.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Ability to multitask, and work in a high-pressure environment.
• Responsiveness to deadlines and deliverables, and ability to work independently and flexibly;
• Fluency in English required; knowledge of another UN language an asset