SoCha LLC - Gender Expert - Project Design and Analysis Jobs in Kenya

SoCha LLC - Gender Expert - Project Design and Analysis Jobs in Kenya


Objectives

  • USAID/KEA seeks to augment the capacity of the Mission’s Gender Advisor in supporting gender integration throughout the six project designs currently underway.

  • MSP aims to source two qualified mid- and senior-level gender and GBV experts available for short-term technical assistance (STTA) for
    approximately three months to actively participate in the Mission’s Project Design
    Teams

  • To advise on gender integration and

  • To lead on the development of required project-level gender analyses for the six designs.

  • One expert will have a broad gender focus in order to be able to support any of the projects to bring a gender perspective to their theories of change.

  • The other expert should also have specific sectoral expertise in integrating gender with economic growth/markets, environment and/or resilience.

    Scope

    The Gender Expert 1 – Project Design and Analysis will provide short-term technical assistance (STTA) by working hand-in-hand with the Mission’s Gender Advisor, supporting her to:

    Attend all project design team meetings to advise on gender dynamics and consideration,
    including but not limited to:


  • Defining key results with a gender lens

  • Looking at ways to engage successful models of behavior change and system change
    through locally-led solutions, new and underutilized partners (including men/boys)

  • Advancing partnership models and development practices that build the capacity and commitment of local actors on gender equality

  • Ensuring monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) efforts related to the projects
    incorporate gender considerations and capture progress on gender equality, female
    empowerment, male engagement, and/or gender-based violence prevention (as
    relevant)

  • Collaborate with the Mission Gender Advisor and other technical office gender POCs to carry out multi-sectoral gender analyses through literature review of sector relevant literature, key USAID activity documents and sector specific data sets. (priority areas: natural resource management, health system strengthening and market systems) to inform USAID project design and
    programming.

  • Collaborate with Mission Gender Advisor and other technical office gender POCs to carry out
    multi-sectoral GBV prevention and response analyses and assessments to inform Gender-based
    violence prevention and response (from a multi-sectoral and
    integrated approach perspective)

  • Develop technical resources that address gender equality, female empowerment, male
    engagement, and gender-based violence prevention and response to strengthen gender
    integration within the six projects.

    Deliverables

  • Attendance at designated project design meetings; Provide tracked input into the projects’ Theories of change; MEL plans particularly inclusion of relevant W-GDP and other gender/ age sensitive indicators

  • Weekly meetings with USAID/KEA Gender Advisor

  • Prepare 3-5 pages sector specific technical gender analysis for each project using USAID project gender analysis template

  • Prepare a 5-10 slide PowerPoint presentation based on the sector gender analysis for the project design teams

    Gender Expert Qualifications

  • Strong experience in gender analysis, gender integration, and gender-based violence prevention and response

  • Experience in integrating gender equity, women economic empowerment, and gender-based
    violence prevention and response into agriculture, food systems, market systems, education, environment, and other related sectors

  • Bachelor’s Degree & 6+ Years’ Experience; or Masters’ Degree & 4+ Years’ Experience; or PHD &

  • 2 years’ Experience

    Sector expertise in at least two of the following areas

  • Health

  • Education

  • Governance and conflict mitigation

  • Natural resource management

  • Agriculture, nutrition and food security

  • Economic growth including women’s economic empowerment, Women’s Global

  • Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative, digital technology, access to capital, access to markets, trade facilitation and border management, economic policy
    development, legal and regulatory reform, market systems development, infrastructure
    development and/or technology

  • A high level of familiarity with USAID and its program cycle.

  • Ability to think strategically and integrate diverse information from varied sources

    How to Apply

    For more information and job application details, see; SoCha LLC - Gender Expert - Project Design and Analysis Jobs in Kenya

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