NATIONAL EXPERT ON GENDER SENSITIVE MONITORING AND POLICY SUPPORT (PROGRAMME SPECIALIST) FOR YEMENI NATIONALS ONLY

 

Location : Seiyun, YEMEN

Application Deadline : 08-Feb-12

Additional Category Poverty Reduction

Type of Contract : Service Contract

Post Level : SB-4

Languages Required : Arabic   English  

Duration of Initial Contract : one year

 

 

Background

 

The project contributes to the economic and social empowerment of women and youth, improved livelihoods, rights, and gender sensitive policy support.  It aims to empower socially and economically disadvantaged women and youth in market oriented technical, entrepreneurial and managerial skills, confidence building and empowering skills, necessary to improve their access to productive resources and sustainable earning potential. Training will be systematically linked and integrated with other critical interventions such as, access to markets, appropriate technology, microfinance, entrepreneurship development and follow up technical assistance. The project strategy is comprehensive, gender responsive, market driven, and community-based. It involves strategic partnerships with Hadramout Governorate, Local Councils, religious leaders, NGOs private sector, and relevant institutions, and will strengthen their capacity as responsible service providers, facilitators and advocacy actors.  Effective monitoring and policy support based on gender sensitive data collection will be provided by the Women National Committee (WNC) office in Seiyun, which will play a key role. The project will initially be implemented in Hadramout Governorate and expanded to other governorates based on concrete results and experience developed

 

 

Duties and Responsibilities

 

The National Expert on Gender Sensitive Monitoring and Policy Support will work under the guidance and supervision of the National Project Manager and in collaboration with WNC Seiyun, WNC in Sana’a, project team and IPs. She/he will be primarily responsible for ensuring that capacity is developed in the WNC office in Seiyun for gender sensitive monitoring including collection of data and analysis, and gender sensitive policy support for the project. 

 

• Review and become familiar with the Hadramout Governorate Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy 2006-2015, Women and Development Strategy WNC (2008), relevant documents, and fully knowledgeable about the UNDP Gender and Economic Empowerment Project,  strategy and work plan;

 

• Technical Support/ Assistance;

 

• Identify existing activities undertaken in Hadramout Governorate by MoPIC, Central Statistical Office (CSO) or other departments in gender sensitive data collection, analysis and monitoring, gender mainstreaming, and reports prepared;

 

• In collaboration with WNC, Project Manager and project team (based on findings as above) develop a plan for capacity building of WNC and key stakeholders in gender sensitive monitoring and policy support,  including undertaking a gender sensitive Baseline Survey to establish a benchmark by which to measure project progress, and gender impact;

 

• Develop a ToR, identify and subcontract a competent firm to provide technical support in undertaking the baseline survey incorporating gender issues; 

 

• In addition to WNC, identify relevant GoY departments and IPs to train on principles of gender disaggregated data collection and analysis and gender sensitive monitoring, to build broader capacity among IPs participating in the project in Hadramout;

 

• Facilitate the subcontracted organization to organize training for selected participants (as above). Orient and train selected trainees (as given above) on the baseline survey, and build capacity of WNC in all design and preparation activities;

 

• Conduct and evaluate training workshops; 

 

• Facilitate the subcontractor to undertake the baseline survey in consultation and collaboration with trainees, and monitor the process. Ensure the report of the gender sensitive baseline survey is shared with key stakeholders, IPs, and WNC in Sanaa and the findings are used to inform project work;

 

• Assist and build capacity of WNC and key stakeholders to develop gender sensitive monitoring tools and indicators, and build capacity of participating IPs in its application;

 

• Identify gender issues in policies and legislation that impact on the gender and economic project;

 

• Organize workshops with key stakeholders on policy issues, legal constraints, enlist support and develop policy proposals and legislative initiatives required, and submit to Hadramout Governorate including WNC Sana’a. Build close linkages between WNC in Seiyun and WNC in Sana'a on activities in Wadi Hadramout;

 

• Identify best practices and successful initiatives in gender sensitive approaches being applied in the project at the community level, document and share with IPs, local council members and relevant stakeholders in Hadramout Governorate to generate appropriate gender responsive polices;

 

• work in close collaboration with the IPs, WNC, District Gender and Economic Epowerment Committee (DGEECs), and relevant institutions, target groups and communities on gender sensitive monitoring and policy issues;

 

• Participate in regular meetings of DGEECs and provide technical support and advocate for gender sensitive monitoring;  

 

• Coordinate and support project team members to include gender sensitive monitoring indicators in the UNDP monitoring and evaluation process followed by them; 

 

• Monitor the WNC activities to ensure progress and quality achievements, and prepare monitoring reports.

 

 

Competencies

 

• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work with limited supervision;

• Excellent skills in communication, negotiations and team work;  

• Strong computer literacy and skills to facilitate production of own reports, and power point presentations; 

• Sensitivity to cultural and social factors impacting on women’s economic participation;

• Proficiency in computer software application for report preparation, and data management;

• Willingness to travel to project districts and work at the community level.

 

 

Required Skills and Experience

 

Education 

• Post graduate degree in gender and development, economics, social sciences or related fields with 6 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor degree with 12 relevant years of experience might be accepted in lieu of the post graduate degree.

 

Experience:

• Experience in developing and implementing gender sensitive monitoring systems and tools, including collection and analysis of gender disaggregated data, and in capacity building of women’s departments in the said disciplines; 

 

• Excellent knowledge of and proven experience in capacity building/training of Government   and NGOs on data collection and analysis, gender sensitive policies and projects in particular on economic participation, and ability to advocate on policy issues; 

 

• Have an in depth knowledge of gender issues in Yemen, and project monitoring with gender sensitive indicators.

 

Language:

• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic is required.

 

 

 

Application Process

 

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