Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Category:
Type: Full Time
Deadline: 08-Feb-19 12:00:00 AM
Salary: Negotiable
Description
The EPIC Programme in Armenia is looking for a National Gender Expert to support the development and implementation of the intervention within Armenia. This includes:
- Further development and support of implementation of the national gender equality strategy for EPIC developed by the International Gender Expert (including mainstreaming and affirmative action) throughout the different programme components;
- Adaptation of the regional gender strategy at a country level and support to the country project team, key political actors and implementation partners in its consistent implementation;
- Situation analysis/ needs assessment through desk study (containing information on national situation on gender, including Syrian Armenian refugees) and rapid appraisal in the communities;
- Development of qualitative and quantitative country-level gender objectives adjusted to the national operation plans;
- Needs assessment of the partners (combined with the activities under the development of national strategy);
- Needs-based capacity development measure for the partners;
- Ensuring that the training materials used in the programme implementation for the different components (economic component) are gender mainstreamed and, if necessary, do include affirmative action interventions for the target group, wherever the gender analysis or further research has pointed to it;
- Development and/ or finalization of a training strategy for the EPIC team and implementing partners with the international Gender Support person and in coordination with the GIZ Gender Advisor, and EPIC team until latest 28 February 2019;
- Ensure that vulnerable women and girls both from the Syrian Armenian refugee community and local vulnerable population have equal access to the programme components, as men and boys;
- Support with the psychosocial measures to address women's needs;
- Measures to address vulnerable women (single households);
- Ensure close cooperation between the different GIZ projects in Armenia in the field of economic empowerment (especially for women and youth, and the refugee community), by facilitating cross-learning and deducting lessons learned;
- Development of qualitative and quantitative indicators, gender objective of monitoring;
- Incorporation of gender aspect into the monitoring milestones and their definition;
- Measure results: how to tackle women and transformation tools for measuring results (most significant change).
Responsibilities
- Have a briefing session with the International Gender Expert and the GIZ Country office Gender Focal Point in order to ensure a harmonized approach on the ground;
- Responsible for desk review of the already existing material and GIZ, as well as EPIC gender strategy so far already elaborated by the International Gender Consultant;
- Build upon the lessons learned from the GIZ projects in the same field, like EISRA (Economic Integration of Syrian Refugees in Armenia, the Private Sector Development (Tourism, IT, Wine), SMEDA (Small and Medium Enterprise Development), as indicted by the Programme Team Leader for EPIC in Armenia;
- Conduct participatory rapid appraisals, and needs assessments with integrated gender analysis in the programme implementation regions, as needed;
- Fine-tune the Gender Equality Strategy based on the existing documents and including the gender appraisals in the field, including gender mainstreaming and affirmative action where needed, for the EPIC programme in Armenia;
- Ensure implementing partners gender competencies, especially of the Ministry of Economic Development and investments and other institutional partners, review their implementation manuals and support their Gender Focal points as appropriate;
- Organize one, or a series of tailor-made gender equality training sessions for all local partners, including the coaches of the Economic Component;
- Explore, in tandem with the International Gender Expert, the viability of cooperation with the Engaging Men Alliance in specific programming components, and include them if appropriate, into the programme's components;
- Support the development of a monitoring system for the field staff, and take part in the monitoring in the field, taking care that the relevant indicators of the EUP GAP II and the SDGs 4 and 5 are monitored accordingly (as previously agreed with the International Gender Expert, and in line with the EPIC monitoring framework);
- Ensure that the EPIC team applies a Code of Conduct on gender equality and diversity, and a zero tolerance on PSEA (psychological and sexual exploitation and abuse) for the team and all EPIC partners, in line with GIZ guidelines;
- Support the network on Women's Socio-Economic Empowerment together with GIZ Armenia and the EPIC team, including governmental and civil society representatives in order to ensure coordination on a higher level;
- Review the EPIC public relations and programme visibility material on its gender sensitivity, and gender transformational content; and give relevant input to ensure gender stereotypes are not reinforced.
RequiredQualifications
- Gender studies or at least 10 years of proven professional experience of working in the implementation of gender quality and women's empowerment programmes;
- Excellent knowledge of and writing skills in Armenian and English languages;
- Extensive knowledge of and experience in gender equality topics, such as women's and girls' empowerment, women's human rights, integration of women and youth into the labor market, engaging men for gender equality, etc.;
- Experience in working with the Syrian Armenian refugee community and vulnerable women is considered an asset;
- Knowledge of participatory rural appraisal methodologies and data gathering, and analysis regarding gender equality topics;
- Professional facilitation and communication skills;
- Experience in conducting training of trainers, and participatory training methodologies;
- Ability to develop training materials regarding gender equality;
- Experience in supporting teams, with a high service orientation;
- Experience in supporting high level networks and advocacy for women's and girls' rights and gender equality, value added if it in the field of socio-economic empowerment of women and youth.
Personal Attitudes and Behavior:
- High level of cultural sensitivity, non-discriminatory attitude regarding diversity issues, and proven capacity to adapt to working environments without prejudice of any sort;
- Ability to positively promote team effort and high performance by all staff through shared successes;
- High degree of integrity and professionalism;
- Ability to hold self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and standards of behavior;
- Ability to promote innovation and learning;
- Pleasant and polite attitude at all times; ability to reflect professional standards;
- Willingness to travel up to 40% of the time to the field and coordination meetings.
Benefits
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