National Consultant - National assessment on the status of gender mainstreaming in major national development programs and mega projects

Overview

Conduct a national assessment on the status of gender mainstreaming in major national development programs and mega projects in Ethiopia. The assessment aims to generate evidence and recommendations to strengthen the integration of gender equality and women's empowerment objectives in large-scale national initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare an inception report including methodology, workplan, stakeholder engagement strategy, and assessment framework.
• Conduct a comprehensive desk review of policies, programmes, project documents, budgets, reports, evaluations, and relevant literature.
• Map and select major national programmes and mega projects for assessment.
• Develop data collection tools and gender mainstreaming assessment frameworks.
• Select and engage regional data collectors in all regions and city administrations.
• Conduct and oversee key informant interviews with government institutions, programme management teams, development partners, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders.
• Conduct and oversee group discussions and consultations where applicable.
• Assess gender mainstreaming across planning, implementation, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and accountability dimensions.
• Develop a gender mainstreaming rating framework for assessed programmes and projects.
• Identify best practices, challenges, bottlenecks, and institutional capacity gaps.
• Develop recommendations and a Gender Mainstreaming Minimum Standards Framework.
• Present findings to stakeholders and facilitate validation processes.
• Finalize and submit the assessment report and accompanying products.

Required Experience

At least 7 years of progressively responsible work experience in gender equality and women’s empowerment related initiatives is required. Demonstrated experience in conducting assessments, evaluations, policy reviews, or research studies is required. Proven expertise in gender mainstreaming and gender-responsive planning and budgeting is required. Experience working with government institutions and development partners is required. Experience assessing large-scale development programmes, public investment programmes, infrastructure projects, or national development initiatives is required. Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, experience in handling of web-based management systems is required. Experience in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies is required. Previous experience working with UN agencies will be considered an added advantage.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Public Policy, Economics, Social Sciences, Monitoring and Evaluation, or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

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