Financing Alliance for Health Gender Advisor Job

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Key Responsibilities

Prepare a comprehensive Gender Implementation Plan that outlines the procedures for both qualitative and quantitative gender research.

• Prepare a robust outline of activities with clear timelines & budgets that will go into ensuring that program activities are gender transformative and that project goals and objectives are achieved.
• Conduct or provide technical guidance for gender analysis using a range of primary and secondary data collection methods, as appropriate, given the context and scale of the project, initiative, or strategy the analysis aims to support.
• Synthesize gender analysis findings into practical recommendations that can be integrated into program design and implementation by non-specialists.
• Identify programmatic solutions to the achievement of sectoral outcomes that can also advance gender equality outcomes.
• Recommend primary outcomes contributing to the reduction of gender barriers and/or gender gaps that can be embedded in a given project/approach.
• Work with colleagues/partners to design and implement appropriate risk mitigation strategies to address gender-based risks across project stakeholders (i.e., gender-based violence, social sanctions, job cannibalization, etc.).
• Recommend adaptations to programming to address emerging gender-based challenges/opportunities identified in the course of project implementation.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting on Gender-Integrated Programs

• Establish indicators and data collection mechanisms to track progress and assess the impact of gender-related interventions.
• Run a baseline survey to collect data on the prevailing gender norms in select countries to compare any changes intended or not at the end of the grant period.
• Travel to countries (Senegal, Ethiopia, Mali, and Kenya) to conduct interviews with community health workers.
• Conduct quarterly visits to countries to monitor and support gender-transformative activities in progress. (Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal and Mali)
• Monthly documentation of gender-related activities to support and streamline docuseries production on Senegal’s community health system, focusing on the integration of Community Health Workers (CHWs).
• Actively collaborate with multiple partners in (Ethiopia, Mali, and Senegal) to deliver critical insights on gender-related aspects, thereby influencing and shaping strategy/policy development.
• Lead in the collection and analysis of data disaggregated by sex and other demographic characteristics as relevant and feasible.
• Ensure measurement of project contributions to reduction in gender barriers and/or gender gaps.
• Advise on the design of appropriate monitoring systems to assess gender-based risks – as well as unintended negative consequences – during implementation.
• Promote the safe and informed participation of women and girls in project-based monitoring and evaluation activities.

Influencing and Capacity Building

•  Work with the program teams and partners to ensure that gender transformative practices are incorporated in outputs relating to various activities.
• Contribute to the development, evaluation, and refinement of capacity-building tools and training for organization staff, consultants, and in-country partners on issues related to gender.
• Provide training to program ecosystem partners on gender mainstreaming, gender transformative budgeting, and policy making and programming.
• Provide ad hoc support to other implementing partners to support them in ensuring the TA they provide to select countries is gender transformative.
• Lead on ensuring FAH’s broader work supporting countries outside of the program or select countries is gender transformative.
• Sensitize stakeholders and decision makers e.g., government and health leaders to key gender issues (i.e., gender gaps, gender barriers, access, and agency) in their technical/programmatic area using tailored messages.
• Articulate the rationale for gender transformative investment for given technical/programmatic areas and why it is integral to the organization’s mission.
• Play a pivotal role in shaping the design and implementation of projects, ensuring they incorporate a gender-transformative perspective.
• Identify, assess, and nurture relationships with partners relevant to the promotion of gender equality in given technical/programmatic areas.

Final published report on Gender

•  Produce a final report/publication on how integrating CHWs into health systems can be done in a more gender transformative way, challenges, and opportunities female CHWs face on the journey to professionalization, as well as on any unintended negative consequences to professionalization.
• Identify channels of dissemination & ensure dissemination of the final report to all relevant ecosystem players and stakeholders.

Key Relationships
The Gender Advisor will report directly to the Head of Partnerships Development and Advocacy. The incumbent will work closely with the CEO, Head of Country Programmes, Head of Strategy, and Investment, etc. S/He will regularly collaborate closely with the program teams.

Key Specifications: 

• Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/women’s studies, international development, or a related field.
•  5-7 years experience in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of projects integrating gender equality objectives and outcomes.
• Knowledge of foundational concepts related to gender equality.
• Familiarity with theories of change and evidence-based and/or promising practices to address gender inequality while advancing outcomes in one or more sectors in which CHWs work (health, agriculture, economic strengthening, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene, etc.).
•  Experience designing and implementing development interventions to reduce gender-based disparities in access to and benefit from services and resources in one or more sectors.
• Experience conducting project and/or strategy-level gender analysis, including collection and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary data.
• Demonstrated ability to translate findings from a gender analysis into practical recommendations for uptake by program staff who are not gender specialists.
• Experience developing gender-sensitive monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems, including the design of gender equality objectives, outcomes and indicators, inclusive community feedback mechanisms, and gender-sensitive approaches to learning, reflection, and adaptation.
• Understanding of the principle of “Do No Harm” as it relates to gender (in)equality and experience designing risk reduction strategies including monitoring and addressing unintended consequences, including gender-based violence.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including a track record of influencing individuals and teams to adopt gender-integrated approaches.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to explain complex technical and social concepts in accessible language for lay audiences.
• Experience facilitating workshops and developing training materials relevant to the advancement of gender transformative practices.
• Experience working and understanding the gender norms in the African context specifically Senegal, Mali Ethiopia & Kenya will be an added advantage.
• Health systems: knowledge and practical work on health systems; experience working with government agencies as well as major donor organizations is critical for this role.
• Global mindset and experience: international experience across countries. Fluency in English, and French is an added advantage.

Compensation

• This position offers a competitive compensation package linked to the background and experience of the candidate. This position is structured as a Consultancy role for an initial term of 3 years with an annual contract renewable based on performance and availability of funds within the initial term.
• The Gender expert will allocate 4-5 days per month to fulfill their duties and responsibilities as outlined in the job description.

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