Senior Project consultant Gender Partnership Programme

The Senior Project consultant will coordinate and implement the Gender Partnership Programme funded by Sida, focusing on enhancing women's political participation and gender equality in six priority countries. Responsibilities include project coordination, research, capacity building, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and communications.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, monitor, evaluate, and report on the project activities.
• Develop and maintain project timelines, budgets and reporting schedules.
• Prepare communication tools and materials on the project and its activities.
• Coordinate project activities with the beneficiary parliaments and other relevant stakeholders, including Swedish embassies/accredited missions.
• Conduct desk research and establish baselines on women’s political participation, gender equality, and violence against women in parliament and politics in the target countries.
• Carry out in-country missions to assess needs, gather relevant information and data, and build relationships and understanding with the beneficiary parliaments.
• Prepare detailed reports on findings and recommendations based on assessments.
• Organize multi-stakeholders round tables to assess needs and mobilize engagement.
• Roll out workshops, trainings and briefings aimed at building knowledge and capacities of members of parliament (MPs) in general and women MPs in particular and parliamentary staff.
• Support caucuses of women MPs, their members and support staff.
• Organize and facilitate parliaments’ gender sensitivity self-assessments.
• Establish indicators for measuring the success of the project activities and outcomes.
• Monitor project progress, prepare regular updates, and submit progress reports to the IPU and Sida, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements.
• Facilitate liaison and communication between the IPU, parliaments and other stakeholders, ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Prepare communication materials to promote project achievements.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in political science or law; specialization in gender studies an asset.
• At least 10 years of experience in work related to gender equality and/or women’s rights required.
• At least five years of experience in project management required, experience in an international organization and/or a parliamentary setting would be an asset.
• Experience of work in one or more of the project’s beneficiary countries would be an asset.
• Complete fluency in English required, fluency in one of the languages spoken in the project’s beneficiary countries would be an asset.
• Excellent drafting skills in English required.
• Personal attributes of initiative, self-motivation and sound judgement.
• Aptitude for human contacts and resourcefulness; team spirit; and attention to details.
• Adaptability to varying working environments and conditions.
• General computer skills (MS Office applications, internet).
• Willingness and availability to travel extensively for in-country missions as needed.
• Good connections with gender experts and trainers specialized in women’s political participation, digital violence against women in politics and the empowerment of women MPs or politicians.
• Experience in organizing workshops, multi-stakeholders’ meetings and events, missions and trainings.

Skills

• Gender Equality
• Women's Rights
• Project Management
• International Organization Experience
• Political Science
• Law
• Drafting Skills
• Workshop Organization
• Multi-stakeholder Meetings
• Capacity Building
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Reporting
• Public Communication
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Research
• Event Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Travel Coordination

Languages

English