Senior Consultant Education And Gender

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Description

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• Support the GCI Lead in the ongoing development of strategic direction and resource mobilisation for GCI’s new phase of work:
• Contribute to discussion and documentation relating to GCI’s strategic direction

• Collaborate with the GCI team and IIEP colleagues in the provision of country-specific technical support:
• Lead the development and implementation of the GCI 2024 Action Plan in Nigeria, liaising with the Federal Ministry of Education
• Support the development and implementation of the GCI 2024 Action Plan in one other GCI country (TBD)
• Contribute to other GCI technical support as required, in particular through the Technical Assistance Partnership with GPE/UNGEI
• Contribute to other non-GCI technical supports as required.
• Contribute to the production and dissemination of data, knowledge, and global goods on gender in education.
• Contribute to the development of a handbook on gender transformational education policy making.
• Contribute to any methodological tool developed under GCI or IIEP gender activities.
• Contribute to the GCI research to fill the data gaps relating to gender in education that have been identified as priorities.
• Support the GCI and trainings teams in Paris, Dakar and BA in the development, coordination and delivery of training and in the facilitation of a gender and education community of practice.
• Contribute to the mainstreaming of gender in the evolving IIEP global training offer (2 specialized gender courses and mainstreaming gender in the core training offer)
• Taking into account the findings from previous editions of the Community of Practice in Gender and Education, lead the development and implementation of this activity strand in the new phase.
• Contribute to activities to strengthening IIEP gender mainstreaming and moving forward a gender-transformational agenda at IIEP.
• Contribute to capitalising on and disseminating GCI’s results, tools/methodologies, and innovations internally.
• Contribute to improvement of measurement mechanisms at IIEP.
• Support the development of internal tools/methodologies to strengthen gender equality.
• Support the development and delivery of internal trainings.
• Contribute to the visibility of the IIEP’s outputs in the international education sector and identify potential partnerships.
• Strengthen GCI’s visibility and partnerships.
• Contribute to the visibility of IIEP/GCI outputs and knowledge, especially in the international English-speaking education sector.
• Identify and concretize opportunities for partnership on gender in and through education. 
• Contribute to capitalising on and disseminating GCI’s results, tools/methodologies and innovations.
• Support and contribute to any transversal Gender and Equity/GCI-wide activities upon request.
• Support the M&E of GCI phase 2 and Technical Assistance Partnership/GPE
• Contribute to the final evaluation of GCI Pilot Phase

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or equivalent) in gender, education, economics, social sciences or related fields.
• Years of relevant work experience
• Ten (10) years of experience in the field of education and gender equality
• Demonstrated professional experience in gender analysis in education, preferably in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Demonstrated professional experience in the design of education policies or education sector development plans, preferably in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Demonstrated experience working with ministries of education and development partners in Sub-Saharan African countries.
• Demonstrated experience of working with professional communities of practice, ideally education or gender related.
• Demonstrated experience in mainstreaming gender equality at institutional level.

• Gender mainstreaming expertise in education planning and ability to integrate gender perspectives into policies, programs, and projects.
• Analytical skills. Ability to assess existing policies and identify opportunities for gender-responsive improvements and to contribute to the development of gender-sensitive education policies.
• Capacity Building expertise. Design and deliver training programs on gender-responsive planning for education stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Engagement. Establish and maintain effective partnerships with Ministries of Education NGOs, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Project management. Experience in managing and overseeing projects with a focus on gender-responsive planning.
• Communication skills. Effective written and verbal communication skills to convey complex gender concepts to diverse audiences.
• Monitoring and Evaluation. Develop and implement monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess the impact of gender-responsive initiatives.

• Excellent command (written and oral) of English or French and written and oral proficiency in the other language.

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