AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

RECRUITMENT OF A FOR JUNIOR CONSULTANCY SERVICES ON GENDER AND

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN G5 SAHEL COUNTRIES

 

 

Expressions of interest must be submitted or sent by email to the address mentioned below no later than 11 October 2021 at 05:00 PM (GMT) and specifically mentioning: “Expression of Interest for junior consultancy services on gender and women empowerment in G5 Sahel countries”.

For the attention of: Ms. Aïssatou Dosso : A.DOSSO@AFDB.ORG and Mr. Koffi Marc Kouakou : M.KOFFI@AFDB.ORG ; Copy to: Ms. Irene Amoin Konan : I.KONAN@AFDB.ORG

  1. The African Development Bank (the Bank) hereby invites individual consultants to indicate their interest in the following assignment : Junior Consultant – gender and women empowerment in G5 Sahel countries, to support AHGC1 in implementing the component 3 of the TSF-funded project relates to knowledge management and policy dialogue. Within this context, the Consultant will support the Bank’s efforts to promote women’s economic empowerment and participation ;
  1. The African Development Bank (The Bank) is the premier multilateral development finance institution fostering economic growth and social progress in Africa. The Bank’s primary goal is to reduce poverty and improve the living standards of all Africans by mobilizing resources in and outside Africa. The Bank is dedicated to tackling the full complexities and challenges of development on the continent by providing financial and technical assistance to development projects and programs in regional member countries. It has integrated operations of lending directly to the public and private sectors through a variety of financing instruments as well as providing advisory services ;
  1. The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department is under the Agriculture, Human and Social Development Complex. The main objective of the Complex is to deliver on the Bank’s Ten Year Strategy (2013-2022), and more specifically, the High 5s priorities on “Feed Africa” and “Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa” ;
  1. The African Development Bank is committed to the promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Indeed, gender promotion is considered as one of the areas of special interest that should cut across all five priority areas of the Bank namely: Light up and Power Africa; Feed Africa; Industrialize Africa; Integrate Africa; and Improve the Quality of Life for the People of Africa. The Gender Strategy 2021-2025 approved in December 2020, is based on three pillars that support the Bank’s priorities of promoting gender equality, empowering women and girls and accelerating economic and social development in regional member countries. These pillars are as follows: Pillar 1 – Empowering women through access to finance and markets; Pillar 2: Accelerating women’s employment inclusion and job creation through skills development; and Pillar 3: Improving women’s access to social services through infrastructure ;
  1. The role of the Gender and Women Empowerment (AHGC1) Division in the Gender Department is to provide strategic guidance on gender, women’s empowerment work in the Bank including building relationships with development partners & other alliances at global level to advance the gender work; center of excellence for incubation and innovation and scale up new gender projects. AHGC1 also intends to strengthen readiness review process to ensure quality at entry of projects by monitoring & reporting (collection of gender data, statistics analysis, impact evaluation, and capacity building for monitoring and evaluation). In addition, the Division provides the Bank with technical knowledge for strategic implementation of the High5s from a gender, women’s empowerment lens and anchors as the secretariat for the Bank-wide gender Oversight Committee, chaired by the Senior Vice President with membership across sectors and regions to ensure full integration of gender across all projects ;
  1. The African Development Bank, with funding from the Transition Support Facility (TSF), hereby invites individual junior consultants to express their interest for a consultancy to support the Multinational Project Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable Women in three transition countries specifically Chad, Mali and Niger ;
  1. This project was designed to alleviate humanitarian consequences of migration and enhance development impact by fostering economic resilience in remote communities and bridging the humanitarian-development gap. The project aims to strengthen women’s economic resilience in three pilot countries (Niger, Mali and Chad) as an entry point for transformational change through income-generating activities ranging from agriculture and livestock rearing to trade and crafts, skills development and policy dialogue.

Objectives of the Assignment :

  1. The aim of this consultancy is to support AHGC1 in implementing the component 3 of the TSF-funded project relates to knowledge management and policy dialogue. Within this context, the Consultant will support the Bank’s efforts to promote women’s economic empowerment and participation More specifically, the Consultant will assist the Division on these following key activities :

Support the acceleration of the humanitarian-development nexus through a gender lens, with the responsibilities, inter alia, to :

  1. Raise awareness across the Bank and ensure the priority the Bank attaches to gender equality is understood and collectively shared across policy activities and projects in Transition States ;
  2. Support the Bank in mobilizing internal and external stakeholders to support the Bank’s gender equality initiatives and efforts in transition countries ;
  3. Support in coordinating the Bank’s participation in gender-related policy activities internally and externally ;
  4. Assist the Gender Division in its effort of Gender Mainstreaming in Bank’s operations through the preparation of Gender Profiles ;
  5. Conduct studies, produce reports and background/position papers and blogs on a range of issues relating to women’s economic, social and political participation in the regional member countries – with a focus on fragile contexts, and collecting and synthesizing best practices ;
  6. Provide support on routine assignments on gender and policy dialogue, and provide the relevant technical inputs for the proposals/documents being prepared by departments as required ;
  7. Conduct policy analysis and research.

Duties and responsibilities of the consultant :

  1. Under the direct supervision of the Task-Manager of the Bank-ICRC TSF Pillar III funded project, the consultant will perform the following key activities :
  • Support the implementation of the Bank-ICRC TSF Pillar III funded project “Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable Women in Mali, Niger and Chad” ;
  • Assist in the categorization of projects for Mali, Niger and Chad, within the framework of the Gender Mainstreaming System (GMS) and fulfill the necessary requirements according to the category ;
  • Develop country gender diagnostic notes and assist in the integration of the gender dimension in country strategy documents, notes and any other document on the G5 Sahel countries transmitted for this purpose ;
  • Contribute to the preparation of gender profiles reports, with a focus on transition countries, to inform the Bank’s Country Strategy Papers (CSP) and Regional Integration Strategy Papers (RISP) ;
  • Contribute to gender related knowledge products on G5 Sahel countries (including country gender profiles, country policy briefs etc.) that lead to policy dialogue with a particular emphasis on fragile environments; These products should inform the Sahel regional integration strategy and help prepare budget support initiative as well as policy reforms ;
  • Provide support to AHGC in preparing the study on Demographic Dividend (DD) and the Return on Investment (ROI) in girls and women’s empowerment and rights in Sahel countries ;
  • Develop, edit and publish contents on strategic information materials on Gender Data, Policy Dialogue and Fragility for advocacy purposes, including press releases, blogs, reports ;
  • Perform any other tasks as assigned by the Manager of the Division Gender and Women Empowerment (AHGC1).

Management/Supervision and Reporting :

  1. The consultant will be required to submit a monthly report detailing the activities completed and the status of each activity. He/she will formally report to the AHGC1 Division Manager, under the supervision of the Project Task Manager.

Selection criteria :

  • A Master’s  level  degree  program  (Development  Studies,  Gender,  Statistics,  Social Sciences, Economics or related field) ;
  • A minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience, with experience in gender, policy dialogue and fragility ;
  • Proven experience in research and coordination of knowledge dissemination, particularly on women’s issues on the African continent ;
  • Experience in advocacy, policy positioning and partnerships / resource mobilization experience working with international organizations is an asset ;
  • Perfect knowledge of one the Bank’s official languages and working knowledge of the other: French and English.

Duration and location of the assignment :

  1. This position is based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire and the consultant will be expected to travel. Field mission might occasionally be required in case the situation permits. This is a six (6) month consultancy, beginning on the 5th October 2021, with the possibility of renewal subject to the availability of funding.

Remuneration :

  1. The consultant will receive a monthly lump sum. No additional benefits or per diems will be paid. The consultant is responsible for his/ her own health insurance and accommodation costs. The Bank will cover full costs of any required missions and provide per-diem in accordance with rules governing consultant mission travel.

Administration/Reporting :

  1. The Consultant will submit monthly reports detailing the activities carried out and the status of each activity ;
  1. Expressions of interest must be submitted or sent by email to the address mentioned below no later than 11 October 2021 at 05:00 PM (GMT) and specifically mentioning : “Expression of Interest for junior consultancy services on gender and women empowerment in G5 Sahel countries”.

For the attention of :

Ms. Aïssatou Dosso: A.DOSSO@AFDB.ORG

Mr. Koffi Marc Kouakou : M.KOFFI@AFDB.ORG

Copy to :

Ms. Irene Amoin Konan : I.KONAN@AFDB.ORG

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