DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12 January 2025-23:59-GMT+02:00 South Africa Standard Time (Johannesburg)WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.ABOUT WFPThe World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability, and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change.At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high-performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.orgWHY JOIN WFP?WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF CONSULTANTS TO CONDUCT GENDER ANALYSIS IN WEST AFRICAOrg. Unit: African Risk Capacity (ARC)Duty Station: Remotely basedWAE ConsultantDuration: 40 days over a period of 6 monthsReporting to: ARC Gender AdvisorCONTEXTThe occurrence of disasters, especially those that are climate-induced, is increasing worldwide, making it more challenging to achieve the Sustainable Development Agenda particularly SDG 2 on Zero Hunger...OBJECTIVES/RESPONSIBILITIESUnder the direction of the ARC Gender Unit with support of the ARC Country Engagement Managers in West and Central Africa, and ARC's government coordinators, we are seeking to recruit Gender consultants to carry out an in-depth gender analysis on DRM in some targeted countries in West Africa...KEY DELIVERABLESDeliverable 1: Inception ReportDeliverable 2: Gender Analysis Report and Action PlanDeliverable 3: Validation workshop: Gender Report Validation Workshop and National Gender Action PlanDeliverable 4: Publication of policy briefDUTY STATION, RELOCATION AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTDuty Station: West Africa, internationally recruited - RemoteDESIRED EXPERIENCES AND EDUCATIONExtensive experience in research and analysis in the field of gender equality and at least in one other related theme, including disaster risk management, climate change reduction and/or environmental adaptation and/or sustainable development.Good understanding of the links between DRM and gender issues.Experience or knowledge of the work of the United Nations system and/or other multilateral, bilateral and civil society development partners.Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills.Master's degree in one of the related fields: gender, CRM, climate change, environmental science, sustainable development or comparable university degrees.At least ten (10) years of progressively advanced and relevant professional experience at the international and national level in gender mainstreaming in development projects and policies; in the development of manuals and training materials for gender mainstreaming on at least one other related theme, including the DRM, the environment and/or sustainable development.Capable of functioning in French and English.REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONWFP is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion...NO FEE DISCLAIMERThe United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process...REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATIONWe strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language.Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter.
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