Gender Specialist
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Remote (global)- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Inter-governmental
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 29/04/2025
- Location: Remote (global)
Organizational Setting
The FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (FAORNE) is responsible for leading FAO's response to regional priorities for food security, agriculture and rural development through the identification, planning and implementation of FAO's priority activities in the region.
Tasks and responsibilities
• Provide technical support to FAO regional and country offices, technical officers, project staff, governments, and partners in formulating and implementing gender-transformative interventions, women empowerment and mainstreaming gender.
• Conduct and provide support to countries on conducting gender assessments, including to collection and analysis of primary data, and produce data, knowledge and information on the gender gaps and dynamics relevant to FAO’s key priority areas in the region, including food security and nutrition, rural transformation, climate change, and resilience building.
• Provide technical review of publications, research products, success stories, E-newsletters and other documentation on gender and rural women’s empowerment in the agrifood systems
• Contribute to the preparation of clear and concise technical reports, website updates, and other communication products in line with the requirements of FAO.
• Provide technical support to the development, contextualization and implementation of gender-transformative approaches applicable to agricultural and rural development projects and programmes.
• Support the coordination, sharing of information and capacity building for the gender focal points in different countries
• Monitor and report on gender-related work and results and contributing to FAO’s annual reporting on the Policy on Gender Equality
• Conduct needs assessment, and training of staff, implementing partners and government counterparts to improve capacities to address gender in their respective work areas.
• Support the production of awareness-raising and capacity development materials to enhance the skills of FAO staff, government counterparts and implementing partners on gender issues relevant to agrifood systems and rural transformation.
• Participate in regional networks and collaborations related to gender and women’s empowerment
• Organize webinars/events, workshops, and learning events to raise awareness on specific gender-related topics on the interlinkages between gender and FAO’s main areas of work in the Near East and North Africa.
• Perform any other related duties, as required
Minimum Requirements
• Advanced university degree in gender, social sciences, rural sociology, agriculture economics, anthropology, rural development or other relevant disciplines. A Bachelor’s level degree and 2 years of relevant experience may be considered equivalent in certain circumstances
• One to four years of relevant experience for category C; five to nine years for category B in gender equality, gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment especially in development contexts such as agriculture, climate change, or food security.
• Full proficiency/Working knowledge of English (level C).
The FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa (FAORNE) is responsible for leading FAO's response to regional priorities for food security, agriculture and rural development through the identification, planning and implementation of FAO's priority activities in the region.
Tasks and responsibilities
• Provide technical support to FAO regional and country offices, technical officers, project staff, governments, and partners in formulating and implementing gender-transformative interventions, women empowerment and mainstreaming gender.
• Conduct and provide support to countries on conducting gender assessments, including to collection and analysis of primary data, and produce data, knowledge and information on the gender gaps and dynamics relevant to FAO’s key priority areas in the region, including food security and nutrition, rural transformation, climate change, and resilience building.
• Provide technical review of publications, research products, success stories, E-newsletters and other documentation on gender and rural women’s empowerment in the agrifood systems
• Contribute to the preparation of clear and concise technical reports, website updates, and other communication products in line with the requirements of FAO.
• Provide technical support to the development, contextualization and implementation of gender-transformative approaches applicable to agricultural and rural development projects and programmes.
• Support the coordination, sharing of information and capacity building for the gender focal points in different countries
• Monitor and report on gender-related work and results and contributing to FAO’s annual reporting on the Policy on Gender Equality
• Conduct needs assessment, and training of staff, implementing partners and government counterparts to improve capacities to address gender in their respective work areas.
• Support the production of awareness-raising and capacity development materials to enhance the skills of FAO staff, government counterparts and implementing partners on gender issues relevant to agrifood systems and rural transformation.
• Participate in regional networks and collaborations related to gender and women’s empowerment
• Organize webinars/events, workshops, and learning events to raise awareness on specific gender-related topics on the interlinkages between gender and FAO’s main areas of work in the Near East and North Africa.
• Perform any other related duties, as required
Minimum Requirements
• Advanced university degree in gender, social sciences, rural sociology, agriculture economics, anthropology, rural development or other relevant disciplines. A Bachelor’s level degree and 2 years of relevant experience may be considered equivalent in certain circumstances
• One to four years of relevant experience for category C; five to nine years for category B in gender equality, gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment especially in development contexts such as agriculture, climate change, or food security.
• Full proficiency/Working knowledge of English (level C).
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