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 The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is the world's largest multilateral climate fund, with $13.5 billion channeled through six Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to 78 countries. CIF financing catalyzes climate action in developing and middle-income countries by funding transformational projects that reduce emissions, build resilience, and accelerate the transition to clean energy and sustainable development. 

 Duties and Accountabilities: 
Key Responsibilities : 
1) Mainstreaming gender and social inclusion in CIF’s portfolio, reporting and evaluation 
• Collaborate with the key internal and external CIF stakeholders to enhance the management of data and facilitate the flow of information on gender and social metrics and results. 
• Coordinate and support Gender Team engagement with other CIF tems, follow up on information requests, represent the team in selected CIF meetings and events, and contribute gender perspectives to knowledge products. 
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of gender and social inclusion components in CIF-financed projects prior to TFC approval. 

 2) Generating and synthesing evidence on gender and social inclusion 
• Support the drafting, finalization and dissemination of relevant knowledge products, including coordination with communications team on layout, design, and branding requirements, preparing supporting materials (e.g., executive summary, infographics, PPTs) for wider dissemination. 
• Assist in designing and drafting materials for knowledge-sharing events; coordinate with stakeholders on logistics and content. 

3) Action Plan Finalisation and Implementation 
• Support consultation process of finalization of CIF’s Action Plan in Support of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Outcomes. 
• Lead on gathering data from the MDBs to monitor implementation of the Action Plan, once it is approved. 
• Collaborate closely with Portfolio and Results team to ensure gender reporting is embedded into reporting processes. 
• Lead on drafting case-studies of gender and social inclusion best-practices from CIF-financed projects. 

 Selection Criteria 
• Graduate degree in a relevant discipline, such as sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, gender, international development, law, environment, or climate science. 
• Work experience in promoting gender equality, recognizing and assessing the differentiated experiences and vulnerabilities of women, men, and gender-diverse individuals in the face of climate change; identifying gender disparities in access to resources, decision-making power, and opportunities, and understanding how these disparities intersect with other social dimensions. 
• Sectoral experiences working on social dimensions and gender equality aspects of climate change, particularly in the context of energy transitions, nature-based solutions or disaster risk reduction or urban planning etc. 
• Minimum of 7 years of professional experience in development, preferably in areas such as knowledge generation, research, advocacy, policy, or projects/programs. 
• Private sector experience in climate change mitigation and or adaptation projects is a plus. 
• Working knowledge of the processes of international financial institutions.