Call for Consulting Proposal Gender Equality
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Save the Children
- Career category: Monitoring & Evaluation /MEAL, Research/ Data analysis
- Job type: Consultancy
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: CAD 17,000 CAD / Budget
- Deadline: 23/08/2026
- Location: Canada
Background
Save the Children Canada (SCC) and Save the Children US (SCUS) are committed to advancing gender equality as a fundamental human right and a critical component of achieving positive outcomes for children. Both organizations recognize that gender inequality limits children's rights, opportunities, participation, and well-being and that gender-transformative approaches are required to address the underlying causes of discrimination and exclusion.
Purpose of the Consultancy
The purpose of this consultancy is to design and facilitate a joint GESA process for SCC and SCUS and produce evidence-based recommendations to strengthen organizational gender equality commitments, systems, culture, and practices.
The consultancy will:
- Conduct a comprehensive GESA for SCC and SCUS.
- Assess the degree to which gender equality is embedded within organizational systems, policies, leadership, workplace culture, and advocacy.
- Identify strengths, challenges, opportunities, and emerging priorities within each organization.
- Analyze areas where joint gender equality work could be undertaken. This could include, but is not limited to, advocacy and fundraising.
- Develop strategic recommendations and a roadmap for strengthening collaboration on gender equality initiatives.
Objectives
The specific objectives of the consultancy are to:
- Evaluate organizational commitment, leadership, accountability, and capacity to advance gender equality within SCC and SCUS.
- Assess the integration of gender equality and intersectional approaches across organizational policies, advocacy, operations, and internal systems.
- Identify structural, organizational, and cultural barriers that may impede progress toward gender equality.
- Examine organizational enablers and good practices that support gender-transformative approaches.
- Develop strategic recommendations for SCC and SCUS individually, as well as opportunities for alignment and joint action.
- Identify potential areas for joint gender equality work, potentially inclusive of advocacy and fundraising.
Scope of Work
The consultant/team will work with SCC and SCUS to design and implement a GESA process aligned with Save the Children's gender equality frameworks and relevant best practices for organizational gender assessments.
The assessment shall:
- Utilize a participatory and consultative methodology.
- Incorporate qualitative and quantitative data collection methods
- Engage staff, leadership, and relevant stakeholders from both organizations.
- Apply an intersectional lens, examining how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, migration status, colonial histories, and other dimensions of inequality.
- Consider organizational culture, decision-making structures, workplace practices, safeguarding, talent management, accountability mechanisms, advocacy, and programming.
- Examine opportunities for cross-organizational collaboration and alignment.
The consultant is expected to adapt the GESA methodology appropriately for a multi-office and multi-organizational assessment process.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced expertise in Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI).
- Significant experience conducting organizational gender assessments, audits, or gender equality self-assessments through an intersectional lens.
- Strong knowledge and practical application of intersectional analysis.
- Experience working with international NGOs and complex organizational environments.
- Familiarity with nonprofit and international development sectors, particularly within Canada and the United States.
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate participatory assessments involving diverse stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical, facilitation, and report-writing skills.
- Experience developing actionable organizational change recommendations and implementation roadmaps.
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