Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment - Roma, Italia - FAO

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CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST - VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT:

Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Specialist (Social Policy)

Job Posting: 17/Apr/2023

Closure Date: 08/May/2023, 4:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit:

ESP

Job Type:
Non-staff opportunities

Type of Requisition:
Consultant / PSA (Personal Services Agreement)

Grade Level:
N/A

Primary Location:
Italy-Rome

Duration:
Up to 11 months on a WAE basis

Post Number:
N/A

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Organizational Setting

The Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP) coordinates FAO's work on gender equality and women's empowerment, social protection, decent rural employment, rural institutions and people's empowerment, and the right to food.

This division is responsible for working with Members and other partners to reduce the gender gaps and other social inequalities in agriculture and agrifood systems, strengthening social protection systems, diversifying rural employment opportunities and strengthening producer organizations.

ESP s looking for gender experts who are able to work in at least one or more of the following technical fields:

Women's empowerment to achieve food security and nutrition, and rural development;
Gender equality in the sustainable management of natural resources, such as forestry, fisheries, livestock and water;
Gender, agroecology and biodiversity management;
Gender and sustainable mechanization;
Women's land rights;
Gender and climatesmart agriculture;
Genderresponsive value chains;
Gender and food loss and waste;
Gender and markets;
Gender and digitalization and technology adoption;
Gender transformative approaches;
Gender and impact evaluation of social protection programmes;
Econometric analysis;
Gender statistics, including analysis of sexdisaggregated data;
Genderresponsive approaches for disaster risk reduction and resilience building;
Reduction in gender based violence in context of agriculture, food security and nutrition;
Gender mainstreaming across large organizations, including monitoring and reporting.

Reporting Lines
The consultant reports to the Gender Team Leaders in the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP).

Technical Focus

The incumbent(s) will contribute to the implementation of FAO's Strategic Framework and the Gender Equality Policy, which aims to achieve equality between women and men in sustainable agricultural production and rural development for the elimination of hunger and poverty.

Specifically, the incumbent(s) will address aspects such as: achieving gender equality in food security and nutrition, and in agrifood systems; addressing the gender aspects in market development; collection, analysis and use of gender-statistics including sex-disaggregated data and gender-sensitive indicators; use of gender transformative approaches, supporting gender-responsive disaster risk reduction and resilience building; gender and climate-smart agriculture; gender, agroecology and biodiversity management; gender-based violence in the context of food security and nutrition; gender, digitalization and technology; women's land rights, gender mainstreaming across the Organization's institutional mechanisms, including monitoring and reporting.

Tasks and responsibilities for levels A and B consultants and PSAs

Undertake policy analysis and analytical work on effective ways to address gender inequalities and support rural women's socioeconomic empowerment in agriculture, food security and nutrition, rural development and poverty reduction;
Provide technical support to governments in the formulation and implementation of genderresponsive agriculture, rural development, food security and nutrition, climate change and resilience policies and programmes;
Support the preparation of knowledge products, policy and capacity development materials, and organize learning events to enhance the skills of FAO staff and Members;
Organize international meetings, workshops, learning events and policy dialogues to influence global debates on the relevance of gender equality and women's empowerment;
Provide technical support and guidance to