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Under the general supervision of the National Project Coordinator, the Gender, Vulnerability & Social Inclusion Specialist will organize and supervise activities in the following areas (themes): a) targeting, b) promoting gender equality and women's empowerment; c) empowering youth, and d) promoting the inclusion of PWD.

The selected candidate shall perform the following Functions and Responsibilities.

Project implementation:

• Based on a gender and youth analysis, develop gender and youth action plans.
• Assist in the preparation and organization of community mobilization and sensitization, including the conduct of various analyses (situational analysis, sociological and institutional mapping).
• Supervise the project's beneficiary selection activities (definition of precise criteria for the selection of communities and beneficiaries, supervision of participatory identification exercises, evaluation of pre-selected household profiles, etc).
• Support the KM/M&E Officer in: verifying the effectiveness of the targeting of youth, women heads of households and PWD; monitoring and evaluating the effects and impact of the project on the economic integration of youth and women and on the economic empowerment of beneficiaries.
• Review basic project implementation processes to provide feedback and suggestions on how to achieve the best possible project outcomes with respect to targeting, gender equality, women's and youth empowerment, and social inclusion.
• Strengthen gender and age equality by using the Household Methodology (here: GALS) approach.
• Ensure that adequate attention is paid to youth and gender dimensions of the project in the AWP/B, annual progress reports and other M&E requirements. Ensure adequate data collection and reporting on gender, youth, and social inclusion indicators (sex and age disaggregated).
• Build and develop capacities in gender, youth, and social inclusion aspects.
• With the support of the KM/M&E Manager, organize or supervise regular qualitative and quantitative studies to assess the project's impact on women's and youth economic empowerment.
• Maintain working relationships with government ministries/departments and programmes in charge of agriculture, nutrition, health, gender/women, youth, social inclusion, and community development.
• Ensure the compliance with the IGREENFIN Operational Manual regarding green investments for Business Plans supported by the grants and loans from the Matching Grant Facility and BFF.

Communication:

• Develop a communication strategy on gender, youth and social inclusion and collaborate with the TA staff dedicated to the implementation of nutrition activities and Climate and Safeguard Specialists on this.
• Develop adequate messages on gender, youth, and social inclusion as part of the nutrition focused SBCC strategy.
• Liaise with PCU, IFAD country office and the IFAD gender and youth teams in headquarters on questions regarding gender and youth in implementation, knowledge-sharing and other aspects.
• Serve as a channel of communication between the Region and Federal level and others working on gender and youth issues in government, implementing agencies, other development projects, IFAD and other International Finance Institutions.
• Assist colleagues working on the project at regional level in accessing information they may need on gender and youth issues and share good practices.

Advocacy:

• Be familiar with the gender, youth and social inclusion policies of IFAD and institutions linked to the project, including national policies and policies of ministries, implementing institutions and financing agencies, etc.
• Sensitize project staff and partners to the necessity of ensuring that project outcomes should be achieved in time with the objectives of IFAD's policy to promote gender equality and women's and youth empowerment, social inclusion and targeting policy and updated guidelines.

Required Skills or Experience

The selected candidate should have the following qualifications, experience and skills:

• Advanced University degree in social sciences, rural development, or related fields.
•  At least 8 years of demonstrated work experience and understanding of gender, youth, and social inclusion aspects in the context of rural development projects. Contextual experience and country knowledge is preferred.
• Experience in poverty reduction, gender equality issues and youth targeting within rural development programs.
• Experience in training and capacity building required. Knowledge of the synergies between gender, youth, nutrition, and climate change is highly desirable. Experience with multi-sectoral programming.
• Knowledge of Gender Action and Learning System approaches
• Experience interacting with diverse Internal and external stakeholders is desirable. Strong project management and coordination skills and basic M&E knowledge is desirable.
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven ability to work in a team environment.
• Good computer skills.
• Good interpersonal and social skills; open-minded individual.
• Self-motivated and creative thinker.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision and work effectively under pressure.