National Gender and Socioeconomic Analyst

Job Description

Title: National Gender and Socioeconomic Analyst

Company Name: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ University degree in Development Studies/ Development Economics/ Agricultural Economics/ Sociology/Human Geography or other related field from a recognized university/ institution, preferably Ph. D. or equivalent.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 8 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Lead and support PMTSU and the National Team on gender issues; Assess and analyse the project from a gender perspective; Identify key gender issues in the project and key gender entry points;
∎ Assess socio-economic aspects, perform gender analysis and evaluation, and provide feedback to the project management to strengthen project implementation;
∎ Develop a list of indicators to be used to monitor socio economic parameters extent to gender mainstreaming ensuring focus on PRA/RRA activities while the project activities are carried out; lead innovations for mainstreaming, paying close attention to socio-economic and gender equity implications;
∎ Design the project activities relating to socio-economic monitoring and evaluation of socio-economic income options (livelihood) for the target beneficiaries.
∎ Identify vulnerable communities and groups exposed to climate changes and natural hazards;
∎ Identify constraints for socio-economic development in biodiversity management of the project areas and women empowerment in fisheries and aquaculture resiliencies suggest activities/interventions to overcome them.
∎ Assess to what extent rural livelihoods/ profession are based on coastal and haor wetland resources exploitations and survey (by administering a questioner survey and/or PRA/RRA) socio-economic conditions/ situations in and around the project sites and who else are engaged in socio-economic development;
∎ Identify awareness and training needs regarding gender; prepare a practical strategy for integrating gender into the project, including training programme and gender-monitoring framework;
∎ Work with the PMTSU to integrate gender into all project work plans and ToRs; review all outputs from a gender perspective; suggest monitoring mechanisms to monitor effectiveness of the project in addressing gender issues;
∎ Collect and compile baseline data and information on social and economic situation of fisheries and aquaculture in the selected sensitive areas with due consideration to gender issues;
∎ Support the project Team in conducting stocktaking and prioritizing of traditional and tested adaptation practices in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors and recommend suitable climate-resilient adaptation practices for greater women participation and implementation through the project;
∎ Design methodology and approach to strengthen community level capacity to understand risks and vulnerability assessment together with CC and Risk Management Expert;
∎ Work closely with the national team members to achieve project objectives of women empowerment, capacity improvement and reducing women's vulnerability to climate changes through smart adaptation and mitigations;
∎ Prepare and submit an End of Assignment Report (EoA);
∎ Carry out other activities as instructed by the PMU/or the FAOR.

Additional Requirements:
∎ 8 years of relevant experience in of relevant practical field experience within one or more of the following areas: Socio-economic and/or household economy assessments; gender issues in rural Bangladesh, risks and vulnerability assessments, Capacity building of women.
∎ Fluency in Bengali, good command of English is desirable with computer literacy.
∎ Nationality of Bangladesh or resident in the country with a regular work permit.

Application Deadline: 16 Mar 2021

Company Information:
∎ 25 Feb 2021
∎ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
∎ Business : UN Organization

Category: NGO/Development