Background

ADPC is an intergovernmental regional organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil society, private sector, media, and other key stakeholders.

Established in 1986 as a technical capacity building center, ADPC has grown and diversified its expertise across social and physical sciences to support sustainable solutions for risk reduction across a broad range of specialist areas. With over 100 staff from 19 different nationalities and a wide range of professional expertise from atmospheric scientists to social scientists with experiences from all levels of engagement typically required for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Resilience (CR) in an effective manner. ADPC is a competent regional resource center and has seven thematic departments: ADPC Academy, Risk Governance, Climate Resilience, Urban Resilience, Health Risk Management, Preparedness for Response and Recovery, Geospatial Information. These are supported by the Finance, Human Resources and Administration, and Strategic Planning departments. In addition to the departments, ADPC works on three cross-cutting themes: Gender and Diversity, Poverty and Livelihoods, and Regional and Transboundary Cooperation through permanent working committees.

The Risk Governance Department of ADPC aims to ensure that policies and practices driving development in Asia and the Pacific include effective measures to reduce disaster and climate change risks equitably and transparently. ADPC’s Risk Governance framework puts gender equality at the heart of DRR and CR and promotes the use of sex-age-disability-disaggregated data for formulating policies and designing plans and programs. The Risk Governance Department aims to achieve the following objectives:

  • Assisting countries in enhancing risk governance through mainstreaming disaster risk reduction into development policies, strategies, plans, and programs;
  • Providing technical support to communities and the private sector organizations for strengthening disaster risk reduction at the local level;
  • Promoting the integration of gender equality concerns in national and local disaster risk reduction and development policies and plans;
  • Promoting regional and trans-boundary cooperation for disaster risk reduction through sharing of knowledge, innovations and best practices;

Supporting the integration of gender equality and human rights in DRR and CR through the implementation of a dedicated 5-year program on ‘building resilience to inclusive and climate-adaptive disaster risk reduction (BRDR)’ in Asia-Pacific.

Purpose and outline of the assignment

Gender Advisor will implement technical activities at a departmental as well as at an institutional level. The position essentially requires a thorough understanding of DRR and CR to be able to provide technically sound advice and inputs for strengthening the mainstreaming of gender equality across ADPC’s programs, projects, policies, and operational manuals. The consultant will be based in Bangkok, Thailand and report to the Director, Risk Governance Department.

Scope of Work

Gender Advisor will help ensure the mainstreaming of gender equality aspects in ADPC’s design and implementation of activities under programs and projects at local, national, and regional levels. The following are some of the key institutional and department-specific duties and responsibilities:

Institutional

  • Develop a strong understanding of the program/project development and implementation processes of ADPC’s thematic departments as well as the operations of Finance, and Human Resources and Administration departments, identify entry points, and develop an intuitional framework for mainstreaming gender equality in DRR and CR covering the project management cycle in addition to using other tested techniques;
  • Work with each department of ADPC and develop a department-specific framework that ensures the mainstreaming of gender equality across all functions and operations of the department by linking it with the institutional framework;
  • Work with the ADPC’s M&E team and develop indicators with regard to mainstreaming gender equality and measuring the institutional progress on a regular basis linking it with the ADPC Strategy 2020 and other key strategic documents;
  • Develop a plan for ADPC staff including the senior management and support its implementation for enhancing technical capacities on mainstreaming gender equality in technical and operational work on a regular basis;

Department-specific

  • Provide technical advice and inputs to gender equality work under all projects being implemented by the Risk Governance Department;
  • Provide technical inputs during the process of developing concept notes and proposals to ensure that they are thoroughly gender-compliant;
  • Support the Risk Governance team in designing, facilitating, and organizing workshops, conferences, and capacity-building sessions on mainstreaming gender in DRR and CR;
  • Organize regular capacity development sessions with the Risk Governance team;
  • Keep the Risk Governance team updated on the latest discourse and progress on gender equality in DRR and CR in the region;
  • Build technical capacity of ADPC’s Gender Coordinator for implementing gender-related work;

  • Provide technical support to the ongoing BRDR program covering the following aspects, in addition to others:

  • Study and analyze the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework, review the gender equality entry points, and define practical actions for making the M&E framework inclusive and gender-equal;

  • Work with the BRDR partners, stakeholders, and the ADPC team including thematic Directors of ADPC for drafting a regional gender-mainstreaming framework/guidance note by undertaking research and conducting interviews, in addition to applying other techniques;

  • Prepare essential documents and academic materials to be presented and shared at regional and global platforms as part of the BRDR’s efforts on knowledge-sharing and promoting gender equality and diversity in DRR and CR in the region.

Timeframe

The consultant is expected to commence this assignment on 18 November 2019 for a duration of one year.

Qualifications

Education:

  • A Master’s degree in social science, especially gender studies or relevant disciplines.

Work Experience:

  • A minimum of 7 years of professional experience working in the area of gender and development;
  • A minimum of 5 years of professional experience of working in the area of gender in DRR and CR in an international setting;
  • A minimum of 4 years of professional experience of working in Asia and the Pacific region;
  • Demonstrated experience of designing strategies and plans for mainstreaming gender equality in programs, especially in DRR and CR;
  • An excellent understanding of the current regional (Asia-Pacific) and global discourse related to gender equality in DRR and CR;
  • Experience of working with the UN Common System, international organizations, Red Cross/Red Crescent, or international NGOs is desirable.

Languages:

  • English is the working language of ADPC. For the post advertised, fluency in English (spoken and written) is required. Knowledge of another language is an advantage.

Interested Candidates can submit the completed ADPC application form, (downloadable from www.adpc.net), resume, copy of degrees/certificate(s) together with a cover letter, to: adpcjobs@adpc.net within 30 September 2019. Any queries or clarifications related to this consultant work should be sent to teresa@adpc.net

Please mention job ID no. 455 on the subject of application email.

Women are especially encouraged to apply.

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