National BIOFIN’s Gender Action Plan Volunteer

Eligibility criteria

Minimum age: 22 years old. Applicants must be nationals of or legal residents in the country of assignment.

Description of task

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Project Manager of BIOFIN Thailand and the Gender Advisor of UNDP Thailand or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV National BIOFIN’s Gender Action Plan Volunteer will:

• Develop BIOFIN’s Gender Action Plan with annual outputs to facilitate implementation of activities that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment for each finance solution. This will include mechanisms/measures/interventions to support gender equality integration into biodiversity planning mechanisms and capacity building activities including the development/formulation of gender-responsive legislation/strategies/policies to address gender and biodiversity related issues. The Action Plan will also identify a finance solution with a specific additional impact on gender and contribute to development of specific activities that would enhance participation, empowerment, leadership and institutional strengthening;
• In relation to the Gender Action Plan, conduct participatory gender analysis (geographical area/community/island) to fully consider the different needs, roles, benefits, impacts, risks and access to/control over resources of women and men (including considerations of intersecting categories of identity such as age, social status, ethnicity, marital status, etc.) for the finance solutions. This will include collection of gender responsive baseline data relevant to finance solution planning, implementation and monitoring; identification of the share of female and male direct beneficiaries and work with the BIOFIN team using findings from gender analysis to develop a gender-responsive plan or engender existing activities;
• As needed, conduct consultations with key stakeholders including women organizations on the gender issues related to the project and collect stakeholders’ feedback and incorporate these comments into the project results framework and the Gender Action Plan;
• Assess potential negative impacts of the project on gender equality and specific activities to mitigate and/or minimize them and incorporate into UNDP’s Social and Environmental Standards process;
• Ensure that the M&E system of the project can provide gender-disaggregated data and analysis;
• Provide guidance and recommendations to the design of proposed policies and to related training programs;
• In cooperation with the BIOFIN project team and the Gender Advisor of UNDP Thailand, develop at least 3 gender-responsive or comparative case studies development with inputs from project partners;
• Attend relevant project meetings and workshops/exercises;
• Submit reports as required by the National Steering Committee of BIOFIN Thailand and UNDP;
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

The National BIOFIN’s Gender Action Plan Volunteer is expected to liaise/interact/collaborate/meet with the national and global (as necessary) BIOFIN project team, and UNDP. As needed, the project management associate of BIOFIN Thailand shall provide administrative assistance to her/him in order for her/him to accomplish all requirements.

Qualifications/Requirements Required degree level: Master degree or equivalent Education - Additional Comments:

Master’s Degree in gender issues, gender development, sustainable development or related fields.

Required experience: 36 Months Experience remark:

• At least 3 years of practical working experience in gender mainstreaming, women’s empowerment and sustainable development;
• Experience in carrying out participatory gender analysis; collecting and formulating gender responsive indicators and sex-disaggregated data and preparing gender responsive project analysis; and developing gender action plans;
• Demonstrated expertise in gender issues in the environment or biodiversity management/conservation;
• Demonstrated experience working on policy and programmatic issues with national and local governments in Thailand and civil society organizations including community organizations;
• Experience in facilitating gender responsive stakeholder meetings.

Language skills:

• English(Mandatory), Level - Fluent

Area of expertise: Gender equality and the advancement of women Driving license: No Competencies values:

Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

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Application deadline: 26 June 2020