Gender Expert (Gender Data analysis and reporting) Consultant

Terms of Reference

Title

Gender Expert (Gender Data analysis and reporting) Consultant

Location

All over Lebanon

Start and End Date

From 3/1/2024 To 8/31/2024

Estimated # of days

40

Reporting to

CARE International in Lebanon - Gender & Protection Coordinator

 

Overview

CARE International plays a vital role in advancing gender equality and empowering women and girls around the world. As a global humanitarian organization, CARE recognizes that addressing gender disparities is essential for achieving sustainable development and eradicating poverty. CARE established its presence in Lebanon in 2006 and has been responding to the Syrian Crisis since late 2012. Among CARE’s key imperatives is putting people it serves first through implementing cutting edge programming in areas it operates. CARE currently carries out activities in Beirut, Mount Lebanon, Akkar, North Lebanon, South Lebanon, and the Beqaa Valley. CARE implements both emergency and development projects contributing to livelihood, food security, protection, gender, shelter, and water, sanitation, and hygiene. It targets the most vulnerable people and populations, both host communities and refugees. In Lebanon, CARE’s program strategy for the upcoming years will focus on strengthening and expanding its emergency response and capacity to provide basic assistance services while pursuing development projects in areas of food security and livelihood support, gender, and protection. CARE intends to maintain its presence in all areas of Lebanon.

Project Context

The project endeavors to comprehensively uplift vulnerable smallholder farmers, with a particular emphasis on empowering women. Through three key outputs, it aims to rejuvenate livelihoods, enhance access to resources, and promote sustainable agricultural practices:

Restoration of Livelihoods: The project focuses on rejuvenating the livelihoods of vulnerable smallholder farmers, including women. This is achieved by distributing vouchers for the acquisition of crucial agricultural inputs and livestock feed.

 

Access and Control Over Livelihoods: To further strengthen access to and control over livelihoods and food security, the initiative provides productive assets for integrated homestead farming and supports related agri-food processing enterprises.

Sustainable Agriculture and Women's Involvement: The project actively promotes local production of organic fertilizers and environmentally friendly fodder crops. An essential aspect involves encouraging the active participation of women in the production, processing, and utilization of these organic fertilizers and fodder crops.

In essence, the project is designed not only to address immediate challenges faced by vulnerable smallholder farmers but also to foster sustainable agricultural practices while empowering women throughout the entire agricultural value chain. Through these integrated efforts, the initiative seeks to create lasting positive impacts on the economic and food security status of the targeted communities.

 

Purpose of consultancy

CARE International in Lebanon is looking to hire an individual consultant to support in executing the gender strategy formulated during the project's inception to establish a strategic framework guiding project management and the comprehensive execution of activities, monitoring, evaluation processes, and reporting. The primary objective is to address prevailing gender inequalities within the project beneficiaries and communities, introducing transformative methods to effectively address the underlying causes of these disparities. All of this is to be accomplished while ensuring the attainment of the project's objectives.

The consultant is responsible for mainstreaming gender across an agricultural/ Food security project through reviewing and advancing gender in technical and Needs assessments, TORs, gender curriculum, gender transformative approaches, Post distribution monitoring (PDMs), Socio economic baseline and endline surveys, Capacity needs assessment for trainings, technical trainings material, language and delivery modalities to be gender sensitive, Reports, in addition to Supporting in monitoring Gender sensitive GRM mechanism, Developing gender sensitive guidelines, Ensure integration of gender equality and women empowerment aspects and identify women’s and men’s roles, needs and priorities in assessment. The consultant will develop gender mainstreaming guidelines and support in gender analysis to identify priority beneficiaries.

 

Deliverables & Timeline

Deliverable

Responsible

Number of Days

Application deadline

Consultant

N/A

Safety & Security Training

Safety & Security Coordinator

N/A

Inception meeting

Consultant

N/A

Coordinate with partners, the collection and analysis of gender disaggregated baseline socioeconomic data on women and men farmers benefitting from Project support, to assess gender equality and women empowerment (GEWE) aspects

Consultant

2

Develop capacity needs assessment on gender for agricultural technical trainings.

Consultant

1.5

Review the technical trainings material, language and delivery modalities to be gender sensitive.

Consultant

3

Develop a capacity needs assessment on gender for men and women beneficiaries of the activities.

Consultant

1.5

Support partners under the project in the design and analysis of the Post Distribution Monitoring and endline surveys.

Consultant

3

Review and update the Gender Transformative approaches and material (GALS) with the delivery plan.

Consultant

3

Support in monitoring Gender sensitive GRM mechanism

Consultant

1

Develop gender sensitive guidelines for the technical needs assessment

Consultant

2

Support in the endline data collection and analysis

Consultant

3

Ensure integration of gender equality and women empowerment aspects and identify women’s and men’s roles, needs and priorities in the fodder crops sector assessment

Consultant

2

Provide guidelines and support to gender analysis in the fodder crops sector and to the identification of beneficiaries and priority interventions

Consultant

3

Support in the development of TORS for the implementation of the priority interventions ensuring that pilot activities provide equal opportunities for both Women and Men

Consultant

3

Ensure integration of gender equality and women empowerment aspects and identify women’s and men’s roles, needs and priorities in the compost sector assessment

Consultant

2

Provide guidelines and support to gender analysis in the compost sector and to the identification of beneficiaries and priority interventions

Consultant

5

Support in the development of TORS for the implementation of the priority interventions ensuring that pilot activities provide equal opportunities for both Women and Men

Consultant

5

Consultant Profile

• At least 5 years of relevant experience, especially with NGOs and/or academic organizations, focused on gender in Lebanon.
• Master’s degree in Gender Studies, Political Science, Development Studies, or any related discipline.
• Demonstrated solid understanding of gender issues in Lebanon and as they relate to the current context.
• Preferably experience in Gender mainstreaming in agriculture and food Security Sector in Lebanon.

Competencies

• Experience in designing, implementing, or evaluating gender programming in Lebanon.
• Experience in mainstreaming Gender in TORs, Material, Trainings etc.  
• Demonstrated skills and experience in conducting gender analyses or research around gender, women’s rights, GBV or related subjects.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in conducting qualitative research around gender issues in Lebanon.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in designing and implementing participatory data collection exercises.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Fluency in English and Arabic.

 

PSEA and Child Safeguarding

CARE International in Lebanon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. CARE International in Lebanon and its employees and stakeholders abide by the CARE International Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Child Safeguarding Policies.

 

How to apply

please submit your technical and financial proposal to undertake the above activities by sending an email to [email protected].

 

CV

List of previous experience and/or clients relevant to this consultancy

At least one sample of similar previous work

Copy of newly issued juridical record for nationals

Copy of ID or passport

 

Financial proposal

Itemized consultant’s fees and costs - consultant should indicate professional daily rate including all cost to be invoiced to CARE

Provide proof of Ministry of Finance of Lebanon registration (Fiscal number) if available; in case the consultant cannot provide proof of MOF registration, 7.5% will be deducted from the proposed daily rate

 

Please take into consideration that under consultancy agreement, CARE will not provide any employees perks and benefits. The proposed daily rate should be inclusive of all costs, including any costs for communication and transportation.