Gender Officer (Internal Surge for FAO Personnel Only)

THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO FAO PERSONNEL ONLY

The scope of this Call for Expressions of Interest is to find qualified FAO staff members to support L2/L3 countries in the above functional area.

Qualified staff will be placed on an Internal Surge Team (IST). IST will enable the deployment of essential personnel to lead and support country-based emergency response on a short-term basis. These surge roles are designed to provide a punctual, time-bound support to country response and help establish longer-term mechanisms and processes.

• Support deployments are considered for staff members already in service of the Organization.
• Applications will be screened based on the information provided in your online profile (see “How to Apply”). We strongly recommend that you ensure that the information is accurate and complete including employment record, academic qualifications and language skills.
• Interested employees will be required to discuss upfront with their managers, who are encouraged to release employees to support, and to upload the signed pre-release agreement form at the time of the application.
• Selected candidates will receive a notification of their inclusion in the IST and from that moment they might be called for a surge support at any time, and in line with the duration of their contract.
• Selected candidates will be released of their function for a period which may vary according to country offices needs not exceeding three months, after which they return to their normal functions.
• Surge support must be provided in person, candidates in the IST will be required to have the following documentation ready in case of upcoming mission (Valid passport, Laissez-passer, SSAFE training).
• Staff members deployed will add the surge support as a separate objective in PEMS, and the supervisor of the surge assignment will be added as an ‘Additional Supervisor’ in the PEMS Year-Mid/End Appraisal phase. As such, this valuable experience will be documented in the performance evaluation of staff members.
• Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Organizational Setting

FAO country offices, headed by an FAO Representative, are assisting governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition.

Reporting Lines

The Gender Officer reports to the FAO Representative in the country of assignment, and will work with the relevant Regional Gender Officer, the gender team in the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division at Hq and other technical units at subregional, regional and HQ level, as well as the country Gender focal point.

Technical Focus

The incumbent will support the implementation of FAO’s Policy on Gender Equality (2020-2030) and will address aspects such as achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment in food security/nutrition/agrifood systems; mainstreaming gender issues in projects and programmes, supporting gender-responsive disaster risk reduction, resilience building and climate-smart agriculture; reduction of gender-based violence in the context of food security and nutrition.

Key Functions
• Support conducting gender analysis and collecting sex- and age-disaggregated data and guide efforts for the formulation of gender-sensitive indicators suitable for disaster risk reduction, emergency responses and resilience building;
• Help identifying and addressing the underlying causes of gender inequalities and the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination, affecting particularly women and girls, in the local humanitarian context;
• Raise awareness on gender-based violence among colleagues and external partners (i.e. participate in local sensitization campaigns) and guide the formulation of humanitarian interventions that reduce any protection risks, particularly against women and girls; Assist in the design of gender-responsive and inclusive emergency and resilience building programs/ interventions and in addressing protection issues and the empowerment of women and girls in rural communities, ensuring that gender equality is adequately considered at all phases of the project cycle from the formulation and implementation to monitoring and evaluation;
• Respond to requests and provide technical advice and recommended actions to address gender equality and women’s empowerment in FAO's humanitarian appeals and field projects;
• Support the development of training and information materials and tools, and the organization ofe training and coaching sessions targeted to FAO staff and Implementing Partners, through workshops, knowledge sharing and awareness raising;
• Share promising and innovative inclusive and gender-responsive approaches and good practices to promote gender equality, support the empowerment and give equal voice to women and girls, and reduce the risks of different forms of Gender-Based Violence, ensuring linkages with on-going protection work;
• Contribute to the preparation of thematic technical reports and briefs, produced monthly or as required,develop/maintain sex- and age-disaggregated data and produce gender statistics to guide the design of gender-responsive interventions and raise gender awareness;
• Support in strengthening the capacity and skills of affected women and youth, and the most vulnerable socio-economic and ethnic groups, to increase their engagement in planning and negotiation processes, including in sustainable peace building;
• Perform any other related duties as required.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Experience in gender-related matters, gender equality and women’s empowerment, and mainstreaming of gender issues in programming and relevant work.

FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions, is desirable;
• Experience in humanitarian contexts is required.