Summary
Date Posted: Friday, April 03, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
As a frontrunner in the area of sustainable economic development, Solidaridad seeks to create prosperity for everyone that respects both the people and the planet. With almost 50 years of experience, experts in the field and pragmatic collaboration with influential partners in and around the supply chain, Solidaridad develops smart solutions that bring lasting positive impact.
OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT
For Solidaridad, sustainable value chains are those that ensure equal participation and contribution of women and men. To achieve this, it requires explicit examination of gender issues and proactively integrating interventions that address the specific needs and priorities of women and men into our projects. We call this gender mainstreaming. This is crucial to ensure that women and men are equally able to participate, contribute and benefit from Solidaridad’s interventions.
Gender inclusivity for Solidaridad means that men, women, girls and boys can participate and benefit equally from opportunities, resources and rewards in economic and social development. Solidaridad believes that gender inclusivity brings benefits for all.
Solidaridad’s Gender Task Force has developed complementary tools to strengthen our gender inclusivity strategy. The Gender Business Case (the Why) can be seen as the reason why we work on gender inclusivity. The Gender Business Case is structured around three tiers:
(1) Quantity of impact: Making optimal use of available human capital and opportunities by supporting women to climb the socio-economic ladder leads to enhanced economic growth.
(2) Quality of impact: Balancing so-called male and female perspectives and approaches enhances the quality of decision making.
(3) Sustainability of impact: Investing in gender inclusivity provides a valuable long-term return on investment for future generations.
The specific objective of this assignment is to develop a Solidaridad Handbook of Gender Practices based on a scientific research approach, presenting stories around the Solidaridad 3-tiers Gender Business Case that are evidence based.
Conduct a desktop review of Solidaridad website - collecting the stories published (data collection), consolidate and synchronize (analyze the data to respond to the Solidaridad 3-tier Gender Business Case);
Triangulate and validate the data as well as collect more data and information through key informant interviews with the different Gender Task Force Members;
Report the findings through a Solidaridad Handbook of Gender Practices. This handbook should be designed around narratives and should be visually attractive through the use of drawings, photos and other types of visuals. .

DELIVERABLES
A concise 2-3 pager research proposal in response to this ToR demonstrating a clear understanding of:
• Overall research requirements
• Analysis framework on the basis of the 3-tier gender business case
• Research methodology/process including the artistic graphical design acquisition of expert support
• Packaging and publishing of the handbook

Researcher is responsible to identify an artist to help transform text into artistic graphical design. Alongside this responsibility, the Researcher shall coordinate and supervise the work of the technical artist(s) to ensure that designed pieces correspond and deliver the right key messages drawn from the written research report narrative. To this end, the researcher should therefore identify technical artist(s) possessing the following qualities:-
• technical artistic skills and preferably qualification in some sort of visual art • artistic talent and creative nature
• good artistic eye and feeling of harmony
• ability to draw well
• good skills in composition and visual analysis
• ability to work on the analysis of the target audience and possible options of communication with it
• ability to apply different techniques of drawing and painting, preferably both with manual and digital tools
• ability to learn and self-improve all the time as the sphere is extremely dynamic and diverse etc.

QUALIFICATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**
• Outstanding (qualitative) research skills;
• Excellent writing skills;
• Affinity with the vision and mission of Solidaridad and knowledge of recent developments in the field of gender inclusivity and women’s empowerment;
• A proven track record (samples of previous similar assignments need to be presented);
• Experience with documenting development work;

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Education Experience: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Applications should be submitted no later than 9th April 2020. Applications should include the following:
• A research proposal addressing understanding of this TOR including how the candidate’s previous experience matches the consultancy objectives. It should also indicate the candidate’s availability and consultancy rates. The proposal should be no longer than three pages;
• An updated CV with key activities including relevant work experience and qualifications;
• A link to samples of previous work.
Applications not including all of the above information will not be reviewed. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please send application to:
Email: procurement.eca@solidaridadnetwork.org
Subject line: Gender Task Force Handbook of Gender Practices


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