Youth in Work Gender & Livelihoods Expert

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• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

• WFP offers a highly inclusive diverse and multicultural working environment.

• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training accreditation coaching mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country regional and global offices around the world and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
WFP is currently partnering with the Mastercard Foundation (the Foundation) for a fiveyear 130 million USD programme entitled Strengthening food systems to promote
increased value chain employment opportunities for youth (Youth in Work YIW). Thisprogramme which aims to strengthen local food systems and making them more efficient
sustainable and inclusive for youth in particular young women will be implementedacross eight countries in three different regions: East Africa (Kenya Uganda Rwanda);
Southern Africa (Tanzania Mozambique) and West Africa (Ghana Nigeria and Senegal).
In each of these countries the programme adopts an integrated value chain approach to implement context-specific interventions aimed at reaching the following outcomes:
Young people especially young women have improved employmentopportunities along the value chain

Smallholder farmers especially young women increase the value of their salesresulting in improved income
Smallholder farmers especially young women reduce post-harvest losses andimprove the quality of targeted crops
Improved inclusiveness of marginalized groups in agricultural value chains
Improved value chain efficiency for young people in particular young women
The programme will focus on reducing post-harvest losses and increasing the access of small-holder farmers to reliable and remunerative market opportunities for a range of
different crops. Importantly the programme has a clear focus with targeted commitments on women and youth with an emphasis on young women. As the Youth in Work programme enters its final year of implementation there is anincreased strategic focus on accelerating sustainable livelihoods outcomes for youngwomen increasing young womens participation numbers in key countries strengtheningevidence related to womens economic participation and income pathways anddemonstrating scalable approaches for inclusive food systems programming in advanceof potential future programme expansion. Furthermore to prepare for a potentialexpansion hands-on evidence-based programmatic expertise on young women centered
design and economic empowerment models will be needed within the ProgrammeCoordination Team (PCT).
To support these objectives WFP requires highly specialized technical expertise tostrengthen the integration of gender behaviour change approaches across YIWprogramming with particular emphasis on addressing the social household institutionaland market-level barriers that persistently constrain young womens meaningful andsustained participation in agricultural livelihoods and value chains.

Purpose of the position:
The Gender & Livelihoods Expert will provide senior-level technical leadership and strategicaccompaniment to Country Offices (COs) and the Programme Coordination Team (PCT) tostrengthen programme quality accelerate implementation progress related to womenslivelihoods outcomes deepen behaviour change approaches for gender equalitystrengthen learning and evidence generation and support adaptive programming inresponse to emerging implementation findings.
The role requires advanced expertise at the intersection of:
gender equality and womens economic empowerment;
agricultural livelihoods and food systems programming;
behaviour change for gender equality including technical expertise and hands-onexperience in engaging men for gender equality and womens economicempowerment;
youth livelihoods and market systems approaches;
qualitative learning and assessment methodologies;
adaptive programming;
and multi-country technical accompaniment within complex development settings based on proven country-based expertise.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Gender & Livelihoods Expert will serve as the lead technical expert supporting theintegration of gender-responsive and in-depth gender behaviour change approachesacross YIW programme activities providing strategic technical leadership and hands-oncoaching and accompaniment to all 8 Country Offices to strengthen womens livelihoodsoutcomes across participating COs.
The Expert will additionally support the development of practical guidance tools learningproducts and measurement approaches related to womens economic empowermentlivelihoods outcomes and behaviour change for gender equality.
Specific Responsibilities:
Technical Leadership and Programme Acceleration
Serve as the lead technical expert supporting integration of gender-responsive andgender behaviour change approaches across YIW livelihoods programming in alleight of the participating Country Offices.
Provide strategic technical accompaniment to Country Offices to strengthenprogramme delivery models aimed at improving young womens sustainedparticipation retention progression and income generation within targetedagricultural value chains. Accompaniment needs to be anchored in hands-on provenand concrete experience in designing and implementing gender responsiveinterventions.
Support Country Offices to identify and address key social household institutionaland market-level barriers affecting young womens livelihoods outcomes includingconstraints related to decision-making unpaid care work freedom of movementcontrol over income and productive assets participation in markets agency andsocial norms.

Provide real-time technical guidance to support adaptive programming andimplementation adjustments based on operational learning monitoring dataqualitative insights and evolving implementation realities. Support accelerated implementation planning during the final phase of programmedelivery to strengthen achievement of womens livelihoods and country-level
participation targets across the YIW portfolio.
Support Country Offices in strengthening the integration of womens economicempowerment objectives across broader livelihoods market systems and foodsystems programming interventions.

Behaviour Change and Community Engagement
Lead on technical guidance and hands-on accompaniment for the design adaptationand implementation of behaviour change approaches for gender equality aimed atstrengthening womens economic participation and livelihoods outcomes.
Support Country Offices and cooperating partners to adapt and contextualizehousehold and community-level engagement methodologies appropriate toagricultural livelihoods programming and diverse cultural contexts.
Lead on the technical integration of approaches engaging men households andcommunity structures to strengthen enabling environments for womens economicparticipation and decision-making.
Support the strengthening of locally grounded implementation models that linkbehaviour change approaches directly with measurable livelihoods outcomes foryoung women.
Monitoring Evaluation Learning (MEL) and Evidence Generation
Lead on technical guidance related to the measurement of gender equality andwomens livelihoods outcomes within YIW programming.
Introduce new / support refinement of qualitative and quantitative tools andindicators to strengthen measurement of how gender-related barriers affectparticipation income generation productivity retention and resilience outcomes foryoung women.
Work closely with the Programme Coordination Team and MEL functions tostrengthen aggregation and analysis of programme-level evidence related towomens economic participation and livelihoods outcomes.
Support Country Offices to strengthen collection and use of in-depth qualitativelearning data to inform adaptive programming and strategic decision-making.
Lead on gender-focused technical guidance for operational research learningagendas case studies learning briefs and external-facing evidence products relatedto womens economic empowerment and inclusive livelihoods programming.
Provide technical accompaniment to IFPRI-led and other programme researchprocesses related to gender equality livelihoods and youth economic participation.
Capacity Strengthening and Technical Accompaniment
Design and deliver advanced technical capacity strengthening support for CountryOffices and cooperating partners on gender-responsive livelihoods programmingbehaviour change for gender equality womens economic empowerment andinclusive implementation approaches.

Provide ongoing coaching and technical accompaniment to programme teams tostrengthen operationalization of gender-responsive programming approaches withinvalue chain interventions including field mission implementation support.

Support Country Offices in the development and implementation of practical genderand livelihoods action plans aligned to programme objectives and operational
realities.
Facilitate cross-country learning documentation of good practices and exchange ofoperational learning across participating Country Offices.
Strategic Positioning and Partnership Support
Support strategic positioning of YIW learning and evidence related to womenslivelihoods outcomes youth employment and inclusive food systems programming.
Contribute technical inputs to donor engagement processes programme reviewsstrategic reflection exercises and potential Phase II programme design discussions.
Support identification and engagement of relevant technical partners researchinstitutions and implementing actors to strengthen programme quality and impact.
Join regular meetings of the Programme Coordination Team and provide updates onprogress implementation challenges emerging risks and opportunities forprogramme strengthening.
Supervision: The incumbent will work under the overall guidance of the GlobalCoordinator.
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:
Education
Advanced university degree in Gender Studies International Development AgriculturalEconomics Rural Development Social Sciences Development Studies or related field.
Experience
Minimum 10 years of experience in gender equality and womens economicempowerment programming within international development contexts with anemphasis on field-based experience.
Proven technical and implementation experience integrating behaviour changeapproaches for gender equality within agricultural livelihoods food systemsyouth employment and market systems programming.
Extensive hands-on experience designing adapting and operationalizingbehaviour change methodologies linked to womens economic participationlivelihoods outcomes and engagement of men and households for genderequality.
Strong experience providing technical accompaniment to multi-countryprogrammes operating across complex and diverse implementation contexts.
Expertise conducting qualitative gender and social norms analysis and translatingfindings into practical programme design adaptation and implementationstrategies.
Experience leading qualitative and mixed-methods learning operational researchand evidence generation related to womens economic empowerment livelihoodsand behaviour change processes.
Experience strengthening measurement approaches related to womens agencyparticipation livelihoods outcomes household dynamics and social normschange.
Strong understanding of agricultural value chains rural livelihoods systems andbarriers affecting young womens economic participation in food systems.

Experience supporting donor-funded programmes with adaptive programminglearning and evidence-generation components is highly desirable.
Experience working across resilience-focused and/or humanitarian-developmentnexus programming is highly desirable.
Experience working with UN agencies and large-scale multi-country partnershipsis strongly preferred.
Familiarity with East West and Southern African programming contexts is highlydesirable.
Knowledge and Skills
Advanced technical expertise in gender equality and womens economicempowerment within agricultural livelihoods food systems and youth employmentprogramming.
Demonstrated hands-on experience designing adapting and implementingbehaviour change models for gender equality and womens economic participationincluding development of curricula facilitation tools and community engagementframeworks.
Demonstrated understanding of how social norms household dynamics unpaidcare mobility and control over assets impact womens livelihoods outcomes andparticipation in value chains.
Demonstrated ability to translate gender analysis and operational learning intopractical programme adaptation and implementation guidance.
Demonstrated technical knowledge of qualitative and mixed-methods approachesfor measuring womens economic empowerment livelihoods outcomes andbehaviour change processes.
Proven facilitation capacity strengthening and technical accompaniment skillsacross multi-country and multicultural implementation contexts with a focus ongender behaviour change capacity building with CO staff and cooperating partners.
Demonstrated analytical communication and synthesis skills includingdevelopment of technical guidance learning products and donor-facingdocumentation.
Demonstrated knowledge of UN system gender equality frameworks andprogramming approaches.

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