Gender and Stakeholders Engagement Specialist

CTG (Committed To Good)

The Gender & Stakeholders Engagement Specialist (Biodiversity Enabling Activities) will undertake the following responsibilities across two projects:

• Conduct participatory gender analysis, including the collection of gender responsive baseline data to support national biodiversity reporting, finance solution planning, implementation & monitoring.
• Organize & facilitate gender responsive stakeholder consultation sessions to gather inputs & ensure active participation & buy in from both male & female stakeholders.
• Provide guidance to project consultants on using participatory techniques that engage both women & men in assessments & discussions.
• Conduct consultations with key stakeholders, including women s organizations, on gender related project issues. Collect & incorporate stakeholder feedback into the gender action plan.
• Ensure gender integration into biodiversity planning mechanisms & capacity building activities, including the development of gender responsive legislation, strategies & policies to address gender & biodiversity concerns.
• Develop comprehensive stakeholder engagement plans.
• Develop gender action plans & assess potential negative impacts of the projects (including the proposed activities outlined in the strategies & plans being developed under the projects) on gender equality, proposing specific activities to mitigate or minimize these impacts.
• Contribute to the production of knowledge & communication materials that highlight success stories & showcase women s involvement.

Provide logistics support, facilitate & organize the following activities:

• Formal communication with stakeholders & representatives of the projects steering committees, including sharing deliverables & obtaining feedback.
• Validation workshops for project deliverables.
• Monthly meetings with consultants to monitor project progress.
• Project national steering committee meetings, including preparing agendas, materials, presentations & minutes.
• Technical workshops engaging diverse biodiversity stakeholders, including government, private sector, NGOs, donors & academia.
• Formal & informal briefings with government officials to address implementation changes, adaptive management needs & emerging risks.