Background
The Country Gender Assessment of the Agriculture and Rural Sector (CGA-ARS) is a requirement by the corporate CPF guidelines and mandated by the FAO’s Policy on Gender Equality. The CGA-ARS has the objective of revealing gender disparities in access to critical agriculture and rural resources, knowledge, opportunities and markets. There is evidence that these gender inequalities contribute to low agricultural productivity and food and nutrition insecurity.
The objectives of the CGA-ARS are to:
- Inform FAO country level planning and programming in line with national development priorities and FAO’s mandate and strategic framework;
- Facilitate FAO’s contribution to the UN Country Team CEDAW Report with up-to-date and objective information on the situation of rural women in the country.
Reporting Line
Under the general supervision of the FAO Kenya Programme Coordinator, and the technical supervision of the Gender Officer, and with technical advice from the Social Protection Division (ESP)’s gender team in FAO Headquarters, s/he will:
- Carry out a comprehensive Country Gender Assessment of the Agriculture and Rural Sector (CGA-ARS) that includes a detailed gender analysis for the Kisiria ecosystem in Samburu.
- Prepare a final report of the country gender assessment and a gender mainstreaming strategy for the Kisiria Forest and Integrated Rangeland Management project
- Prepare and carry out a presentation of key findings and recommendations to the FAO country office.
- Prepare a four page-long brief summarizing the main findings and recommendations, with relevant numbers and statistics, by the main agricultural sectors of FAO in Kenya and the priority areas of work of the FAO representation
- Prepare a two to four page-long contribution to the UNCT CEDAW Report based on the main findings of the CGA-ARS.
Minimum Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Sociology, Social Sciences, Economics, Development Economics, or other related disciplines
- Excellent oral and written English and Kiswahili language skills
- Excellent knowledge of the key gender equality, social equity and women’s empowerment issues in Kenya in the context of agriculture and rural development including Natural Resources Management,
- Demonstrated ability (through publications in English language) to produce written analysis of socioeconomic and gender issues,
- Significant experience in analysing and integrating the perspective of gender equality in programme formulation in the context of agriculture and rural development – covering Crops production, livestock, Fisheries, Natural Resources Management and experience in socioeconomic and gender analysis
- Extensive knowledge of the UN System, its working and programming mechanisms, familiarity with FAO’s work would be an asset
How to apply:
Candidates are requested to submit their application by email to [email protected] quoting the position title and vacancy announcement number.
A duly completed Personal Profile Form (PPF) generated from FAO’s iRecruitment portal as a PDF-file is to be submitted by email together with a cover letter. Please note that attached resumes or CV’s in place of the PPF will not be accepted.
In order to prepare a Personal Profile Form, you must first register on the FAO iRecruitment site by clicking on the following link to register: http://www.fao.org/employment/irecruitment-access/en/ In order for your application to be properly evaluated, please ensure that all sections of the on-line profile are completed.
Applications received after the closing date will not be given consideration. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
This vacancy is open to both male and female candidates. Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply. Persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.
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