Consultant (Gender Expert)
Remote · Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Job Summary
Consultant (Gender Expert) to operationalize the Gender Action Plan (GAP) across FAO/GEF-funded RedSeaFish project. Key responsibilities include strengthening gender integration across project components, operationalizing the GAP, enhancing women’s participation and leadership, building capacity for gender mainstreaming, strengthening gender-responsive data and M&E systems, developing gender-sensitive knowledge management and outreach, coordinating with stakeholders to promote women’s participation, developing gender-sensitive indicators, and ensuring gender-balanced participation in project activities. Deliverables include inception reports, refined GAP tools, gender training materials, and tools for sex-disaggregated data collection, with a focus on capacity-building for project staff, fisheries agencies, and local communities. Fluency in Arabic is strongly desired, with experience in MEL systems and knowledge management advantageous. The contract is 12 months with potential extension.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Rural Development Fisheries, Aquaculture, Natural Resource Management, Development Studies or related field
- Minimum 7–10 years of proven experience in Gender mainstreaming in development projects, working in fisheries, aquaculture, or natural resource management
- Integrating gender into monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, including indicators and sex-disaggregated data
- Supporting inclusive stakeholder engagement, particularly with women and community-based groups
- Experience working on gender activities in the region (fisheries or more broadly in agriculture)
- Fluency in Arabic strongly desired
- Demonstrated experience with GEF and/or FAO MEL systems is a strong asset
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