Gender Advisor

Gender Advisor – USAID Nepal Better Health

About Corus: Corus International is the parent of a family of world-class organizations working to deliver the holistic, lasting solutions needed to end extreme poverty once and for all. We are a global leader in international development, with 150 years of combined experience across our brands. Our nonprofit and for-profit subsidiaries include IMA World Health and its fundraising brand Corus World Health, Lutheran World Relief, CGA Technologies, Ground Up Investing, and Farmers Market Brands. Our more than 500 employees around the globe are experts in their fields and dedicated to helping the world’s most vulnerable people break the cycle of poverty and lead healthy lives. Further details about the organization can be found at: https://corusinternational.org

Today, IMA offers extensive expertise in managing and implementing highly successful and complex donor-funded programs in nutrition, maternal and child health, health systems strengthening (HSS), malaria, HIV/AIDS, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).

Corus International’s country portfolio in Nepal has worked alongside the Nepal government, donors, and a variety of local and international partners since 2009. The portfolio includes a focus on health, sustainable development and humanitarian assistance activities and operates out of Kathmandu.

About the Job: IMA World Health is seeking a Gender Advisor to support the upcoming USAID-funded Nepal Better Health project. Better Health is a five-year health system strengthening activity to improve the quality of care for maternal newborns and family planning at the facility and community levels.

The Gender Advisor will lead and ensure the integration of gender, equity, and social inclusion focused interventions, considerations, and activities across all the project objectives. The Gender Advisor will contribute to the project’s yearly work plan development, indicator selection and monitoring of GESI focused activities.

The position will be based in Kathmandu, Nepal and will report to the Deputy Chief of Party. Actual hiring is contingent upon signed agreement and USAID approval. Nepal nationals are highly encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of the project’s evidence-based gender equality and social inclusion analysis and accompanying strategy and action plan.
• Contribute GESI-focused technical input into the project’s overall technical approach, drafting annual work plans, providing written reports, and implementing an integrated set of activities to achieve project goals.
• Coordinate with the project team to tailor project activities to enhance the engagement and benefit of women and youth population and the marginalized
• Collaborate with the project’s M&E staff to propose indicators and participate in the collection and analysis of data for monitoring, reporting and learning purposes ensuring the project takes a transformative, integrated approach to GESI.
• Design training materials, and train project staff, partners and stakeholders on GESI, and promote the importance of GESI activities and considerations across project delivery.
• Closely collaborate with local organizations serving and/or led by women, youth and other marginalized populations
• Empower women and youth and their communities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and resources to advocate for adolescent-friendly practices within the health system.
• Contribute to the project’s quarterly, biannual, and annual reports by highlighting successes, challenges, lessons learned and opportunities in GESI programming within the project.
• Ensure collaboration and consultation with key stakeholders and other relevant groups in gender such as the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women and Children, and other donor-funded projects in Nepal.
• Ensure the development of job training/mentorship materials to supported provinces and districts;
• Regularly provide coaching technical support in GESI methods for maternal, newborn, and child health care, family planning and evidence-based interventions by visiting facilities participating in the project.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in public health, gender studies, development studies, or an equivalent related area of study.
• At least ten years of experience in international/regional health services mainstreaming the engagement of marginalized groups, such as women, youth (preference in Nepal/Southeast Asia).
• Experience identifying and addressing opportunities and barriers related to expanding health access and quality for women, children, youth, and other marginalized populations.
• Experience conducting and writing gender and inclusion analyses and developing relevant strategies.
• Experienced trainer, including training-of-trainers for local organizations and staff.
• Demonstrated understanding and application of USAID or other international standard gender policy and frameworks required.
• Proven ability to forge strong professional relationships and facilitate coordination with donors, implementing partners, local government, and communities in public and private sector.
• A thorough understanding of Nepal health systems, and the underlying causes of ill health and social determinants of health in Nepal.
• Demonstrated ability to work in concert with team, partner organizations, and key government stakeholders to achieve results; experience in partnership building especially with the Government of Nepal, USAID, NGOs and private sector a plus.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (including in making presentations); high degree of political savvy in interacting with senior government and civil society stakeholders.
• Excellent English, oral and written skills. Conversational Nepali a plus.