Gender and Economic Empowerment Specialist - Women Empowerment Hub (WE-HUB) GIZ

Gender and Economic Empowerment Specialist -

Women Empowerment Hub (WE-HUB)

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4

Gender in Economic Cooperation and Privat Sector Development Specialist

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4T

Job Profile

1. Required qualifications, competences and experience

Professional experience

• Master’s degree in Political or social sciences, international development, gender studies or any related topic;
• A minimum of 7 years proven experience in working in women economic empowerment, or supporting civil society and institutional actors working on gender equality and in particular women economic empowerment;
• Very good knowledge of Lebanese legislative framework related to gender equality (personal status, nationality laws), stakeholders, institutional reforms formulation and decision making processes;
• An excellent understanding of the Lebanese context regarding gender equality and mainly women economic empowerment;
• Proven ability to cooperate and negotiate with local and institutional partners as well as government representatives and CSOs;
• Good command of programme and project management life cycle including strategic planning, development, management, monitoring and evaluation. Experience in the management of integrated multisector projects would be an asset;
• A previous experience working with the Lebanese National Gender Observatory is a great asset;
• A previous experience working on EU funded projects is an asset;
• Excellent communication skills ability to adapt to a diverse multicultural environment;
• Excellent command of English (oral and written) and Arabic. French would be an asset.

1. Responsibilities

The position holder is responsible for:

• Provide the necessary support and expertise to ensure effective governance within the Women's Empowerment Hub of Component 2 Women's Economic Empowerment.
• Ensure that project activities are on track.
• Cover the required reporting tasks and ensure timely submission of reports.
• Supervise the work of non-key experts as required.
• Address relevant challenges at the level of cooperation with Expertise France and European Union as well as other stakeholders.
• Additional tasks and responsibilities as requested by the line manager

In this context, the position holder fulfils the following tasks:

1. Tasks

1. Core scope of tasks as part of “Component 2: Fostering an enabling environment for better engagement of women in the workforce”:

• Plan networking activities across women-led businesses, and between women led businesses and national, regional and international business leaders and investors.
• Provide workshops and training to raise awareness of gender discrimination in the private sector.
• Provide technical support to women in business through tailor-made capacity building trainings.

Other relevant activities (management and administrative):

• Meet with relevant stakeholders based on the need. 
• Provide support to the other Key Expert when needed.
• Identify the need for NKEs, identify NKEs and supervise their work.
• Verify NKEs timesheets based on follow-up with KEs.
• Ensure that all adopted procedures follow GIZ guidelines.
• Assist Expertise France in relevant tasks based on need.
• Lead on the level of project reporting (progress report…).

Project Description

The overall objective of the action, with a budget of EUR 6,000,000, is to promote the advancement and empowerment of women for effective realization of gender equality. The specific objectives of the project are:

SO1. Increase women’s leadership and participation in political and public sphere.

SO2. Foster an enabling environment for better engagement of women in the workforce.

SO3. Enhance key legislative reform and measures that protect women from all forms of violence.

WE-HUB Project will be implemented by Expertise France and GIZ, as follows:

Expertise France will be in charge of components 1 and 3 and responsible for the overall coordination of the project and donor reporting. GIZ will be in charge of component 2.