Key Expert 1 - Team Leader

EUROPEAN PROFILES S.A. (GR) is looking for experts for the implementation of the following Framework Contract: "Gender Support Mission for Sri Lanka and the Maldives 2024", under the Framework Contract "SEA 2023 - Lot 9: Democracy, Human Rights, Rule of law, Gender Equality and Human Rights Based approach"

Services Location: Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Start date: January 20, 2025

Duration: 365 days

Global objective

Upholding EU's commitment to address equality, human rights and empowerment of women and girls, by ensuring gender related issues are adequately addressed in all programmes and projects in Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Specific objective

1. Assist the EUD in establishing a systematic, EU policy-consistent, comprehensive and effective monitoring system to assess progress against GAP-III objectives
2. Support in effective gender mainstreaming of projects and new actions in close collaboration with relevant project implementation partners.
3. Provide Gender Analysis for Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Expertise

The minimum requirements covered by the team of experts as a whole are detailed below:

Qualifications and skills required for the team:

• Master's Degree or equivalent professional experience in gender/ human rights/ social and development studies/ Sociology or other relevant fields directly related to the scope of this assignment
• Equivalent professional experience at least 10 years, experience in working in Sri Lanka and Asia region will be an advantage
• Strong analytical, communication and report writing skills
• Sound critical judgment
• Strong networking and facilitation skills
• Proven communication skills (written and oral)

General professional experience of the team:

• A minimum of 10 years' experience in gender and social sector development and/or as a consultant for both short and long-term assignments, experience in working in Sri Lanka and Asia region will be an advantage
• Proven in-depth knowledge of the gender context and its institutions in Sri Lanka
• Demonstrated experience and expertise on gender analysis and gender mainstreaming.
• Technical expertise in gender mainstreaming of projects
• Knowledge of international/regional agreements and initiatives on gender (UN, CEDAW, Beijing, etc.)
• Sound methodological experience of development work in the field of Gender and Women studies and possess relevant experience in projectmanagement.
• Previous experience in technical assistance and/or monitoring and evaluation of donor funded interventions in the field of gender,
• Professional experience working with international organizations (EU and/or similar) and/or NGOs on gender related issues
• Knowledge of EU procedures will be advantageous

Specific professional experienceof the team:

• Demonstrated experience of minimum 10 years in Monitoring and Evaluation, data collection, analysis and reporting, and applying both quantitative and qualitative data collection tools, analysing data/information.
• Proven experience of working with/evaluating development work on gender issues.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Computer literacy (minimum MS Word, Excel, Power Point Presentation and familiarity with Access or other applications for data management)

Language skills of the team:

• Excellent command in English (C1 level minimum)

Additional expertise requirements for the team composition:

Key Expert 1- Team Leader

Expert category

• Home Based - Cat. I (>12 years of experience)

Minimum requirements

• Master's Degree or equivalent professional experience in gender/ human rights/ social and development studies/ Sociology or other relevant fields directly related to the scope of this assignment
• Equivalent professional experience at least 10 years, experience in working in Sri Lanka and Asia region will be an advantage
• Strong analytical, communication and report writing skills
• Sound critical judgment
• Strong networking and facilitation skills
• Proven communication skills (written and oral)
• Excellent command in English (C1 level minimum)

Minimum number of working days

• 80

Additional information

• Minimum of 10 years' experience in gender and social sector development and/or as a consultant for both short and long-term assignments, experience in working in Sri Lanka and Asia region will be an advantage
• Proven in-depth knowledge of the gender context and its institutions in Sri Lanka
• Demonstrated experience and expertise on gender analysis and gender mainstreaming.
• Technical expertise in gender mainstreaming of projects
• Knowledge of international/ regional agreements and initiatives on gender (UN, CEDAW, Beijing, etc.)
• Sound methodological experience of development work in the field of Gender and Women studies and possess relevant experience in project management.
• Previous experience in technical assistance and/ or monitoring and evaluation of donor funded interventions in the field of gender,
• Professional experience working with international organizations (EU and/or similar) and/or NGOs on gender related issues
• Knowledge of EU procedures will be advantageous

Applications and updated CV should be submitted to recruitment_dev@europeanprofiles.gr in reference to SEA-2023-28355

Please fill accordingly the Europeaid CV form and the Compliance Table according to your experience and the project’s specific requirements