Avis de recrutement : Recrutement d’un.e Consultant.e : Genre et Inclusion sociale à Sri Lanka.

 

 

 

 

 

Project Background

Gender and Inclusion research at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) spans the Institute’s three Strategic Programs – water, food, and ecosystems; water, climate change, and resilience; and water, growth, and inclusion – as well as a fourth crosscutting program pillar on digital innovations. IWMI’s mission is to provide water solutions for sustainable, climate-resilient development, directly responding to international policy concerns about global systems changing in ways that increase the vulnerability of millions of marginalized populations, threatens species diversity, and impede achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

In 2020 IWMI launched its

(2020-2023). Given substantial changes to the working environment over this period, and the process of strategy development – 2024-2030 – this consultancy will help position our work on Gender and Social Inclusion across our portfolio, including a substantial examination of both bilateral work and One CGIAR Initiatives. Three core areas will form a focus for this work:

  • Bridging Knowledge Gaps:

Disparities in age, handicap, ethnicity, religion, caste, and class connect with uneven rights, responsibilities, resources, and opportunities across genders. This leads to discrepancies in power, privilege, asset ownership, risk burden, and opportunity distribution across diverse groups of women, men, and other gender identities. To guarantee that these intersectional inequalities are acknowledged in a society threatened by uncertain impediments (such as climate change), stakeholders must have access to rigorous, dependable, and quantitative data. This can result in the development of practical initiatives to overcome structural obstacles to gender equality. This involves conducting research and engaging with grassroots stakeholders, policymakers, and practitioners to identify and map critical gender and inclusion knowledge gaps to foster a more collaborative understanding of crucial data bottlenecks and biases that contribute to persistent inequalities.

  • Fixing Systems: A system of resource governance that is both effective and equitable determines the rights of men and women to water, land, and other natural resources. Consequently, gender discrepancies significantly influence how adaptable people are to change, how effectively they react to change, and how diverse their experiences are across a range of social and political settings. It is crucial to promote more inclusive and gender- equal institutions through capacity-building procedures. Transdisciplinary approaches will be necessary to analyze and explain patterns of change across multiple levels and systems.
  • Catalyzing Transformation: Gender-transformative approaches deliver more sustainable and equitable system-level solutions. Gender disparities will be addressed by recognizing, disrupting, and reversing intersections that perpetuate societal structural inequalities. To develop transformative innovations and solutions, collaboration with politicians and gender advocates is essential. Through a partnership with significant strategic partners in policy communities, climate policy and practice, as well as legislative processes, will be influenced. This would entail promoting investment methods and technologies that deliver more inclusive and climate-resilient solutions for the community.

Requirements

The successful candidate will possess the following:

  • A Masters or Ph.D. in gender studies, development studies, sociology of sustainability studies, political science, human geography, anthropology or other related fields.
  • Minimum 8 years professional experience in GESI mainstreaming (in projects and across systems) and empowering women and excluded communities via policy advocacy, analysis and/or training.
  • Strong foundation in social science research, with a stellar publication record in peer-reviewed journals and experience with a variety of methodologies.
  • Publications and areas of expertise should reflect engagement with and exposure to new ideas and research in the broader field of gender, environment, poverty, equity, and sustainable development, feminist/political ecology & economy, environmental justice, post- and decolonial studies, deliberative democracy and social justice, and equity in sustainability transitions.
  • Prior experience developing a GESI Strategy and Action Plan for programs and projects.
  • Research background in development contexts with an emphasis on the multi-dimension and intersectional cause of gender inequality.
  • Skills in delivering exceptional reports and other knowledge outputs (including working papers, policy briefings, and blog posts).
  • Excellent written and spoken communication abilities, solid grasp of the English language, and outstanding research and writing analytical skills.
  • Proven track record of leading a group of researchers in producing visionary, sustainable, research portfolios.
  • Proven ability to work in a team setting and a willingness to collaborate with professionals from other fields.
  • Proven success in collaborations and projects with a diverse array of partners, including research institutes, governments, and other development organizations.

More details & Application process

Closing Date – March 03, 2023