Agriculture and Processing Project Gender Integration Technical Support at

4 weeks ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya FSD Africa Full time
Created in 2012, FSD Africa is a £30 million financial sector development programme or 'FSD' based in Nairobi. It is funded by the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID). FSD Africa aims to reduce poverty across sub-Saharan Africa by building financial markets that are efficient, robust and inclusive.

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this consultancy is to provide technical support in the integration of gender into FSD Kenya's Agriculture and processing project in relation to intervention activities design and implementation, impact assessment and synthesis and communication of lessons and insights.


SCOPE OF WORK
Integration of gender into project and intervention design

The consultant will provide gender integration support in

Design of project interventions and activities (tasks).

This will include supporting the AP project team in undertaking gendered sectoral and financial market analyses to inform interventions and tasks design.

Implementation of project intervention activities including advisory to project partners (as a member of the AP team)

Review of the ongoing interventions and activities (tasks) and identify opportunities to effectively integrate gender for optimal WEE impacts.

Assessment and identification of potential project risks which could hamper WEE outcomes, their impact, and mitigation strategies.
Review of the projects impact assessment and evaluation framework
Review of the AP project's results and measurement framework to align with gender integration. This will include suggesting edits on specific WEE metrics/indicators (to add or remove) and ways to measure/monitor them.
Monitoring of project implementation (tasks) with reference to the results and measurements framework
Synthesis and communication of lessons and insights from the project

Build gender integration capacity in AP project team execution.

The desired outcome from this assignment is enhanced capacity by the AP project team in gender integration.

While the consultant is expected to provide technical input in gender integration, a deliberate effort in enhancing the team's capacity to be able to subsequently do the work through:

Mentoring and coaching/handholding the project team
Providing guidance to the AP team in helping partners to integrate gender into project activities (implementation and reporting)

CONDUCT OF THE WORK


The consultant(s) will work closely with the AP project team and in close coordination with the FSD Gender team, reporting to the Senior economic inclusion advisor.


OUTCOMES AND DELIVERABLES


The overall outcome of this assignment is a deeper understanding of gender and WEE and enhanced capacity of the team to integrate gender into the FSD Kenya programme.


The following specific deliverables are envisaged:
A detailed workplan on how to deliver the scope of work outlined above (to be developed with input from the AP team)
A report on the assignment including recommendations for further gender integration capacity enhancement for the team

The copyright for all material prepared under this term of reference will pass to FSD Kenya. It is FSD's practice to publish the reports it commissions in its own house style.

There is therefore no requirement for material to be extensively formatted beyond that required to indicate how material should be logically presented in the final report.

All final reports should be presented in an electronic format allowing the text and graphics to be manipulated in preparation for publication.

Where a final report is presented in a portable document format (pdf) generated from another format (such as Microsoft Word) it should be accompanied by the original file from which it is generated.

All representations of graphic material (tables, figures, drawings, charts, graphs and photographs) must be able to be reproduced at high print resolution.

Tables, figures, drawings, charts, graphs should be provided in Microsoft Excel or Adobe Illustrator format. Photographs must be provided in high-resolution JPG images set to minimum of 300 dots per inch (dpi). Any technical questions regarding these requirements should be addressed to FSD's Communications Officer.

Minimum requirements:
Demonstrable expertise in gender and agriculture and local (Kenyan) knowledge
A track record in integrating gender into project design and implementation
Expertise in undertaking gendered sectoral/market analysis and the ability to apply these in project/intervention activity design
Financial inclusion experience
Understanding of the market systems development (MSD)/facilitation approach

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