The Gender and Capacity Building Expert plays a key role within the team, reporting directly to the Project Director based in Jordan and working in close cooperation with the Women Empowerment Directorate of the MoSD.

Given the Project's central commitment to advancing gender equality as a core element of its design and anticipated impact, this role demands a combination of strategic thinking, strong organisational skills, diplomacy, and a profound understanding of Jordan's national strategies and international commitments, which the Project seeks to align with and support.

Gender focused Project activities aim to promote community participation and gender balanced leadership models, to promote co-responsibility and care redistribution between women and men, as well as to contribute to economic empowerment in a gender sensitive manner. Other Project activities aim to contribute to the prevention of gender based violence (GBV), to the provision of support for victims and to the rehabilitation of perpetrators, including the design of a GBV prevention and response programme for the LCDCs.

In addition to spearheading gender-focused activities, the Gender and Capacity Building Expert will also oversee and coordinate diverse capacity-building activities, to strengthen the capacity of CSOs and LCDCs to meet the needs of the community, to reinforce MoSD in its role as coordinator of the LCDC network and to support an efficient national MEAL strategy including LCDCs. The Expert will be serving as the primary liaison for external service providers and short term experts, collaborating with the team to design and implement training sessions, ensuring a holistic approach that considers both gender issues and overall social cohesion along with the enhancement of social services.

This dual role underscores the importance of adopting a gender mainstreaming approach across all Project activities, ensuring that gender considerations are seamlessly integrated and encapsulated in the following vision: "Advancing Gender Equality: a win-win approach for the communities”.

In his / her capacity, the Gender and Capacity Building Expert will have the following tasks and responsibilities:  

1. Ensure that the Project is implemented in a gender transformative manner, in line with the relevant national strategies and curating regional good practices

- Develop and implement gender-mainstreaming strategies within the Project, ensuring that gender considerations are integrated into all Project activities;

- Support and work closely with the other team members and partners, to develop gender-responsive materials and methodologies, ensuring they address the specific needs and challenges faced;

- Gather information and compile examples of best practices related to gender issues within the MENA region.

2. Coordinate the implementation of the gender focused activities of the Project

- Coordinate (and contribute to) the development of roadmaps related to these activities, including breakdown, timeframe and objectives;

- Contribute to the identification of short term experts, partners and stakeholders in coordination with the Institutional Partnerships Expert and other team members; 

- Support the conduct of required gender analysis and assessments to identify gender gaps, vulnerabilities, and opportunities;

- Collaborate with local stakeholders to identify barriers and challenges faced by women and design appropriate interventions to address them;

- Work with Project partners to engage women workers and key stakeholders in the development of the activities;

- Develop targeted community outreach strategies to reach and engage women (and men where relevant), ensuring their meaningful participation in Project activities;

- Facilitate gender-focused workshops and discussions to promote dialogue and learning among Project stakeholders;

- Provide recommendations on how to enhance women's engagement and opportunities.

3. Coordinate capacity building related activities

- Coordinate the design of the Project capacity building plan and relevant capacity building activities; 

- Oversee the implementation of the capacity building activities of the Project, acting as the focal point for the chosen service provider / relevant experts;

- Facilitate the engagement of external providers for capacity-building activities, ensuring alignment with Project goals;

- Design and facilitate “in-house” training sessions on gender related issues;

- Collaborate with the team to design and implement awareness and coaching sessions on gender-related issues;

- Contribute to the coaching of CSO partners, when necessary, in coordination with the Head of Social Protection and CSO Taskforce;

4. Communication (internal and external)

- Support the Communications Expert in developing and implementing gender transformative communication strategies throughout the Project;

- Collaborate with team members to ensure that communication materials, both internal and external, adhere to gender-responsive principles, fostering an environment of diversity, equity, and inclusion;

- Organise and facilitate the gender-related awareness activities of the Project including events, campaigns, and workshops.

5. Monitoring and Evaluation

- Collaborate with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) team to develop gender-sensitive indicators and tools for monitoring and evaluating the impact of Project activities on gender equality;

- Actively contribute to MEAL within the realm of capacity building;

- Prepare comprehensive reports, documenting lessons learned and providing recommendations for continuous improvement.