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2025/GE/13880

Job offer type
Experts

Type of contract
Service contract

Deadline date
2025/09/28 23:55

Duration of the assignment
Beaded expertise

Duration
Throughout the project, based on the needs

Mission description

Expertise France (EF) is looking for a Gender Expert to support the team on various Gender-related activities throughout the SARSEA project. The Expert will be responsible for the development and rolling-out of a comprehensive Gender Action Plan (GAP). He/she will carry out the necessary training and/or coaching to EF team and partners to do so. He/she will also ensure that calls for projects adopt a gender-sensitive approach. 

The main tasks of the Gender Expert are as follows:

Gender Action Plan 
Develop the project Gender Action Plan, taking into consideration the preliminary Gender Analysis and the proposed content for the project, and in coordination and collaboration with the project key stakeholders.
Conduct a comprehensive review of the project’s core monitoring and evaluation documents, including the logical framework and MEAL plan, with a focus on ensuring that all indicators and evaluation criteria effectively address and align with gender equity parameter. 

This GAP will include the definition of a cross-cutting objective to reduce gender inequalities for the project. This objective will be broken down into a set of activities for the project, integrated into the project components—particularly in the logical framework and programming—described in a precise and operational manner and accompanied by monitoring and evaluation measures.
The GAP must include: human and financial resources, responsibilities for implementation, training and/or capacity-building elements if necessary, and a monitoring and evaluation mechanism. Where necessary, it will be accompanied by a narrative detailing the content of the proposed activities.

Capacity building
Conducts gender-sensitive trainings on the role of women and young people in managing the sargassum issue, highlighting gender-specific vulnerabilities related to sargassum influxes and the socioeconomic impacts on affected sectors. Those trainings may be conducted as part of regional coordination workshops.

Calls for projects
1.    Ensure that the call for projects aimed at supporting the structuring of sargassum sectors includes specific clauses for better inclusion of women in economic activities. 

Develop effective mechanisms to encourage women to participate in calls for projects for private actors.

Awareness-raising materials (e.g. gender-specific infographics, toolkits for gender-sensitive sargassum management practices, fact sheets on gender equality) will be produced for this purpose.

2.    Ensure that the call for research projects aims to further scientific knowledge on the gender-specific impacts of Sargassum in small island states in the eastern Caribbean. 

Gender mainstreaming
Support the team to facilitate the participation of actors committed to gender equality (political actors, CSOs and NGOs, women's professional organizations, etc.) in multi-stakeholder policy dialogues, drawing on the networks and platforms supported by the project. 
Support the inclusion of gender-specific data in regional workshops, training sessions, and awareness-raising programs tailored to each target group of the project. 
Produce awareness-raising materials as required. 

Methodology :
The main countries of intervention are Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The perimeter could evolve if necessary.
The Expert shall propose the methodology that he/she considers most appropriate for the design and delivery of the desired results. However, the proposed approach should include:
-    The detailed timetable of the activities to be carried out
-    Information on the missions to be conducted
-    The staff mobilized for the different missions
A scoping meeting on the methodology proposed by the expert will be organised with the key actors, in order to confirm that it is in line with the expected results and consistent with the methodology of other experts mobilised. 

Suggested deliverables:
-    An inception report with the finalised workplan and methodology
-    Gender Action Plan
-    Gender-sensitive training tools
-    Awareness-raising materials
-    Training / Awareness Session Reports
-    Mission Reports

Project or context description

CONTEXT

Expertise France 

Expertise France is the public agency for the design and implementation of international technical cooperation projects. The agency operates around four priority areas: 

•    democratic, economic and financial governance; 
•    peace, stability and security; 
•    climate, biodiversity and sustainable development;
•    health and human development. 

In these areas, Expertise France engineers and implements capacity-building projects, mobilizes technical expertise and coordinates projects involving public expertise and private know-how. 

With a volume of activity of 324 million euros and over 500 projects in its portfolio in around 100 countries, Expertise France's action is part of France's policy of solidarity, influence and economic diplomacy.
In the Caribbean, Expertise France is mainly involved in regional projects to support governments in fighting climate change and protecting biodiversity.

Launched in 2023 following the success of “Euroclima” in Latin America, the “Euroclima Caribbean” program contributes to the region's green transition through climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts as well as the protection and conservation of biological diversity in the Caribbean. 

Expertise France also implements the “RESEMBID” program in the region, which promotes resilience, sustainable energy and marine biodiversity, as well as the “Green Overseas” program aiming to accelerate the energy transition and increase the climate resilience of overseas countries and territories.

Funded by the French Development Agency (AFD), the SARSEA (Sargassum Regional Strategies for Ecosystem based Actions) project aims to foster regional cooperation dynamics in the Caribbean and support small island developing states in structuring a framework for the management and valorisation of sargassum. 

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The aim of the project is to minimize and limit the negative impacts of stranded sargassum on local economies, communities and coastal ecosystems. To achieve this, the project consists of three main components and a cross-cutting component:

1.    Strengthen regional cooperation in the Caribbean on sargassum planning and management approaches, contributing to the development of joint advocacy. This component aims to engage communities of practice and capitalize on the experiences and knowledge developed at all levels of the sargassum management chain: prediction and monitoring of sargassum drifts, collection methods, pretreatment and characterization of sargassum components, transport, storage, and their valorization into marketable products.

2.    Assist small island states of the Caribbean (Saint Lucia, Grenada, Dominica and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) to implement integrated sargassum management and valorisation operations. In partnership with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), this component aims to strengthen the capacities of public and private actors in sargassum management operations. This component will enable the definition and deployment of a roadmap for the management of collection operations, through training and equipment of the personnel involved. It will also allow the development of early warning mechanisms for coastal communities and coordination with transporters, as well as the development of suitable pretreatment systems, and biomass storage at secure sites. To support private actors in the structuring of sargassum value chains, the project will launch a call for projects in the 4 targeted islands.

3.    Support regional scientific cooperation to maximize global understanding of the sargassum phenomenon and feed into the framing of research-based public policies. The project will deploy a collective expertise network to bring together a group of scientists and experts from different Caribbean research centres to mobilize all knowledge and build scientific consensus on the complex issues around sargassum. In addition, the project will launch a call for research projects to strengthen regional dynamics around scientific cooperation and the implementation of concrete solutions adapted to the Caribbean context.

The project also includes a cross-cutting gender outcome, aiming to integrate gender into the integrative management operations of sargassum.

As part of the feasibility study conducted prior to the start of the project, a gender analysis has been done in order to better understand gender issues related to sargassum, as well as designing activities to ensure gender mainstreaming in the project’s intervention logic. The analysis specifically contributed to analysing the barriers, potential constraints, and gender disparities in accessing income-generating activities in the economic sectors affected by sargassum (tourism, fisheries, aquaculture) as well as evaluating the relevance and feasibility of the activities envisioned by the project and propose additional interventions to strengthen gender mainstreaming in the operations and governance of the project.

The main implementing partners for the project will be: 

•    The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States: a direct grant will be awarded to the OECS for the implementation of certain activities under Component 2 and Component 1, focusing on strengthening public policy on sargassum, governance and the technical and equipment capacities of public actors working on sargassum.
•    Private or public-private actors involved in the sargassum management/valorisation sector on the 4 islands supported under Component 2 of the project. They will receive grants via a Call for Projects for the development of sustainable economic models for the management and valorisation of sargassum. 
•    The French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), which will provide a summary of scientific knowledge to date on sargassum (Collective Scientific Expertise mechanism) and producing science-based recommendations for political decision-makers.
•    The laboratories and research centres of the various research hubs in the Caribbean and Central America, which will receive grants following a Call for research projects under the Component 3.

THE PROJECT TEAM

A specific team will be deployed in Fort-de-France and Saint Lucia. It will consist of:
•    In Fort-de-France, Martinique: 
o    Team Leader in charge of the project technical and operational management 
o    Sargassum value chain manager (Component 2)
o    Grants Officer
o    Scientific knowledge building and learning officer 
o    Administrative and Financial officer or manager 
o    Purchase and logistic assistant

•    In Saint Lucia:
o    Sargassum project officer to the OECS (ESD)

•    Short term expertise based in the Caribbean: 
o    An expert in Environmental and Social Risk Management (this position)
o    A MEAL expert
o    A Gender expert 

Required profile

Education 
Master's degree or equivalent in political science, economics, gender, international cooperation, anthropology or any other relevant field with the ToR;

Experiences
-    At least 7 years of experience on gender and development issues; 
-    Have a strong experience in the sustainable development sector, preferably with a focus on biodiversity issues;
-    Proven experience in the implementation of a gender approach in international cooperation projects or in the public sector (ministries and decentralized state services);
-    Proven expertise in public consultation and participatory approach;
-    Proven experience and competency in designing and conducting gender-sensitive interviews, and other data collection techniques; 
-    Proven experience in clearly presenting gender issues and recommendations, tailoring communication to diverse audiences
-    Experience with monitoring and evaluation tools that include gender-sensitive indicators;
-    Previous experience in the Caribbean region and knowledge of institutions is a strong asset;

Skills  
-    Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills;
-    Ability to develop training, coaching, improvement and capacity building plans;
-    Excellent training facilitation skills;
-    Excellent organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines;
-    Strong autonomy, adaptability; responsiveness and flexibility;
-    Ability to work fluently in English, proficiency in French and Spanish is an asset.

Additional information

Place of assignment: Caribbean.
Duration of the mission: Throughout the project, based on the needs
Main tasks can be done remotely, with travels expected to the main countries of intervention (Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).
Desired start date: ASAP


In order to apply, please submit a CV, motivation letter, as well as a technical offer with the approach, methodology and workplan (the technical offer should be no longer than 4 pages) and a financial offer including daily fees.  

Selection criteria for applications

The selection process for candidates will be based on the following criteria :

  • Candidate’s training/diplomas related to the expert assignment
  • Candidate’s skills linked with the expert mission
  • Candidate’s experiences linked with the expert mission
  • Candidate’s expected linguistic understanding
  • Candidate's knowledges related to local context (country or region intervention)
  • Candidate’s understanding of the mission’s role in the cooperation project

Deadline for application : 2025/09/28 23:55

Expertise France is the public agency for designing and implementing international technical cooperation projects. The agency operates around four key priorities :

  • democratic, economic, and financial governance ;
  • peace, stability, and security ;
  • climate, agriculture, and sustainable development ;
  • health and human development ;

In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results. 

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