3. Position Description

To ensure high-quality implementation, the project is structured around three complementary pillars: the Central Management and Coordination Team, the Local Experts (LEs), and a pool of Short-Term Experts (STEs) mobilised on demand.

-          The Central Management and Coordination Team includes a Head of Project, who provides overall leadership, coordination and technical guidance; the Key Expert on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB); a Project Manager, responsible for contractual, financial and administrative oversight; and a dedicated support team, composed of an Administrative and Financial Officer and a Project Assistant, providing logistical and financial management.

-          The Local Experts form the project’s frontline, working in close partnership with Beneficiary Authorities (BAs). They ensure that methodologies and tools are adapted to national and local contexts, provide tailored technical assistance and capacity building, and act as liaison between Expertise France and the BA.

-          Short-Term Experts (STEs) are mobilised during peak periods or for specialised contributions (e.g. gender impact assessment, MEAL, capitalisation, communication), complementing the work of the central team and the LEs by bringing targeted expertise.

This position is dedicated to providing Key Expertise on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB), ensuring methodological quality and supervising the pool of Local Experts (LEs) and Short-Term Experts (STEs).

The Key Expert acts as the methodological anchor of the project, guaranteeing that all technical work is rigorous, coherent across countries, and tailored to the institutional realities of Beneficiary Authorities. Working in close partnership with the Head of Project, the Key Expert ensures that political traction and methodological rigour advance hand in hand. Beyond providing specialised advice, the Key Expert mentors the community of experts, translates global standards into actionable national solutions, and safeguards the quality and comparability of pilots, guidelines and tools. Through sustained engagement, the Key Expert equips Local Experts to deliver impactful technical assistance, training and awareness-raising, thereby multiplying the project’s influence and ensuring reforms are not only technically credible but also institutionally embraced

3.1. Objectives

The Key Expert (KE) will contribute to the design, coordination and implementation of project activities across all Beneficiary Authorities (BAs).

He/she will provide methodological guidance on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB), ensure coherence and quality of outputs, and mentor Local Experts (LEs) and Short-Term Experts (STEs).

Working in close partnership with the Head of Project (HP), the KE will guarantee that technical rigour and political relevance advance hand in hand, and that tools, pilots and training activities are both credible and institutionally anchored.

3.2 Reporting Lines

The Key Expert will work under the overall supervision of the Head of Project and in close collaboration with Expertise France’s coordination team. The LE will liaise regularly with the BA, and other stakeholders as required.

3.3 Main Tasks & Responsibilities

a. Inception Phase:

-          Define the methodological framework for Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) and gender mainstreaming activities across all Beneficiary Authorities (BAs).

-          Guide and consolidate baseline analyses led by LEs, ensuring comparability and methodological coherence.

-          Contribute to the agenda and co-lead, with the HP, the kick-off team-building workshop to align expectations, clarify roles, and establish shared methodological standards.

b. Implementation

-          Supervise and mentor LEs in piloting GRB, developing guidelines, and adapting tools to national contexts.

-          Orient and integrate the contributions of STEs, reinforcing technical drafting, analysis, and training delivery where required.

-          Provide methodological inputs to capacity-building and awareness-raising activities, ensuring quality and transferability of outputs across countries.

-          Safeguard the methodological rigour and usability of pilots, guidelines, and training modules.

c. Coordination

-          Lead weekly technical follow-up meetings with experts, assisting the HP’s role in overall coordination.

-          Support the HP in activity planning, identification of expertise needs, and alignment across BAs.

-          Contribute to Advisory Group meetings, bilateral monitoring with BAs, and EF–SG REFORM progress meetings by providing consolidated methodological inputs.

d. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

-          Ensure methodological guidance for indicators and progress reporting in collaboration with the MEAL Specialist.

-          Provide technical contributions to inception, progress, and final reports, ensuring methodological accuracy and coherence across BAs.

-          Advise LEs on data collection, evidence generation, and integration of sex-disaggregated indicators into pilots and tools.

e. Capitalisation

-          Contribute to policy briefs, case studies, and the cross-country booklet, safeguarding methodological comparability.

-          Contribute to national closure events and the final dissemination conference, ensuring lessons learned are synthesised and transferable.

-          Promote peer learning and cross-country exchange of practices among experts and BAs.

3.4. Key Deliverables