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Gender in Economic Cooperation and Privat Sector Development Specialist (m/f/d) Bookmark jobadShare jobad
Job-ID: V000058671 Location: Beirut Assignment period: 06/01/2024 - 06/01/2027 Field: Economic Development Type of employment: full- or part-time Application deadline: 05/10/2024Job description
The Deutsche Gesellschaft fรผr Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a state owned organisation. We work worldwide in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ International Services (InS) is an integral division of GIZ. We offer the experience, the regional and technical know-how of GIZ in the global market and provide international clients with expertise in terms of economic and result-oriented services.
GIZ International Services is preparing for the EU-funded project: โWomen Empowerment Hub WE-HUBโ in Lebanon.
The overall objective of the action, with a budget of EUR 6,000,000, is to promote the advancement and empowerment of women for effective realization of gender equality. The specific objectives of the project are:
SO1. Increase womenโs leadership and participation in political and public sphere.
SO2. Foster an enabling environment for better engagement of women in the workforce.
SO3. Enhance key legislative reform and measures that protect women from all forms of violence.
WE-HUB Project will be implemented by Expertise France and GIZ, as follows:
Expertise France will be in charge of components 1 and 3 and responsible for the overall coordination of the project and donor reporting. GIZ will be in charge of component 2.
Your tasks
Plan networking activities across women-led businesses, and between women led businesses and national, regional and international business leaders and investors. Provide workshops and training to raise awareness of gender discrimination in the private sector. Provide technical support to women in business through tailor-made capacity building trainings.
Other relevant activities (management and administrative):
Meet with relevant stakeholders based on the need. Provide support to the other Key Expert when needed. Identify the need for NKEs, identify NKEs and supervise their work. Verify NKEs timesheets based on follow-up with KEs. Ensure that all adopted procedures follow GIZ guidelines. Assist Expertise France in relevant tasks based on need. Lead on the level of project reporting (progress reportโฆ).Your profile
Qualification and skills
General Professional experience
A minimum of 7 years proven experience in working in women economic empowerment, or supporting civil society and institutional actors working on gender equality and in particular women economic empowerment; Proven ability to cooperate and negotiate with local and institutional partners as well as government representatives and CSOs; Good command of programme and project management life cycle including strategic planning, development, management, monitoring and evaluation. Experience in the management of integrated multisector projects would be an asset;
Specific professional experience
Very good knowledge of Lebanese legislative framework related to gender equality (personal status, nationality laws), stakeholders, institutional reforms formulation and decision making processes; An excellent understanding of the Lebanese context regarding gender equality and mainly women economic empowerment; A previous experience working with the Lebanese National Gender Observatory is a great asset; A previous experience working on EU funded projects is an asset;Location information
Location
Lebanon
Start date & period of implementation
The intended start date is June 2024 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 36 months from this date (for a minimum of 660 days).
Notes
This position is assigned to salary band 4.
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