Policy Advisor, Gender Equality

This position is open to candidates resident in countries in the CET or similar time zone. Preference will be given to candidates located in one of the IISD's payroll countries: Germany, Portugal, UK

About 

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) is an award-winning independent think tank working to accelerate solutions for a stable climate, sustainable resource management, and fair economies. Our work inspires better decisions and sparks meaningful action to help people and the planet thrive. We shine a light on what can be achieved when governments, businesses, non-profits, and communities come together. IISD’s staff of more than 270 experts come from across the globe and from many disciplines. With offices in Winnipeg, Geneva, Ottawa, and Toronto, our work affects lives in more than 100 countries.

We are looking for a full-time Policy Advisor, Gender Equality for our Economic Law Policy Program (ELP). 

The Position 

 

The Policy Advisor, Gender Equality contributes to the mainstreaming of gender equality and women’s empowerment within the Economic Law and Policy Program of the IISD and works closely with the Senior Policy Advisor, Gender Equality. The incumbent provides dedicated gender expertise in support of the full integration of gender considerations within the program’s operations and in the development, implementation, and reporting of research and outputs.

The ELP Program focuses on the areas of economic policy-making that are essential to sustainable development, including investment, trade, public procurement, infrastructure financing, and sustainability standards. Our sector-specific work focuses on agriculture and mining in developing countries, given the urgency of the reforms needed and the impact on sustainable development.

 

Scope

• Supports efforts to develop, operationalize, monitor, and evaluate a program-level gender equality strategy.


• Builds internal capacity and expertise to ensure gender is integrated as a key consideration in the ELP program’s work, including coaching and supporting staff and partners.

Research

• Provides substantive guidance and technical expertise to researchers on the integration of gender-based analysis, ensuring an intersectional lens is applied to research and associated outputs, generating customized gender indicators and targets.


• Manages the collection and analysis of gender-disaggregated data.


• Conducts gender-based research and analysis in support of the ELP program’s key initiatives.

Communications and Outreach

• Facilitates engagement with ELP program stakeholders—both internal and external—on gender equality to maximize opportunities for capacity building, collaboration, and positive gender outcomes in ELP’s work and impact.


• Working with the Senior Policy Advisor, Gender Equality and Communications team, ensures IISD’s website and other communications materials integrate appropriate gender-sensitive language, concepts, and approaches.


• Supports the design of gender-specific communications materials for the ELP program.

Partners and Donor Relationships

• Identifies strategic partnerships and collaborative opportunities related to gender equality with donors, peers, and women’s rights organizations.


• Works closely with fund development teams in the development of proposals for projects and programs, ensuring the integration of gender considerations from project design to activities, logic model preparation, and evaluation and indicators, ensuring alignment and compliance with prospective donor gender equality policies and requirements.

Operations and Program Management

• Provides guidance and support to program and project teams to ensure work plans integrate gender equality indicators and outcomes through program and project cycles.


• Supports the coordination, functioning, and reporting of the cross-functional gender equality working group within the ELP program to ensure that accountability for gender equality is spread across the program

 

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in the social sciences, international development, political science, law, human rights, or a related field with a focus on gender equality, or equivalent experience.


• A minimum of 5 years of international experience working on programs or projects on gender equality and women’s empowerment in developed and developing contexts.


• Demonstrated knowledge of gender-based analysis, gender mainstreaming, and gender monitoring and evaluation tools, techniques, and methods in a variety of contexts.


• Expertise in the role of intersectionality and determinants of gender equality in an international development context is an asset.


• Experience conducting gender-based analysis, gender assessments, and/or gender equality capacity building in the agricultural, mining, trade, investment, or finance sectors—or related sectors—is an asset.


• Excellent English language skills; working knowledge of French is desired.

 Candidates must have the right to work in Portugal, Germany, or UK. 

Location: This position is open to candidates resident in countries in the CET or similar time zone. Preference will be given to candidates located in one of the IISD's payroll countries: Germany, Portugal, UK

Salary: Salary commensurate with experience and location  

Portugal:   EUR 44,000-51,000

Germany: EUR 55,000-64,000

UK:           GBP 46,000-50,000

Start date: As soon as possible   

Closing date: May 31, 2024.  Recruitment will be on a rolling basis until the position is filled. 

Application Procedure 

All submissions must be in English.  

Applications will only be accepted through Bamboo HR.   

• A CV (no longer than two pages)


• A one-page letter of motivation


• IISD Voluntary Self-Identification Questionnaire (optional)

 

Only those candidates we wish to interview will be contacted. Resumes will be kept on file for 1 year. 

IISD is committed to fostering a more equitable and sustainable world and welcomes candidates who uphold our values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In addition, to correct the conditions of social injustice and disadvantage in employment around the world, we encourage candidates from historically marginalized groups, including women, Indigenous Peoples, people with disabilities, people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds, and those who identify themselves as 2SLGBTQIA+, to apply for this position. Preference will be given to the equity-deserving groups during the hiring process. We offer reasonable accommodations in our recruitment process and seek applicants' advice on how best to accommodate their needs. Please self-identify and answer our employment equity questionnaire on our applicant tracking system when you apply. 

IISD does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, caste, ethnicity, religion, colour, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status

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