Overview
International Consultant on Essential Social Services in EVAW Context to support project design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of project results, informed by international good practices on essential EVAW services.
Key Responsibilities
- Provision of technical expertise to strengthen capacity development interventions and knowledge products on essential social services in the EVAW context.
- Preparation of technical comparative briefs by conducting desk-based comparative analyses of international and regional good practices on essential social services in EVAW.
- Delivery of technical input through online sessions by designing and delivering online technical sessions for MoFSS personnel and relevant stakeholders.
- Provision of technical inputs to training and knowledge products by reviewing and providing substantive technical feedback on training agendas, curricula, manuals, guidance notes, and other knowledge products.
- Support to the finalization of project deliverables by providing technical quality assurance and consolidation support.
- Technical support for the development and implementation of results monitoring tools related to EVAW-specific social service delivery.
Required Experience
- At least seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience providing technical or advisory support on essential social services related to ending violence against women and girls (EVAW), including work grounded in international norms, standards, and good practices, is required.
- Demonstrated experience in policy-oriented analysis or technical advisory work related to social service delivery systems, psychosocial support frameworks, case management models, and/or coordination mechanisms in EVAW contexts and in line with the international normative framework is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated experience in monitoring, evaluation, or results-based frameworks for EVAW essential services, including the design or adaptation of assessment tools and indicators aligned with international standards, is highly desirable.
- Demonstrated experience in providing capacity development support, such as technical guidance, training design, or advisory input, to governmental and non-governmental EVAW social service providers (including women’s shelters), across diverse country or regional contexts, is highly desirable.
- Experience in producing policy relevant knowledge products, technical briefs, guidance notes, or comparative analyses, and in facilitating technical briefings or learning sessions for international or multi-county audiences, is desirable.
Qualifications
- A master’s degree or equivalent in women’s studies, social services, psychology, human rights, social policy, or a related field is required.
- A first-level university degree in women’s studies, social services, psychology, human rights, social policy, or a related field, combined with an additional two years of qualifying professional experience, may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
