Overview
The Gender Officer will support, monitor, and report on gender equality outcomes across ADB operations, providing technical support to regional, thematic, and sectoral teams. The role involves supporting the processing and administration of loans, grants, and technical assistance on gender equality, as well as providing sector-level operational and coordination support.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the incorporation of gender equality outcomes and designs in projects and programs.
- Provide support in the identification, development, implementation of loans, technical assistance (TA) projects, and knowledge products and services that can strengthen gender equality operations.
- Coordinate and provide technical advice and support to relevant staff in Executing Agencies (EAs) or Implementing Agencies (IAs), or private sector clients to ensure effective implementation and monitoring of ADB project Gender Assessment and Action Plans (GAAPs).
- Participate and provide input into loan/grant inception and review missions to monitor progress towards achieving GAAPs.
- Review and provide inputs into relevant project documents (e.g., GAAPs, Project Completion Reports, memos, survey tools, gender case studies etc.).
- Support the organization and conduct of training for clients and project staff on gender mainstreaming training or other capacity-building workshops.
- Contribute to the creation of knowledge solutions on gender and development, including case studies, blogs, gender briefings, and regular country specific gender updates.
- Support activities for advocacy, dissemination and knowledge building on gender and development both internally and externally.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Required Experience
At least 8 years of relevant work experience in program monitoring, design, implementation and reporting, with preference for experience in one of ADB's regions (e.g., Central and West Asia, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia or the Pacific). Experience of working in monitoring and evaluation - with preference for experience on analysis and monitoring of programming on gender equality. Experience of capacity development and delivering training on gender equality to a wide range of stakeholders, including government staff, the private sector, and civil society organizations. Two years of relevant experience outside ADB within the past five years is required. Years as an ADB-engaged consultant or contractor are considered experience outside of ADB.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in international development, social sciences and/or gender studies or relevant fields preferably with advanced training.
