Deadline: 10 February, 2024

Location: Mogadishu, Somalia

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking to fill the role of Gender Analyst (Climate Disaster Risk Insurance).

The mission of WFP is to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. 

Responsibilities

• Undertake the desk review of relevant sources and document an inception report on the climate disaster risks faced by diverse women, men, girls and boys, as well as the current state of national disaster risk management and Climate Disaster Risk Finance Instruments (CDRFI) in Somalia
• Review the national matrix on gender and sex-disaggregated related indicators, including the availability of sex-disaggregated vulnerability data and compile the list of priority indicators and gaps on gender equality and climate considering the national policies and programmes
• Assess the sex-disaggregated data for catastrophe risk modelling to allow for more accurate risk profiles and insurance products that cover the needs of women as well as men
• Assess the climate and gender data available in country to determine to which extent the stakeholders have the capacity to govern, collect, analyse and use the gender data and evidence to inform climate change and disaster risk management policies and actions
• Assess the coordination mechanisms/dialogue platforms enabling women’s participation in disaster risk reduction and management as well as climate disaster risk finance instruments policy and decision-making at household and community level
• Assess the social norms that underpin Gender Based Violence (GBV), the most common types of GBV, and how they change after climate disasters previously. This needs to be done through Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and desk review
• Based on the data gap, prepare the methodology and tools that will enable the employment of an intersectional gender lens for primary data collection with a focus on gender analysis domains.
• Subsequently, collect primary data including (but not limited to) conducting focus group discussions and/or key informant interviews with affected people
• Based on the review, conduct a gender analysis factoring in the gender domains (roles and responsibilities, social norms, institutional frameworks, power and decision-making, access and control, time and mobility and benefit), the use of qualitative and intra-household data where possible, that documents actual and hypothesised gender-specific differences, barriers and needs when faced with climate risks and identifies key imperatives for change for contingency planning answering the following questions:

• • What are the distinct ways in which climate disasters affect men and women differently in Somalia and how are climate disasters been perceived by both men and women?
  • How do cultural and social factors influence women’s ability to access and benefit from climate disaster risk insurance?
  • Are there any specific challenges or barriers that women face in participating in or benefiting from climate risk insurance programmes?
• Contribute significantly to the design of the overarching conceptual framework and action plan for the climate and disaster risk insurance project, helping ensure an appropriate gender lens is incorporated to probe and/or address gender-specific challenges and impacts

Requirements

• Advanced degree in gender, development studies, public policy/administration, human rights, social policy, anthropology, economics, statistics, climate change or related fields
• Minimum of five years of professional experience increasingly responsible for climate change and gender-related studies/research/surveys
• Experience with gender transformative assessments and programming is a significant asset
• International Professional: Fluency (level C) in the English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language is an added advantage
• Strong experience in working with government authorities, UN and or NGO entities on climate change, climate disaster risk insurance, and gender-related topics
• Hands-on experience in the formulation of gender mainstreaming tools and the application of the tool in mainstreaming gender in public administration
• Experience writing policy papers with a focus on gender, governance, public policy and management, and monitoring and evaluation will be an added advantage
• Experience with qualitative data collection and revision of qualitative and quantitative data
• Prior experience working in developing and post-conflict countries is required, but experience working in Somalia is an added advantage
• Experience working in an international organisation is preferable

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