National Consultant for Gender environmental and Conflict analysis for Blue Nile State
Location | Khartoum, Sudan |
Date Posted | September 23, 2020 |
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Administration
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Job Type |
Full-time
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Currency | SDG |
Description
This gender, conflict and environmental assessment/analysis will inform the development of a joint UN Women, UNEP Peace Building Fund (PBF) Project in selected regions of Blue Nile State. The proposed project is responding to protracted conflict in the state, in which the impacts of climate change have compounded natural resource scarcity and threatened livelihoods that depend on fertile land for farming and grazing.
In many contexts, climate change and environmental degradation exacerbate insecurity, further draining the availability of resources that underpin livelihoods for framers and herders alike. Women and men are affected by – and contribute to – these dynamics in different and unique ways. The goal of this analysis is to assess these dynamics, and identify entry points for peacebuilding that can both empower women and strengthen community adaptation to climate change. The analysis will assess the differences in the conditions, needs, participation rates, access to resources and development, control of assets, decision-making powers, protection issues including SGBV, etc. between and among girls/women and boys/men in their assigned gender roles and how this has been impacted by the conflict, environmental and climate crises. The findings will inform the design of project interventions and will serve as a key gauge and benchmark in ensuring that project implementation is responding to conflict and gender as well as environmental issues in the target communities in Blue Nile State which is our region of intervention. The consultant will be recruited for 5 days and will be guided by the terms of this contract. A consultant is being recruited with the aim of undertaking a gender, conflict and environmental analysis in order to generate data to better inform the project with essential information on the perceived historical and structural background of violent conflict and how conflict relates to gender and environment issues. The consultant is further expected to generate qualitative and quantitative information to provide benchmark against which the project design can contribute the reduction of gender, conflict and environmental sensitivities in the Blue Nile in order to achieve project goal.
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Duties and Responsibilities |
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The consultant will be expected to undertake the following:
a. What are the root causes, current drivers of conflict, current conflict patterns and trends across the following domains:
b. How do climate shocks and environmental change impact conflict dynamics? Using a gender lens, consider:
c. How do gender norms and power relations influence – and how are they are affected by – conflict and climate-related risks? Consider:
2. Map key actors in project locations with the mandate and capacity to act for gender equality (Community Leaders, CBOs, NGOs, Youth Groups, Women led CSOs etc.), sustainable development, and/or peace and security; 3. Prepare a comprehensive report with detailed specific findings and recommendations to promote gender equality, address the environmental and climate crisis, and strengthen peacebuilding. 3.0 Methodology This analysis will follow the integrated gender, conflict, and environmental framework, attached as annex. Qualitative and quantitative methods will be employed to ensure inclusion of all the project actors and stakeholders in the gender, environmental and conflict analysis process. The process will be consultative and based on the principles of participation, the consultant is expected to take all necessary steps to ensure that the security and dignity of the respondents and the rest of the population participating in the gender, environmental and conflict analysis exercises is not compromised. The methods for gathering the required information for the gender and conflict analysis may include: 3.1 Secondary data sources:
3.2 Primary data sources Phone/email interviews/discussions, key informant interviews with national, state and local authorities whose roles are related to dealing with environment in situations of vulnerability. These can serve both to gather data and to discuss existing or potential modes of collaboration.
4.0 Deliverables:
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Competencies |
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Core Values/Guiding Principles:
Integrity:
Professionalism:
Cultural sensitivity and valuing diversity:
Core Competencies: Ethics and Values:
Organizational Awareness:
Development and Innovation:
Work in teams:
Communicating and Information Sharing:
Self-management and Emotional Intelligence:
Conflict Management:
Continuous Learning and Knowledge Sharing:
Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making:
Functional Competencies:
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Required Skills and Experience |
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Master’s degree or equivalent in social sciences, human rights, gender/ women’s studies, international development, environment or a related field is required. 5 years of experience of working in the Blue Nile state would be accepted on lieu of the master’s degree. - Experience:
- Language Requirements:
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