GESI & Facilitation Specialist, Development of a CLA Approach to Advance Gender-Inclusive Development (GID) Integration in RDMA Programs At Social Impact

Social Impact is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity building services to advance development effectiveness. We work across all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries for clients such as US government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.

Project Objective:

Under Task Order 46 of the Asia Learning Monitoring and Evaluation (ALME) program, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) has requested Social Impact to develop a Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) approach to advance Gender and Inclusive Development (GID) integration across programs under four operating units (regional, Thailand, China, and ASEAN) managed by RDMA. This project will be comprised of three distinct tasks:

• Task I: GID Integration Capacity Assessment. Social Impact will design and conduct a rapid capacity assessment among RDMA’s technical and support offices’ staff, analyze the data, and develop a concise assessment brief.
• Task II: GID Integration Assessment. Social Impact will design and implement a rapid assessment on appropriateness of gender and inclusive development action plans of current activities that were developed by the Mission’s implementing partners (IPs), as well as the appropriateness of the implementation and measurements of the GID Action Plans (GIDAP).
• Task III: USAID/RDMA’s CLA Approach Development to Strengthen GID Integration. Based on results from Task I and Task II, the Contractor will design, organize, and facilitate a workshop among relevant Mission’s staff (as well as those of the IPs as deemed necessary) to both increase understanding of the outputs, progress, challenges, successes, and lessons learned on GID integration as well as jointly develop a roadmap/action plan to further advance GID integration and its measurement to all the Mission’s activities.

Position Description:

Social Impact is seeking a GESI & Facilitation Specialist in support of this service request. The Specialist must have a track record of facilitating workshops and learning events with multi-disciplinary, multicultural participants. This is a part-time consulting position with a period of performance from February to August 2022.

**Please note: Candidates must be based in Southeast Asia to be considered

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Team Leader with the assessment and workplan design.
• Provide technical inputs and writing support to all client deliverables, including a GID Integration capacity assessment brief and final report.
• Collaborate with the Team Leader and SI HQ staff to finalize client workshop design and agenda.
• Serve as lead facilitator of in-person and/or virtual workshops in tandem with the Team Leader.
• Assist with logistical arrangements as needed.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and at least six years of experience in a relevant discipline.
• Demonstrated track record of facilitating similar events with multi-disciplinary, multicultural participants.
• Extensive facilitation experience in Asia required.
• In-depth knowledge on GESI issues in USAID programming preferred.
• Knowledge of the USAID Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) framework preferred.
• Exceptional organizational, analytical, writing, and presentation skills.
• Fluency in English, particularly in speaking and writing, is required.