Immeuble CCIA, Avenue Jean Paul II, 01 BP 1387, Abidjan 01 Cote D'ivoire

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP Immeuble CCIA, Avenue Jean Paul II, 01 BP 1387, Abidjan 01 Cote d’Ivoire Gender, Women and Civil Society Department (AHGC) E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Telephone: +22520264246

Title of the assignment: Consultant-project coordinator to help the Department of Gender, Women and Civil Society (AHGC) in TSF funded project (titled Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable Women in the Sahel Region) in Chad, Mali and Niger.

The African Development Bank, with funding from the Transition Support Facility (TSF), hereby invites individual consultants to express their interest for a consultancy to support the Multinational project Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable Women in three transition countries specifically Chad, Mali and Niger

Brief description of the Assignment: The consultant-project coordinator will support the effective operationalization of the project that includes: (i) Developing the project’s annual work Plan and budget and coordinating its implementation; (ii) Preparing reports or minutes for various activities of the project at each stage of each consultancy in accordance with the Bank reporting guideline; (iii) Contributing to gender related knowledge products on G5 Sahel countries (including country gender profiles, country policy briefs, etc.) that lead to policy dialogue with a particular emphasis on fragile environments.

Department issuing the request: Gender, Women and Civil Society Department (AHGC)

Place of assignment: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Duration of the assignment: 12 months Tentative Date of commencement: 5th September 2020 Deadline for Applications: Wednesday 26th August 2020 at 17h30 GMT

Applications to be submitted to: [email protected]; [email protected] ; [email protected]

For the attention of: Ms. Amel Hamza Division Manager, Gender and Women Empowerment African Development Bank Group Gender, Women and Civil Society Department Immeuble du Centre de commerce International d'Abidjan CCIA Avenue Jean-Paul II, 01 BP 1387 Tel: +225 20263656/20265971

Terms of Reference for a 12 month consultancy to hire a consultant-project coordinator to support the Department of Gender, Women and Civil Society (AHGC) in TSF funded project in Mali, Niger and Chad

Background:

The African Development Bank (or the Bank) is the premier multilateral development finance institution fostering economic growth and social progress in Africa. The Bank’s primary goal is to reduce poverty and improve the living standards of all Africans by mobilizing resources in and outside Africa. The Bank is dedicated to tackling the full complexities and challenges of development on the continent by providing financial and technical assistance to development projects and programs in regional member countries. It has integrated operations of lending directly to the public and private sectors through a variety of financing instruments as well as providing advisory services.

The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department is under the Agriculture, Human and Social Development Complex. The main objective of the Complex is to deliver on Bank’s Ten Year Strategy High 5s priority of “Feed Africa” and “Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa”. Furthermore, “Improve Quality of Life for the People of Africa” is operationalized with a focus on Gender, Women and Civil Society.

The role of the Division Gender and Women Empowerment (AHGC1) is to provide strategic guidance on gender, women’s empowerment work in the Bank including building relationships with development partners and other alliances at global level to advance the gender work; center of excellence for incubation and innovation and scale up new gender projects. AHGC1 also intends to strengthen readiness review process to ensure quality at entry of projects by monitoring and reporting (collection of gender data, statistics analysis, impact evaluation, and capacity building for monitoring and evaluation). In addition, the Division provides the Bank with technical knowledge for strategic implementation of the High5s from a gender, women’s empowerment lens and anchors as the secretariat for the Bank-wide gender Oversight Committee, chaired by the Senior Vice President with membership across sectors and regions to ensure full integration of gender across all projects.

This project was designed to alleviate humanitarian consequences of migration and enhance development impact by fostering economic resilience in remote communities and bridging the humanitarian- development gap. The project aims to strengthen women’s economic resilience in three pilot countries (Niger, Mali and Chad) as an entry point for transformational change through income-generating activities ranging from agriculture and livestock rearing to trade and crafts, skills development and policy dialogue. The consultant will ensure the three components are implemented.

Objectives and expected results of the Assignment:

The global objective of this consultancy is to support the Gender and Women Empowerment Division (AHGC1) in coordinating the activities related to the TSF-funded project, which will be implemented by

2 the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and AHGC1 in Mali, Niger and Chad. Within this context, the Consultant will support the Bank’s efforts to promote women’s economic empowerment in three fragile settings.

More specifically, under the supervision of the Principal Statistician-Economist of the Gender Division, the Consultant will assist the Division on these following key activities: (i) Responsible for coordination, execution and day-to-day management of the overall project’s planned activities and delivering of expected results on time; (ii) Develop the project’s annual work Plan and budget and coordinate its implementation; (iii) Plan and organize meetings, workshops, conferences and other events relating to the program; (iv) Coordinate the execution of the procurement plan and maintain a database on the status of procurement of goods and services done under the project; (v) Coordinate the progress and timeliness of consultancies in accordance with the Bank reporting guideline and the requisite contracts; (vi) Prepare reports or minutes for various activities of the project and at each stage of each consultancy in accordance with the Bank reporting guideline; (vii) Contribute to gender related knowledge products on G5 Sahel countries (including country gender profiles, country policy briefs, etc.) that lead to policy dialogue with a particular emphasis on fragile environments. These products should inform the Sahel regional integration strategy and help prepare budget support initiative as well as policy reforms; (viii) Coordinate project closure; and (ix) Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the Principal Statistician-Economist.

At the end of the project and the consultancy, we expect the following outputs and outcomes:

. Income-generating activities provided for vulnerable women in the affected communities; . Capacity building activities delivered to 2290 beneficiaries and training reports provided. These beneficiaries (including many female-headed households) are improving their knowledge, professional skills and capacity to design and monitor the project cycle; . Regional Policy Dialogue/roundtable in Sahel on Gender in Fragile contexts, including one regional gender profile for the G5 Sahel Countries and five final country gender profile (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad).

Duties and responsibilities:

 Support the gender department in implementing the Bank-ICRC TSF Pillar III funded project “Economic Empowerment of Vulnerable Women in Chad, Mali and Niger”;  Contribute to the preparation of gender profiles reports funded by this project;  Coordinate AHGC1 relationship with the ICRC in the context of this project;  Provide support to the Gender and Women Empowerment Division in preparing the study on Demographic Dividend (DD) and the Return on Investment (ROI) in girls and women’s empowerment and rights in Sahel countries;  Develop, edit and publish contents on strategic information materials on Gender Data, Policy Dialogue and Fragility for advocacy purposes, including press releases, blogs, reports;  Coordinate the organization of the roundtable on humanitarian development and women’s empowerment in the context of fragility;  Perform any other tasks as assigned by the Manager of the Division Gender and Women Empowerment.

Selection Criteria:

 A Master’s level degree program (Development Studies, Gender, Law, Social Sciences, Economics or related field);  A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience, with experience in gender, policy dialogue and fragility;  Proven experience in humanitarian development and women’s empowerment in the context of fragility;  Proven experience in research and coordination of knowledge dissemination, particularly on women’s issues on the African continent;  Experience in the targeted countries with proven understanding of the regional dynamic;  Experience in advocacy, policy positioning and partnerships / resource mobilization experience working with international organizations is an asset;  Perfect knowledge of the Bank’s official languages: French and English.

Skills and Competencies

(i) Effective communication skills both written and oral. Creative and independent report writing skills and ability to structure persuasive arguments in a diplomatic way is highly desirable; (ii) Advanced level of proficiency in French and English, both written and oral, is essential. (iii) Good interpersonal skills and demonstrate ability to interact with a range of stakeholders including the Government, the ICRC and other stakeholders. Strong IT skills and should be computer literate in MS Office and project management software; (iv) Ability to build consensus, collaboration, and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, at all levels including in an international and cross-cultural context; and (v) Over and above these above technical and skills requirements, this assignment requires the utmost professionalism, ethics and confidentiality.

Duration and location of the assignment

This position is based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire and the consultant will be expected to travel. Field mission might occasionally be required. This is a twelve (12) months consultancy, beginning on the 5th September 2020, with the possibility of renewal subject to the availability of funding.

Remuneration

The consultant will receive a monthly lump sum. No additional benefits or per diems will be paid. The consultant is responsible for his/ her own health insurance and accommodation costs. The Bank will cover full costs of any required missions and provide per-diem in accordance with rules governing consultant mission travel.

Administration/Reporting

The Consultant will submit monthly reports to the Principal Statistician-Economist detailing the activities carried out and the status of each activity.