Gender Consultant
VSO Indonesia is
currently looking for a Gender consultant to support Gender work undertaken
by VSO Indonesia in its programmes:
Interested
parties should submit their expression of interest (EOI), no longer than 2
pages, giving:
§
Evidence of how they meet the essential qualifications listed
§
Proposed approach to this consultancy
§
The charge for the consultancy (fixed amount, in Indonesian Rupiah)
excluding possible travel costs, which are in a separate budget
Please be aware that CV’s will not be considered.
EOI must be
received by February 5, 2010 at 5:00 PM Central Indonesian Time, by email
(preferable) or fax to:
Lucy Gunawan
Programme
Support Officer, VSO Indonesia
Tel:
0361 221 717
Fax:
0361 257 379
Email: lucy.gunawan@vsoint.org
Background
VSO is an international development
agency that promotes volunteering to fight global poverty and disadvantage.
Traditionally VSO has focused on bringing international volunteers to
developing countries to work alongside local partner organisations to share
skills, creativity and learning. Increasingly, one aspect that we would like
to
support our partners’ capacity in is along the theme of Gender equity.
Outline of responsibilities
Main responsibilities
·
Provide input and advice to
Action planning with VSO programme staff for the incorporation of Gender
equity
as a crosscutting theme for the Indonesia
country programme. The output would include:
o
a report and a presentation to
VSO Indonesia programme staff in regards to the incorporation of gender
equity
specific information in to existing planning, monitoring and reporting tools
in
the VSO Indonesia office
o
a gender equity auditing tool
o
a workshop with a number of
Gender Organizations in Indonesia.
o
a revised gender session for VSO
volunteers
o
revised partnership agreements
o
framework for donor and
beneficiary reporting
·
Act as a resource person for a
Gender awareness training for all staff in VSO Indonesia
·
Other Gender equity focused work
as assigned by your manager.
Provide
information to support the work
of a roving Gender volunteer on:
·
Possible gender equity tools
particularly on Gender Audits
·
Possible gender partners (or
individuals) for future collaboration and/or partnership with VSO Indonesia.
·
Good practise in gender equality
and mainstreaming from VSO programmes and organisations working in
Indonesia.
Qualifications:
Essential
Minimum Bachelors degree in
social sciencesMinimum 5 years experience
working with Gender organizations in IndonesiaFluency in Indonesian and
EnglishExperience organizing and
facilitating workshops and trainings on gender topicsHave a strong personal
network with Gender Organizations in Indonesia
Desirable
Experience with CIDA’s
Gender Equity frameworkStrong research skills
Activities & Time Frame
The assignment is estimated to take place over
approximately 3 months. The Consultant should be
available between March 1, 2010 and May 31, 2010.
Conditions
The
consultant is expected to be in the VSO Office in Denpasar Bali for some
periods of time. Some travel (paid for by VSO according to internal
guidelines,
to NTT and/or Sulawesi is expected as arranged by your line manager during
the
consultancy)
The consultant
will report to the Country Director of VSO Indonesia
Payment
VSO will pay a fixed amount for satisfactory
delivery of the outputs listed above. This amount will include the
consultant’s
professional fees and other costs (excluding travel to the programme areas
that
will be covered as required by VSO). The consultant would be responsible for
completion of the consultancy within this fixed amount.
The
consultant will be paid a fee paid in two equal instalments, one half way
through the consultancy, and the other upon satisfactory completion of the
work
and submission of a final report. For each payment, the consultant will
submit
an invoice.
