Consultant (Gender Expert)

WorldFish

About The Position

WorldFish is seeking a Gender Consultant to support the effective implementation and operationalization of the RedSeaFish Gender Action Plan (GAP). This role is crucial for ensuring that gender equality and women's empowerment are systematically integrated across all project components, activities, and monitoring systems, aligning with FAO and GEF gender policies. The consultant will focus on strengthening gender integration, operationalizing the GAP, enhancing women's participation and leadership, building capacity for gender mainstreaming, strengthening gender-responsive data and M&E systems, and promoting inclusive knowledge sharing and outreach.

Requirements

Advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Rural Development Fisheries, Aquaculture, Natural Resource Management, Development Studies or related field.
Minimum 7–10 years of proven experience in Gender mainstreaming in development projects, working in fisheries, aquaculture, or natural resource management.
Integrating gender into monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems, including indicators and sex-disaggregated data.
Supporting inclusive stakeholder engagement, particularly with women and community-based groups.
Experience working on gender activities in the region (fisheries or more broadly in agriculture).
Fluency in Arabic strongly desired.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience with GEF and/or FAO MEL systems is a strong asset.

Responsibilities

Review and operationalize the Gender Action Plan (GAP).
Review the integration of gender consideration across project components, and outputs.
Support the development of an M&E framework to ensure it is gender responsive.
Support the development the knowledge management, learning and communications plan to ensure it is gender-sensitive with messaging targeted to include women.
Coordinating/liaising with stakeholders to ensure the participation and leadership of women in project activities, including through the communication of the Gender Action Plan to project stakeholders.
Strengthening gender-responsive data systems in fisheries information systems.
Support the incorporation of gender-responsive approaches into national and regional fisheries management plan.
Develop and deliver capacity-building programmes on gender mainstreaming to project staff, fisheries agencies, and local communities.
Develop gender-sensitive indicators and support integration of gender into project monitoring, reporting, and evaluation frameworks.
Ensure gender-balanced participation in project activities and support the active engagement of women’s groups, CSOs, and community actors through gender-sensitive and gender-responsive practices.
Contribute to communication materials, awareness programmes, and knowledge products that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Provide technical advisory support to the CTA, PMU and partners on gender mainstreaming and support to address socio-cultural barriers to women’s participation.