This is a six month part time (approx 50%) HOME-BASED position, with occasional travel to two West-African countries.
Start: August/September. 
The work is already running.

Interested parties shall take good note of the technical and language requirements.  Well-qualified candidates are invited to send their CVs no later than Friday, 21st July 2023 to email:   Africa@capstone.ltd
More details, including target countries,  will be provided to short-listed candidates, so don't hesitate to submit your CV if you strongly fit the below profile !
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​Qualifications

• Demonstrated professional  background on gender/energy nexus programs at multiple scales -- from larger/centralized generation projects up to smaller/decentralised electrification projects
• Robust ability to conduct gender assessments/consultations, and in advising on gender-sensitive policy cycle including M&E
• Proven capacity to community technical knowledge with analytic skills and prepare high quality advisory and deliverables
• Demonstrative skills to coordinate different groups, stakeholders and development platforms and achieve best-fit with national gender & energy priorities
• Strong political sensitivity with capacity to self-orient in dynamic contexts for the benefit of the program
• Collaborative way of working
• Gender and energy experience in Africa
• Ideally based in sub-Saharan Africa
• French & English language fluency 

Tasks 

• Support government officials primarily in two Francophone west African countries with gender and energy priorities
• Give substantive guidance to other advisors in the organization’s energy program to recognisie and promot gender sensitivity in energy affairs
• Inform M&E platform framework and planning basis on relevant themes and operational modalities
• Represent the funding programme vis-à-vis various gender leaders and wider development assistance partners
• Support extraction of lessons gained and externally communicate on the platform’s work to promote gender sensitivity in the energy sector

​​Primary deliverables:

• In country A:  provide direct advisory support to the High Level Gender-based Unit to help  advance the following:
  • Development of a two year gender action plan, including mobilisation of pertinent delivery partners
  • Operational execution proposal to strengthen gender integration within the associated fund,
  • Alignment of work with national priorities proposed with support to the Gender Unit
  • Publication(s) externally communicated to demonstrate the country’s efforts on the gender-energy nexus
• In country B:  provide direct advisory support to the Gender and council established within the a specialized energy body to advance the following:
  • Test the new gender approach within the rural energy tendering efforts, assess results and develop improvement options
  • Capacitation of various teams within the energy body
• For the wider program in other African countries:
  • Support with substantive feedback and cross-peer reviews
  •  Active involvement in regular gender leaders meetings
  • Contribute to the reports planning activities on gender objectives and linked performance
  • Report on delivery of gender strategy within larger report on the program
  • Other relevant support, success cases, general improvement proposals, etc