BACKGROUND: The International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), is fully dedicated to supporting small businesses of developing countries to trade. This post is a local position based in Uganda and located within the Sector for Enterprise Competitiveness. The post focuses on advancing gender inclusion for Uganda’s Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) as a key pathway to dignified and fulfilling work for young people, particularly women.

REPONSIBILITIES: Under the direct supervision of Head, SheTrades Initiative, the Advisor will be responsible for the following duties:

• Works with key clients to facilitate the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programmes/projects, including activities related to mainstreaming gender inclusion and addressing participation barriers in Uganda’s Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) sector; monitors and analyzes specific aspects of programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and recommends corrective actions; liaises with relevant parties; identifies and tracks follow-up actions.

• Carries out basic research on selected aspects of programmes, operations and other activities, including emerging gender trends, risks, and structural gaps affecting women and underrepresented groups in the CCI sector; to include collecting, analyzing and presenting statistical data and other information gathered from diverse sources.

• Provides substantive support for policy coordination and evaluation functions, including the review and analysis of gender inclusion issues, participation in evaluations or research activities and studies.

• Assists in performing consulting assignments, in collaboration with the partners, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions, ensuring meaningful participation of women, youth and persons with disabilities, and assisting in developing the action plan that support inclusive change processes.

• Participates in survey initiatives; assists with the design of gender-responsive data collection tools; issues data collection tools, reviews, analyzes and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares preliminary conclusions.

• Contributes to the preparation of various written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analytical notes, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications, as well as documentation of gender-related impact stories, learnings, advocacy messages and knowledge products.

• Provides administrative and substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences, etc., to include proposing agenda topics, identifying and proposed participants, preparation of background documents and presentations, handling logistics, with attention to gender inclusive participation.

• Undertakes outreach activities; participates in the development of training workshops, seminars, including those focused on gender mainstreaming, safeguarding, and inclusive engagement in the CCI sector; participates in and makes presentations on assigned topics/activities.

• Participates in field missions, including provision of substantive and administrative support, data collection, and stakeholder engagement, with attention to gender and disability inclusion considerations.

• Coordinates activities related to budget funding including programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements, and preparation of related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget, etc.) related to gender-inclusive programme components.

• Performs other duties as required, including supporting the effective implementation and monitoring of gender inclusion activities.

Copyright: The personnel has to ensure that s/he has obtained the necessary permissions with regard to intellectual property rights required to perform his/her services under this consultancy contract and for the subsequent dissemination by ITC in any form.

Documentary proof is to be submitted to ITC. Should any license fee be due for the use of copyrighted materials of third parties, the Consultant shall request the prior written permission from ITC. S/he has further to ensure to obtain accreditation to event(s), if required.