Role Purpose
To support the implementation of the Cultural
Relations gender equality strategy and EDI action plan; provide expert advice
and support our global programmes and contracts to deliver gender equality
outcomes; and contribute to and manage research, thought leadership and
advocacy for gender equality themes across our cultural engagement work. The
role will build the skills and capacities of colleagues to integrate gender
equality and inclusion into projects and programmes and support the development
and implementation of Cultural Engagement systems and processes to ensure
gender equality is addressed.
Main accountabilities but not limited to the
following:
Strategy & Planning
- Provides high quality analysis of global, regional and UK
trends and evidence on gender equality and empowerment of women and girls
to contribute to the development of the British Council’s strategies and
plans.
- Contributes to the development and delivery of the Cultural
Engagement Gender Strategy and the Cultural Engagement EDI Plan.
Sector/subject expertise
- Contributes to understanding of the British Council’s
programmes that contribute to gender equality/empowerment of women and
girls and lead the sharing of good practice.
- Contributes to the development of research and thought
leadership materials and represent the British Council externally, to
enhance its reputation as a credible authority in gender equality and to
promote intercultural understanding/new collaborative opportunities.
- Contributes to the development and delivery of training,
support and knowledge-sharing activities to build skills and capability in
gender mainstreaming and the empowerment of women and girls across
Cultural Engagement globally.
- Manages the identification, development and quality assurance
of networks of associates, consultants and relevant partners to support
the British Council’s work in gender equality and the empowerment of women
and girls.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- To actively contribute to an inclusive and anti-racist
organisational culture, being aware of your own biases, and taking action
to mitigate against these. Ensuring people feel valued and are treated
equitably, with support for people’s well-being and mental health.
- Understand the British Council’s approach to equality,
diversity and inclusion and how it applies to your role, making time for
learning and development relating to EDI and anti-racism.
Relationship and Stakeholder Management
- Develops and maintains excellent relationships and
communication with internal stakeholders including programme leads, sector
leads, business development leads, Regional EDI leads and the Diversity
Unit to build a clear understanding of their needs and experiences, to
enable effective advice and tailored support to meet gender equality
commitments.
- Builds and manage reputation, relationships and partnerships
with key gender equality stakeholders relevant to our programmes
Business Development
- Supports positioning and scoping activities to identify
business opportunities including analysis of donor and funder policies and
practice on gender equality
- Leads and/or contributes to concepts and technical proposals
for new business opportunities that focus on or make a significant
contribution to gender equality.
- Contributes to the Global Contract and Programme Approval
processes to ensure that commitments to gender equality are being met.
Consultancy, Analysis & Problem Solving
- Supports the development and implementation of systems and
processes in place across Cultural Engagement to monitor and meet our
gender equality commitments. across all funding streams
- Provides professional advice, guidance and
opportunity-development support to help the scoping, contextual analysis
(including gender analysis) design and delivery of gender transformative
programmes that focus on gender equality.
- Provides professional advice, guidance and consultancy input
to integrate gender perspectives and outcomes for women and girls/gender
transformative approaches in the delivery and monitoring and evaluation of
programmes.
Role-specific knowledge and experience:
The successful candidate will need to possess the
following requirements:
- Relevant degree in international development, gender studies,
public policy, or a related discipline
- Experience of leading and/or contributing to technical
proposals from a gender perspective
- Consultancy, capacity building and training skills,
particularly in gender equality
- Ability to carry our gender analysis and advise on gender
sensitive and/or transformative programme design and delivery.
- Knowledge of gender equality issues globally and in SSA and at
least one of the British Council areas of work (Arts, Education and
English) relevant policies and the intersection between gender and other
inequalities
- Experience of applying knowledge of gender issues to research
and programme design and delivery in an SSA context.
- Experience of delivering capacity building and training
activities – specifically on gender equality
- Experience of promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
within project planning and delivery including use of appropriate tools
- Understands and promotes ethical conduct, and able to ensure
that own behaviour and the behaviour of others is consistent with these
standards and values of the British Council including those set out in our
EDI priorities.
- Experience and understanding of working across SSA region.
Desirable
Master’s degree in a relevant field
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