A Principal Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), you will be responsible for providing high-level leadership and senior technical oversight on mainstreaming gender equality and women's empowerment all aspects of ADB corporate policies, operations, knowledge and partnerships. You will help ensure the implementation of bank-wide standards on gender mainstreaming in sovereign and no sovereign operations. You will provide knowledge leadership through cutting-edge knowledge work on priority and emerging gender equality issues in Asia and the Pacific that influence and support future ADB operations in developing member countries (DMCs).
Responsibilities :
Lead (as assigned team member or peer reviewer) mainstreaming of gender equality and women's empowerment in project design, implementation and completion.
Lead development and implementation of technical assistance projects (TAs) on current and emerging gender issues to influence and support innovative gender equality and women's empowerment designs across ADB operations and knowledge initiatives.
Act as a CCGE focal for sector, themes, regions or the private sector, as assigned, and coordinate with counterpart foals in other divisions/departments.
Build and maintain partnerships and networks, including with bilateral and multilateral agencies, trust funds and nontraditional donors, DMC governments, think tanks, academia and civil society organizations (CSOs), focused on gender equality and women's empowerment.
Provide leadership on external policy engagement and thought leadership on a range of gender equality topics and represent CCGE at external knowledge events as assigned.
Lead or contribute to the development of gender knowledge products (e.g., research reports, toolkits, policy briefs, case-studies, blogs) and design and delivery of knowledge events and/or capacity development on gender equality with internal sector/thematic teams and external partner clients.
Provide senior-level support to Director, Gender Equality in gender-related corporate initiatives, quality assurance, data management and cross-divisional and departmental coordination.
Prepare and deliver management briefings on gender-related topics as required.
Provide guidance and mentoring to more junior staff, including supervising the performance, ongoing learning and development of assigned reporting staff.
Perform any other tasks that may be assigned by the Director, Gender Equality.
Requirements :
Master's degree or equivalent in social sciences, international development, public policy or other related fields, including an emphasis on gender and development or University degree in relevant fields and at least 5 years specialized experience relevant to the position can be considered.
At least 12 years work experience in gender and development, preferably with field-level experience of mainstreaming gender equality and women's empowerment into country/regional operations.
Demonstrated expertise in building capacity for implementing gender equality initiatives with stakeholders from the private sector, government and other development partners, including CSOs.
Demonstrated experience in leading innovative knowledge products or initiatives in gender equality and women's empowerment (including events).
International experience working in several countries with a multilateral development bank or other international development organization.
Proven experience in effectively managing budgets and teams.
Proven experience in donor relations and partnership development.
