Position Title:

 Gender and Youth Specialist 

• Position Classification: 
  • Fixed Term – (Part Time), Tunisian, and CCN, and will be based Tunisia, preferably  in Tunis. 
• Program Overview: 
  • The Power Tunisia Program (“Power Tunisia” or the “Program”) seeks to advance  self-reliance in Tunisia by strengthening the country’s institutional capacity to manage, operate, and  maintain a modern, diversified and financially sound electricity system. The activity has three core  objectives: 
• Strengthening the energy sector’s performance 
• Diversifying and securing energy supply 
• Promoting advanced technology pilots and partnerships 

Position Overview: 

The Gender and Youth Specialist is responsible planning, management, and  integration of gender and youth considerations across all Program activities.

Specifically, the Gender and  Youth Specialist will support technical leads in developing interventions that prioritize the disperse  geographies of Tunisia while focusing on inclusive gender representation. The Gender and Youth  Specialist will reinforce Power Tunisia’s deployment of gender-sensitive and youth-focused approaches  in implementing its Program activities that are relevant for Tunisian context.

In addition, the Gender and  Youth Specialist will provide advice and guidance to Power Tunisia component leads and counterparts  on how to effectively take into account gender and youth considerations related to delivery of the  agreed-upon clean energy projects. 

Detailed Responsibilities: 

The Gender and Youth Specialist shall perform the following general  functions: 

• Advise technical team members on how to effectively integrate gender and youth considerations into all aspects of Power Tunisia Program and its technical delivery, and codify  agreed upon approaches into intervention-level scopes of work. 
• Assist in delivering scopes of work where gender and/or youth components have been included.  • Ensure inclusion of communities from the northern and southern regions of Tunisia across  Program activities, considering the social and economic disparities between citizens. • Develop and/or oversee contracted studies, assessments, and action plans on integration of  women, youth, and representatives from diverse regions of Tunisia into the energy sector and  local workforce.  
• Review existing and/or develop new gender-responsive policies, strategies, and interventions to  better-integrate gender equality into ANME’s formal and informal organizational practices,  following USAID leading practices. 
• Plan and conduct training with Program staff, counterparts, and stakeholders on issues relevant  to energy and its impacts on gender parity, youth participation, and diverse geographic  communities. 
• Review grant applications to ensure that PT Grant Programs and Grantee organizations  incorporate gender and youth consideration into their proposed activities. 
• Assist the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist in developing and implementing monitoring and  evaluation frameworks for gender and youth-focused interventions, following USAID evaluation  standards. 
• Identify relevant stakeholders and develop partnerships with organizations working in gender,  youth, and non-majority community advocacy. 
• Measure the impact of Program interventions to strengthen the gender, youth, and non majority community inclusion for the Program. 
• Other duties as assigned. 

Supervisor and Reporting Responsibilities: 

For all routine responsibilities and duties, either directly or  indirectly related to the Position description, the Employee shall report directly to, and be supervised by  the position of Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP). The Employee’s Supervisor may change from time to time  on an ad hoc or temporary basis depending on the needs of the Program. 

Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, women’s studies, public policy, or another  related field (Master’s degree preferred) 
• At least five (5) years of demonstrated experience working with women and youth in Tunisia,  preferably on energy and workforce topics 
• Understanding of barriers for women, youth, and non-majority communities for participating in  the energy sector 
• Experience developing Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) recommendations and  activities for donor-funded projects 
• Strong understanding of gender mainstreaming principles and youth engagement strategies  consistent with USAID principles 
• Knowledge of youth workforce development issues in Tunisia 
• Knowledge of clean energy sector a plus 
• Prior experience on USAID or donor-funded projects preferred 
• Fluent in English (both oral and written) required 
• Fluent in French required; Arabic preferred