GESI Consultancy for DRR

The purpose of this Scope of Work (SoW) is to outline the tasks and responsibilities of the Timor Leste GESI Consultant to provide support to the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Haforsa no Hasae Komunidade nia Rezilensia ba Alterasaun Klimatika (HAKOREN) Disaster Risk Reduction project. The consultancy will be over a period of 3 months, with the option to extend the consultancy if both parties agree.

II.           Background

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.

CRS Timor-Leste currently has a diverse portfolio of projects, including agriculture livelihoods (nutrition-sensitive agriculture, climate-smart agriculture, technical assistance for enhanced productivity), peacebuilding, saving and internal lending communities (SILC), disaster risk reduction (DRR), humanitarian response, and water security. Current donors include United States Agency of International Development (USAID), USAID/Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), Margaret A. Cargill Foundation, Australian Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), UN Women, and Latter-Day Saints Church.

Following the implementation of the HAKOREN project in Timor-Leste from 2020 -2023, CRS Timor-Leste, as part of regional project spanning across 3 countries including Indonesia and Bangladesh, will now be implementing Phase II of the project (or HAKOREN II).  The overall goal of the HAKOREN II program is for at-risk communities in Timor-Leste to become better prepared for natural disasters, for local government to be equipped to prepare for natural disasters and for at-risk households to have reduced risk of natural disasters through improved and inclusive livelihood practices. HAKOREN II will build off experience and learnings from implementing disaster risk reduction (DRR), agriculture, and economic recovery and market systems (ERMS) programs in Timor-Leste since 2011. The project will be implemented in the municipality of Viqueque.

III.          Objectives & Activities

The consultant will have the following primary responsibilities:

1. Develop a GEDSI training curriculum (facilitation guide and flip book) in collaboration with the CRS Asia Regional Technical Advisor for GESI --- late May.
2. Facilitate 2 days of training on GESI to the HAKOREN Project Team (Partner and CRS Staff) --- late May.
3. Facilitate a GESI Session at a 5-day CLDRM+ Training. The audience of this session will be the Project Team   --- June
4. Continue to accompany the HAKOREN team during facilitation of CLDRM+ at aldeia level in 9 target Suco in Viqueque--- July-September
5. Develop SOP on GESI for Emergency Preparedness Plan-July
6. Other GESI related responsibilities, as needed and mutually agreed upon by all parties.

VI.          Place of Performance/ Location

The consultant will be based in Baucau and probably field visit to project area in Viqueque.

VII.        Key Working Relationships

• CRS HAKOREN Project Manager
• CRS DRR Program Manager
• CRS HAKOREN Project Staff
• CRS Asia Regional Technical Advisor for GESI

VIII.       Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 4 years of work experience in project support. Experience in the community-level savings and loans programming or in a Gender and/or Protection role for an NGO would be a plus.
• Additional education may substitute for some experience.
• Experience in participatory action planning and community engagement.
• Experience monitoring projects and collecting relevant data preferred.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

IX.          How to Apply

Send a cover letter, current CV and professional references by email to CRS Timor-Leste HR at [email protected] or [email protected] with the subject “Timor Leste GESI Expert.”