Under the overall guidance of Team Lead- Gender Budgeting, and direct supervision of Program Analyst- GRB, the GRB Expert- MWCD will support in strengthening the efforts of the national government on gender responsive planning and budgeting.

The GRB Expert- MWCD will work closely with the nodal official in MWCD, and have the following tasks:

Strengthening GB initiatives by Government of India:

• Lead overall work of GRB unit and technical assistance to MWCD on expansion of GB to central ministries/ departments and states/ UTs;
• Develop national action plan on GB and liaise with MWCD, MoF and line ministries on GRB;
• Streamline uptake of GB framework by ministries/ departments;
• Provide inputs to various Ministries/Departments on gender issues, particularly for existing and new policies, programmes and legislations;
• Develop methodology for undertaking assessment of Ministries/Departments and States on their progress on GRB and supporting in the development of the Ministry wise and State wise Action Plans on GRB;
• Ensure roll out and implementation of self-assessment tool on GB and support to ministries/ departments to undertake and update tool periodically;
• Maintain information and data received from Ministries/gender Budgeting Cells on Gender Budgeting;
• Coordination with Ministry of Finance and other line departments and CSOs for revision of the Gender Budget Statement;
• Analysis of the Gender Budget Statement and coordination with Ministries/ Departments with regards to the same;
• Conduct a pre-budget consultation with MWCD, MoF and women’s group and civil society to enable participation and inclusion of women in budget-making processes;
• Provide technical assistance to MWCD in developing guidelines on Gender Auditing and taking gender audit forward;
• Provide technical assistance to MWCD in developing guidelines on deepening gender budgeting at panchayat/ urban ward levels, including undertaking a pilot initiative in select Panchayats.

Knowledge management of relevant GRB Resources:

• Contribute substantively to the analysis and research of the political, social and economic situation in the country on gender responsive governance/ GRB and prepare substantive inputs;
• Ensure documentation and dissemination of resources on GRB, such as case studies and best practices;
• Develop sectoral policy briefs to institutionalize GRB;
• Support MWCD in implementation of Gender Budgeting Scheme;
• Support in monitoring data on progress of state action plans through development and implementation of monitoring tools;
• Provide inputs for review meetings with Secretary and Ministers, including resource materials, agenda papers, minutes, talking points etc;
• Roll out and implementation of e governance tool on gender budgeting in coordination with IT Specialist and MWCD.

Capacity Development of various stakeholders on GRB:

• Developing and taking forward an action plan for expansion of the scope of GB trainings across the country by developing partnerships with various National and State level training institutions;
• Develop a capacity development strategy and framework on GB, and advocate for integration in existing training mechanisms for union government officials, for. E.g. Karmyogi Bharat iGOT platform etc.;
• Facilitate trainings and orientation programmes on Gender Budgeting for (i) Union Government, (ii) State Governments, (iii) District level officers, (iv) PRI members, (v) Training Institutes and (vi) NGO and others;
• Collaborate with training institutions/organizations engaged in training activities with a view to furthering the aims and objectives of Gender Budgeting and providing technical inputs on Gender Budgeting;
• Developing training tools, manual, and other IEC materials on GRB, as required.

Key Deliverables:

• National action plan on gender budgeting developed.
• Guidelines on gender auditing developed.
• Substantive positioning of gender budgeting in government policies and strategy.
• Effective implementation of gender budgeting in 30 Ministries and select States in coordination with MWCD.

Requirements:

Education:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in Social Sciences/Economics/Social Work /Gender Studies/Public Administration/Policy or related fields.

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience at the national/state level working with development projects preferably on Gender Responsive Governance, Gender Equality and Women Empowerment; with hands-on experience of design, implementation and monitoring/evaluation of projects.
• At least 2 years of experience of working with national/ state governments on gender issues, preferable gender responsive budgeting.
• Some Experience of undertaking budgetary/ policy analysis and capacity building of government officials.
• Proficiency in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.).

Language:

• Proficiency in English; good command over Hindi in reading and writing.