Job Vacancy For Consultant, Gender Equality Consultancy and Training
HCP Cureblindness (HCP)
- Ghana
- Temporary
- Full-time
Location: Ghana
Position Type: Short-Term ContractORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE:HCP Cureblindness (HCP) is an international NGO working throughout South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, working alongside a capable network of collaborators for more than 25 years to help people retain and regain their sight by developing high-quality, cost-effective eye care systems in underserved areas of the world. For more than 43 million people, blindness is a daily reality; another 295 million suffer from moderate to severe vision impairment. 90% of these people live in low- and middle-income communities where access to eye care is limited and the challenges for those who can't see are severe. But, there is hope: 80% of this burden is treatable or preventable. For example, 17 million blind people could be cured with a 10-minute cataract surgery. Millions more suffer from corneal blindness, which is often preventable or treatable. At HCP Cureblindness, we believe avoidable blindness can - and must - be overcome. With the help of partners in more than 25 countries, HCP has provided more than 1.4 million sight-restoring surgeries and screened more than 14.5 million people to provide care and basic treatments.
We've trained more than 19,500 eye health professionals, and have established 5 eye hospitals. There is more work left to do, but we can overcome the mountain of global blindness, together.VISION: We will be the catalyst to create a world in which no one is needlessly blind.
MISSION: We enable countries to end avoidable blindness by developing high quality, cost-effective eye care systems in underserved areas of the world so everyone everywhere can regain or retain their sight.HCP CUREBLINDNESS IN GHANA:HCP Cureblindness has been working in Ghana since 2008 by partnering with 14 implementing partners including private practitioners, teaching hospitals, CHAG institutions and secondary government hospitals. As a recipient of USAID American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) funding, HCP and its subrecipients of ASHA funding are committed to promoting gender equality.
HCP Cureblindness is seeking a consultant who can design and lead a 3-hour skills-building workshop for up to 50 staff of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) in Ghana focused on advancing gender equality. This short-term consultancy supports a USAID grant requirement to strengthen organizational policies and practices around recruitment, hiring, promotion, and retention of women in accordance with ADS 205 outlined below.GENDER INTEGRATION COMPLIANCE:In accordance with ADS 205, the Recipient is required to conduct a gender analysis and integrate gender considerations into project design and activity implementation, based on identified gender gaps. The Recipient must also ensure that activity-level performance indicators are, as appropriate, sex disaggregated and/or gender-sensitive; and those reports document the impact of activities on gender integration and any course corrections that further close gender gaps and promote gender equality and
female empowerment.SCOPE OF WORK:
PERIOD: May 1, 2024 to July 30, 2024
- Review USAID grant requirements particular to gender equality.
- Conduct an assessment by meeting separately with the HCP Cureblindness Program Leadership team and CCTH's Director of Human Resources to identify the current status of gender equality awareness and policies.
- Based on Assessment and consultation with HCP Program Leadership team, develop a customized 3-hour training workshop focused on increasing general awareness regarding Gender Equality and strengthening CCTH's ability to recruit, hire, promote and retain women, increasing organizational relevance and sustainability
- Develop a report and action plan with recommendations on how to improve gender responsiveness as an institution for a 12-month period.
- Candidate should possess excellent presentation skills, time management, and interpersonal skills
- Background in gender studies and/or expertise in gender equality topics
- Keen understanding of health systems in Ghana
- Experience developing and facilitating participatory training workshops
- Ability to tailor workshop content to organizational context
- Passion for advancing gender equality
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