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About Accion:
Accion is a global nonprofit committed to creating a financially inclusive world, with a trailblazing legacy in microfinance and fintech impact investing. We catalyze financial service providers to deliver high-quality, affordable solutions at scale for the 1.8 billion people who are left out of, or poorly served by, the financial sector. For more than 60 years, Accion has helped tens of millions of people through our work with more than 200 partners in 63 countries. More at http://www.accion.org.
About Global Advisory Solutions
We are a diverse and close-knit global team with one common social purpose: building a financially inclusive world for small businesses and low-income households. We are passionate about what we do – working with a wide range of financial service providers and other partners across the world to create to build sustainable businesses to achieve financial inclusion. We enjoy solving problems, being exposed to new ideas, sharing information, and asking, “what if?” In this position, you will be in the center of it all. Working closely with the MD and our regional managers, you will be a key supportive team member for the GLAS leadership and collaborate with co-workers who are industry experts with diverse backgrounds, being part of a team that is shaping and challenging the industry. You will work to support our global program management efforts; lead our internal communications initiatives and collaborate with other teams to support external communications; oversee board and management reporting; contribute to industry engagements and GLAS thought-leadership efforts.
Project Summary:
Our WEE Strategic Objective within the GLAS team is to create and replicate demonstration models to secure access and adoption of digital financial services by underserved women. Our strategic approach is threefold: 1) work directly with FSPs to support them in their journey from being a gender-neutral to a gender-sensitive organization and to support them in building and deploying gender-intentional products and services; 2) develop key partnerships that allow us to strengthen our capacities and contribute with our experience and complement our offering; and 3) work with social impact investment funds to provide our advisory services to define their gender strategy, and support during recruitment, investment, and post-investment processes.
In order to execute our strategy, as we are working with partners and social impact funds, we will need to be able to gain a comprehensive understanding of the organization's current state regarding gender sensitivity, identify gaps and barriers, and lay the foundation for targeted interventions and a roadmap towards a gender-intentional culture. In addition, this assessment will enable our partners and potential investees to measure progress, engage stakeholders, and ensure transparency and accountability in their gender-related initiatives.
This consultant will 1) create or identify a gender assessment relevant for organizations committed to the social impact space, specifically the area of financial inclusion, and 2) construct a comprehensive framework that will guide organizations in their journey towards becoming gender-sensitive and enable them to deploy gender-intentional products and services to women, and 3) develop a monitoring and evaluation toolkit which can be used to assess the progress and impact of the gender intentionality initiatives.
Scope of Work
Create or identify a gender assessment relevant for organizations committed to the social impact space, specifically the area of financial inclusion.
1. Define the purpose of the assessment.
2. Establish Assessment Framework:
3. Select Assessment Methods
4. Develop Assessment Tool
Develop Gender-Sensitivity Framework
Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit
Key Activities, Deliverables, Milestones, and Schedule
The relevant activities, deliverables, milestones, and timing are as follows:
Key Activities/Deliverables/Milestones
Timeline/Due Dates
Gender-sensitivity Assessment tool
August 31st
Gender-sensitivity Framework
September 30th
Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit
October 31
Fees & Payment Schedule
The service Provider’s fee for performing the Services set forth in this SOW shall be:
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Amount
Deliverables/Milestones
Payment Schedule
1
40 days/Gender-Sensitivity Assessment
August 31st
2
30 days/Gender-Sensitivity Framework
September 30th
3
20 days/Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit
October 31
Accion is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace culture. Accion seeks qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, or any other basis protected by law. Accion is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.