Under the overall guidance of the UN Women Country Director, Deputy Country Programme Director and Programme Specialist and supervision/close coordination with the programme team, the Technical Officer- Capacity Building and Planning will provide the following deliverables:

Step I: Review of secondary data and literature about PDMA/SDMA/FDMA:

· Past disasters and their impact on women and girls and various sectors in the district; e.g. agriculture, health, education, shelter/housing, environment;

· Natural and human induced hazards prevalent in the province (base analysis upon scientific literature and data);

· Vulnerabilities in the province related to women and girls through analysis of demographic trends, urbanization, poverty, construction practices, environmental conditions and availability of critical facilities in various parts of the provinces;

· Roles currently being played by district departments and stakeholders in disaster preparedness and responses regarding women empowerment and gender equality

· Report on review

Step II: Consultation with provincial stakeholders about:

· Organize a launch meeting with Gender and Child cell and finalize ToRs and work plan together with provincial focal persons

· Priority hazards and risks and impact on women and girls;

· Strategies different stakeholders can adopt for reducing risks (mitigation, preparedness);

· Roles different stakeholders can play in emergency response and recovery;

· Resources available with each stakeholder for emergency response;

Step III: Prepare a draft of the Provincial Disaster Risk Management Strategic Plan

· Follow the outline discussed with UN Women and provincial focal persons for drafting of the Plan;

· Use the information from secondary data review in the Step 1;

· Use the information from stakeholder consultation in the Step 2;

Step IV: Submit the draft to PDMA/NDMA for technical review and advice

· PDMA/SDMA/FDMA together with GCC officials will review the plan and give feedback about aspects of the plan that need improvement or changes;

· Based upon PDMA/NDMA feedback, the TO will revise the plan;

· Get the strategic plan endorsed by PDMA/FDMA and SDMA

· Print and disseminate in final provincial consultation

Step V: Organize provincial level training workshops on integration of gender equality during humanitarian crisis

· Develop/ adopt or modify training module on gender equality during humanitarian crisis

· Further to the circulation of draft plan, the TO shall organize a provincial level two days workshops on gender integration during humanitarians situations following IASC guidelines

· In this workshop the District Disaster Management Authority shall also represent key case studies on women and gender equality during previous disasters;

· Follow ups regularly with PDMA/NDMA officials and also guide and support Capacity building and planning associates to cascade trainings at the District DM Authority in facilitation of the stakeholder consultation workshop;

Step VI: Publish and disseminate

This is a very important part of the strategic plan. The plan must be disseminated to all political leadership (government and opposition), line departments, GTF, Social Welfare, Women Development Departments, clusters, media, Red Crescent Society, research institutions, NGOs and any other stakeholders which the District Authority deem necessary. This will be very important for raising awareness of stakeholders, as well as in keeping the plan alive. The dissemination should include authorities and stakeholders at district, Tehsil, Municipal and Union Council levels.

Minimum ten years experience in working with the Government, NGOs and international organizations on development issues, with strong experience in Gender and Development (GAD) issues and programmes;
Strong knowledge and experience in applying international norms and standards on gender equality (CEDAW, Beijing Platform for Action, ICPD, International frameworks on DRR and DRM, etc.) to national and regional contexts;
Strong expertise on gender and humanitarian crises and post conflict rehabilitation.
Advanced degree in social sciences focus on gender issues considered an asset
Strong communication and writing skills in English and Urdu is a requirement
Any other local language is an asset
Knowledge of the conflict issues in Pakistan and experience of working in humanitarian situation on integration of GE concerns
Minimum 10 years experience in advocacy and activism on Womens issues in Pakistan.