Senior Gender Economist at African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)

We have started building our professional LinkedIn page. Follow Company: African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) Location: Ghana State: Jobs in Accra Job type: Full-Time Job category: NGO Jobs in Ghana No views yet Job Description About ACET The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) is an economic policy institute supporting Africa’s long-term growth through transformation. We produce research, offer policy advice, and galvanize action for African countries to develop their economies, reduce poverty, and improve livelihoods for all their people. We are the pre-eminent African organization advancing African solutions to African challenges. In 2021, the ACET Board of Directors approved a new 2021 – 2025 Strategy with 5 components. Gender Equity/Equality in Economic Transformation is one of the five pillars in the strategy. ACET is recruiting a senior gender economist to lead ACET’s gender and economic transformation portfolio Job Title: Senior Gender Economist Reporting Line: The Executive Vice President & Director of Policy & Programs. Location: Accra/Remote Job Summary The Gender Economist will lead ACET’s work on gender equality and economic transformation and support other ACET teams to embed a gender lens across the portfolio. Roles and Responsibilities Specifically, the Senior Gender Economist will:

• work with the EVP and ATR4 advisory group to develop ACET’s flagship African Transformation Report on Gender and Economic Transformation (ATR4). This will include being the internal coordinator for the ATR

• provide intellectual leadership to ACET policy analysis and technical work on gender equality and women’s empowerment. This will include the development of a world class gender equality program which delivers high quality analysis and thought leadership on gender equity, equality, women’s economic empowerment and other relevant areas that may emerge

• be the principal resource person on gender issues, practices and policies relevant to the project context and activities

• provide high quality analysis and advice on the gender implications of ACET’s policy recommendations

• provide training to ACET research teams on how to monitor and assess gender impacts of policy actions across program verticals

• work with ACET partner policy institutes and support them to do gender analysis where necessary

• monitor ACET’s work to adequately capture gender equality and inclusion indicators and track impact in collaboration with the M&E team

• training and development of ACET colleagues and coach/mentor junior staff to build technical expertise

• provide a range of analytical, advisory and related services to ACET with respect to the gender dimensions of development

• design and develop programme strategies in the area of Gender equity/equal...