Consultancy to Conduct a Situational Analysis and Scoping Review on Gender at African Population And Health Research Center (APHRC)

Situational Analysis

The consultant will use a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to assess APHRC’s gender equality and gender mainstreaming efforts, analyzing institutional documents, staff perceptions, partnership agreements, and external collaborations. The analysis will include:

• Document Review:Conduct a comprehensive review of APHRC’s internal documents (e.g., HR policies, strategic plan) and external agreements with partners(e.g., Memorandums of Understanding)) to evaluate how gender equality is embedded.
• Interviews, Surveys and Focus Groups:Conduct engagements with APHRC staff and management, as well as external partners, to gather insights on the current gender policy and practice landscape with regards to trends, gaps, and opportunities.
• Stakeholder Mapping:Identify and analyze key external stakeholders and thought leaders involved in gender equality efforts that APHRC engages with or could potentially collaborate with.
• Data Analysis:Evaluate the data from document reviews and staff engagements (surveys, interviews and focus groups) to identify gaps and challenges in gender mainstreaming, and provide context-based evidence to inform actionable recommendations.

Scoping Review

• The consultant will use qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods studies to review existing evidence in the gender landscape with regards to emerging trends, shifts and gaps in research, interventions and practices globally. The consultant will indicate the eligibility criteria for documents to be reviewed as aligned with the goals of the scoping review. The consultant will indicate the data extraction tool(s), the analysis method(s) and the analysis framework that will anchor the scoping review.

Key tasks and outputs

Situational Analysis

• Conduct an extensive desk review of APHRC’s key institutional documents, including gender specific policies, to determine the extent of gender equality and gender mainstreaming in its policies, programs and activities, including gaps, constraints, and opportunities.
• Conduct individual and/or group interviews, staff surveys and focus group discussions to seek staff views on APHRC’s gender equality and gender mainstreaming efforts in relation to its 2022-2026 strategic goals.
• Assess the capacity and practices of APHRC’s collaborating partners to deliver gender-transformative outputs that complement APHRC’s gender equality and gender mainstreaming efforts and outputs.
• Propose a gender mainstreaming monitoring, evaluation and learning plan, co-created with APHRC staff and collaborating partners, indicating roles and responsibilities of each entity, including indicators for measuring success of actions outlined.
• A 3-page situational analysis inception report describing the approach including interpretation of the Terms of Reference (ToR), methodology, and work plan.
• A comprehensive report of the findings, analysis, and recommendations. The final report should incorporate feedback and recommendations from APHRC’s staff.
• A PowerPoint presentation of findings and recommendations to APHRC staff.
• Soft copies of ALL reference materials used in the review, analysis, and report.

Scoping Review

• A 3-page scoping review inception report describing the approach including interpretation of the ToR, methodology, and work plan.
• A comprehensive publishable scoping review report of the findings, analysis, and recommendations. The final report should incorporate feedback and recommendations from APHRC’s staff.
• A PowerPoint presentation of findings and recommendations to APHRC staff.
• Soft copies of ALL reference materials used in the review, analysis, and report.

Qualifications and Experience

• A Masters’ degree in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Social Work, Anthropology, Economics, Social Sciences or a related field.
• A strong background in gender work with more than three (3) years in gender analysis, monitoring, mainstreaming and implementation techniques within an African context.
• Proven experience working on similar tasks within academic or research organizations, non-profits, or institutions with a similar mission to that of APHRC.
• Knowledge of key/emerging gender priorities and issues in the African research, funding, and policy landscape, systems, and approaches focusing on the African context.
• Minimum 3 years of experience collecting primary data and field work.
• Demonstrated ability to write high quality, methodologically sound, analytical documents.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills and sensitivity to gender and diverse groups within the institution and its collaborating partners.
• Have a good working knowledge of the quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis methods commonly used in research projects.