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25% of the population lives in substandard shelter, impacting their health, livelihoods and education. Women make up the majority of the world's poor, suffer disproportionately in disasters and go without secure, dignified and adequate housing. They often lack access to clean water, durable housing, improved sanitation facilities and sufficient living area. Women have increased risk of homelessness, violence, forced evictions with detrimental consequences on their health and/or economic well-being. Furthermore, women continue to face barriers to owning property or accessing housing finance due to legal, cultural, and socioeconomic factors. Property rights and inheritance laws favor men. For low-income women particularly, lack of financial literacy further impedes access to housing finance. Women and girls are also underrepresented in decision making relating to planning, design and construction of houses and communities.
The Gender Equity Curiosity Collective (GECC) represents a first step at HFHI to explore and transform its approach to gender equity into its programs. The GECC will carefully balance simplicity with complexity; challenge the status quo building on existing knowledge; it will be grounded in an open and inclusive invitation to join something exciting, explicitly encouraging people to confront personal, organizational and broader societal barriers to promoting gender equity.
The GECC will:
& support to advance gender equity
Identify key priority areas requiring global investment
Influence the development of a gender equity framework, guidance & tools to improve Habitat program outcomes
Position Habitat more credibly as a leader in promoting global gender equity with donors & peers
Design and implement programs that meaningfully address gender inequities within the housing ecosystem
* Does the program respond to the different needs and experiences of men/women, boys/girls? If so, how?
* Are men/boys and women/girls able to shape and influence the program? If so, how?
Purpose
The consultant will focus on 4 areas: conceptual framework, support to inquiry teams, collective learning, and reporting.
Scope of Work and Deliverables
* Provide support to the participant teams in developing their inquiry proposals, in guiding methodology, exploring and analysing their findings and finalising their inquiry report
* Provide on-going support to the participant teams: including delivering or identifying training, coaching, providing feedback and checking in on progress; promoting an inclusive, curious, and open approach to learning; exploring how it fits into broader team goals
* Facilitate collective learning: informed by the inquiry sites this may include global/regional learning groups, methodological or thematic learning groups or other groupings. It will include facilitating on-line meetings; in person workshops and promoting networking/exchange between teams
* Draft an annual global report containing:
o Implications in relation to HFHI program practice, framework, tools, and guidance on gender equity
o Implications in relation to HFHI learning culture
* Appropriate guidance notes for inquiry sites
* Demonstrated learning and change in relation to program practice
* Annual global learning report
The consultancy will be managed by Allison Burden with support from the GECC Core team. All parties will be available for questions and discussions throughout the consultancy.
Timeline
13 months from the start of the consultancy. A potential extension of the Collective will be considered in March 2025. It is estimated that the consultant will provide 200 days flexibly dependent on workload.
Apply
To apply for the GECC Consultant role, interested candidates should send a proposal to Allison Burden, Program Director - DEI, [emailprotected] by 31 May 2024. The proposal should include:
1. An outline of how your expertise aligns with the requirements for the role
2. An initial technical approach and methodology tailored for supporting the GECC outlining the tools and techniques you will employ and their relevance to the objectives
3. A preliminary work plan showcasing your grasp of the responsibilities with the potential for refinement during the initial phase, including work phases, proposed activities, and expected deliverables
4. Descriptions of previous assignments that reflect your experience relevant to this role
5. A provisional budget itemizing the projected costs for the project's execution
6. A risk assessment and a strategy for mitigating potential issues
7. An affirmation of your commitment to adhering to HFHI's ethical standards, data protection, confidentiality, conflict of interest, and safeguarding policies
8. Ensure that your application is thorough and demonstrates a clear understanding of the GECC consultant's scope and objectives
Consultants should submit only such information as is necessary to respond effectively to this Request for Proposals. Please include (a) CV(s) of the consultants.
Unless specifically requested, extraneous presentation materials will not be reviewed. Submissions will be evaluated based on the information provided by the deadline and in relation to the described needs and qualifications.
This document is intended to provide a general description of the requirements and scope of the consultancy. It does not represent a contract, and the terms and conditions of any consultancy agreement will be negotiated separately with the selected consultant. The client reserves the right to modify the TOR at any time during the consultancy, subject to agreement with the consultant. The consultant will be expected to adhere to the highest ethical standards and comply with the client's policies and procedures, including those related to data protection, confidentiality, and conflict of interest, and HFHI Safeguarding policy.
Habitat for Humanity, founded in 1976, is a global, Christian-based nonprofit organization that grew out of an intentionally multi-racial community in rural Georgia. Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat brings together people of all faiths and people of no faith to build homes, communities and hope. Working alongside each other, we help families and individuals build and improve places to call home and achieve the strength, stability and self-reliance they need to build better lives for themselves. Habitatseeks individuals who have a willingness to affirm these principles and values.
At Habitat for Humanity International, we embrace a history rooted in creating equity and take our mission seriously by courageously committing to a culture and workplace where all staff feel safe, welcome, visible, respected, supported and valued. As an equal opportunity employer, we realize that our success depends upon building an inclusive workforce of diverse perspectives and encourage people of varied races (which is inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, protective hairstyles and hair texture), ethnicities, national origins, tribes, religions, ages, gender identities and expressions, genders, sexual orientations, marital statuses, disabilities, veteran/reserve national guard statuses, socio-economic statuses, thinking and communication styles to work with us.
We also require that all staff take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguarding our intended beneficiaries, their communities (especially children), and all those with whom we work. In line with the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, all staff must pass a thorough background screening and will be held accountable to upholding our policies around ethical behavior, including safeguarding and whistleblowing.
