Consultant - State Technical Coordinator

Under the overall programmatic guidance of the Programme Lead – GRB and Policy Specialist - Gender Tamil Nadu (State Lead), the State Technical Coordinator - GB will provide technical support to the state government to advance gender budgeting. The incumbent will work with the project team to ensure that the project produces the results in the State to the required standards of quality and within the given time and cost specifications.

The State Technical Coordinator-GB will work closely with the nodal department and have the following tasks:

Strengthening coordination and mechanisms for gender budgeting in the state-

Assist in establishing/strengthening effective coordination mechanisms within and among Social Welfare & Women Empowerment, Planning, Finance, SDG Coordination Centre and other line departments to institutionalize and promote GB in the state.
Provide technical expertise and support to nodal department to set up/review and monitor institutional mechanisms and processes to adopt/advance GB in the state including Gender Budget Statement, Gender Budget Cells, Inter-departmental monitoring processes etc.
Provide technical support for issuing advisory and necessary guidelines for line departments at the state level to create/strengthen gender budget cells, and implement GB.
Coordinate with relevant non-government actors including civil society organisations, academia, and women’s networks on GB and women’s budgets.
Advocate for organising pre-budget consultation with CSO, women’s groups, academia and other stakeholders in collaboration with Social Welfare & Women Empowerment, Planning, Finance and other line departments.

Research and documentation-

Undertake mapping and documentation of the planning, budgeting and auditing processes at the state level.
Support the state government in developing state action plan on GB.
Provide support in undertaking sectoral/policy analysis for select sectors on GB and develop state specific sectoral policy briefs.
Document and disseminate resources and knowledge products on GB, such as case studies and good practices at the state level.
Support IT specialist and UN Women project team in roll out and implementation of e-governance tool on GB.
Support Policy Specialist- Gender to generate good practices on utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund from other states.

Facilitating training and capacity development of relevant constituents on GRB

Support to compile/develop training tools, manual, and other resource material on GB for the state.
Coordinate with the state nodal department and training institutions to conduct state specific training needs assessment as per level of officials, develop capacity building strategy and training calendar for GB.
Support in facilitating training programmes for state level officials, relevant stakeholders and create a pool of local GB experts.
Monitor the outcomes of the trainings by undertaking pre and post assessment and developing quality training reports.

Implementation of project at state level-

Coordinate with project team for timely completion of project deliverables including periodic reporting.
Preparation of monthly progress reports.
Any other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Expected Deliverables:

Input and technical expertise provided to state nodal and line departments on GB.
Evidence based State Action Plan developed with the state nodal department on GB with monitorable targets and timelines.
Institutional mechanisms and processes including functional gender budget cells, gender budget statement, inter departmental monitoring committees and gender responsive program appraisal developed and implemented.
Training and capacity development of state officials, relevant stakeholders strengthened based on assessments and training calendar on GB developed.
Timely compilation and submission of reports.
Any other duties, as required by Supervisor.