International Consultant on gender-responsive sustainable finance to develop knowledge products and a diagnostic of WEPs signatories in the financial sector in Azerbaijan
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) · Posted Nov 6, 2026
- Remote, Azerbaijan
- Remote
- Contract · Mid
- 7+ years
The consultant will provide technical assistance to WEPs signatories, financial institutions, and business associations to integrate gender-responsive approaches into financing, and generate evidence and knowledge products on sustainable finance.
Responsibilities
- Prepare inception report including detailed workplan, timeline, methodology, consultation plan and draft diagnostic tool
- Conduct initial desk review of policy, regulatory and market landscape on women’s access to finance and sustainable finance
- Review international (IWA 34:2021) and national approaches to defining ‘woman entrepreneur’ and propose a working definition and criteria
- Design and implement the diagnostic jointly with selected WEPs signatories in the financial sector
- Support signatories to complete self-assessment questionnaire, conduct interviews, and jointly review findings
Requirements
- Master's in Economics
- Finance
- Sociology
- Gender
- Human Rights