Senior Gender-Responsive Education Analyst

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We are looking for a Senior Gender-Responsive Education Analyst

Join Our Dynamic Team at Colleges and Institutes Canada!

Are you ready to make a difference in the world of education? At Colleges and Institutes Canada, we’re on the lookout for passionate, innovative, and driven individuals to join our team. If you’re eager to contribute to a vibrant community and work to strengthen Canada’s publicly supported colleges, institutes, CEGEPs, and polytechnics, we want to hear from you!

Why Choose Us?

Impactful Work: Be part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to advocacy for colleges and institutes across Canada.
Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a diverse team of professionals who are as committed to excellence as you are.
Innovative Culture: Embrace a culture that values creativity, innovation, and forward-thinking solutions.
Salary: Obtain a highly competitive compensation
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The Senior Gender-Responsive Education Analyst will collaborate with Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) and Universities Canada (UnivCan) team members to develop and implement the Canadian International Development Scholarships 2030 (BCDI 2030) gender strategy and leadership program. This role involves supporting colleges and universities in planning and executing gender and leadership activities, coordinating the program’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities, and overseeing information gathering. The analyst will work closely with M&E specialists to document, analyze, and track results using the program’s performance measurement framework, ensuring an integrated gender perspective. Additionally, they will ensure that the CICan/UnivCan consortium conducts detailed analyses that reflect this perspective and optimizes the use of data available under the BCDI 2030 program and other international initiatives.

The Canadian International Development Scholarships 2030 (BCDI 2030) program is funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and overseen by a consortium made up of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) and Universities Canada (UnivCan), in partnership with the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), the Association of African Universities (AAU), and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS).

BCDI 2030 will foster the social and economic development of people — particularly women — in eligible Francophone countries, Commonwealth countries, and other Small Island Developing States, with +0% of the scholarships going to partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa. CICan and UnivCan will leverage long-standing partnerships to build strategies in eligible countries and empower women and men leaders to become agents of change and improve their communities through their knowledge, expertise and interpersonal skills, and by promoting active citizenship.

The program will reach more than 7,000 people — 51% of whom will be women and girls — and will have two separate components: The program will support scholarship recipients from eligible countries in their studies at Canadian colleges and universities and will mobilize Canadian colleges and universities to jointly develop with their partners customized education and training programs to meet the needs of labour markets in partner countries.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

5 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

In international project management and/or gender and development and/or results-based M&E management and/or international scholarship program management;
Managing complex partnerships and problem solving in cross-cultural settings;
Developing and implementing gender strategies in the context of international development programs;
Developing and implementing Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) activities;
In planning, implementing and administering programs and projects in the context of GAC’s Feminist International Assistance Policy and other funders;
In research, analysis and evaluation techniques;
In results-based program management;
In capacity building and training;
In data analysis and data processing using an integrated gender perspective;
In conveying information through clear and concise graphics and text illustrating the evolution of each targeted outcome;
Working collaboratively with various stakeholders and at different levels of the organization’s hierarchy;
In strategic planning, preferably related to project/program management;
In research, analytical and writing skills for preparing reports, concept papers and/or proposals for GAC and other funders; and
Working in Africa and/or internationally is an asset.
KNOWLEDGE OF

Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy;
Collaborative approaches to meeting community needs;
Canadian college and university systems;
In gender mainstreaming or gender equality programming or in gender gap analysis;
Results Based Management methodologies and strategies;
Writing, reading and comprehension of French and English;
Leadership, decision-making and problem-solving skills methodologies;
Organizational, interpersonal and communication skills methodologies;
Collaborative approaches to meeting community needs;
Internet search engines;
Microsoft Suite and communication technologies;
Microsoft Excel at the intermediate to advanced level (able to use formulas and functions);
ONA and Power BI;
Intercultural sensitivity and ability to adapt to new environments is an asset; and
Federally funded government programs, particularly with Global Affairs Canada (GAC) is an asset.
EDUCATION

Post-secondary education in gender studies, social sciences, international development, or a combination of relevant education and experience
Post-secondary education in gender studies an asset
Compensation: $85,748 to $104,+56 (Program Support III)

Status: Term position until February 2030

Location: 1 Rideau Street, suite 701, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 8S7

Working conditions:

International and domestic travel may be required
Hybrid work environment located in Ottawa, Ontario
Language: Bilingual (French and English)

Open to: CICan employees and the public

How to apply

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and résumé in a PDF format before May 18, 2025.

CICan is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. We recognize that diverse teams generate unique solutions, ideas, and perspectives. Therefore, we welcome and encourage applications from women, persons with disabilities, BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) individuals, and people of all ****** orientations and gender identities.

Do not hesitate to contact Human Resources at Colleges and Institutes Canada (613) 746-2222 x 5827 if you require alternative arrangements to submit your application. CICan provides accommodation during all parts of the hiring process, upon request. If contacted to proceed with the selection process, please advise us if you require any accommodation.

We thank all candidates for their interest, however, only those selected to continue in the selection process will be contacted.

CICan’s offices in Ottawa are located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation.

Colleges and Institutes Canada is named one the 2024 National Capital Region’s Top Employer and the proud recipient of the Non-Profit Employer of Choice Award.

 
 

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