Terms of Reference (TOR)
WWF-Asia Pacific seeks a National Consultant or Consultant Team to conduct Organizational Gender Equity, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Audits in the participating WWF Country Office and relevant field offices of Thailand.
Consultants may apply individually or as teams
Location: Thailand – Work can be done remotely or in person
Start Date: May 2025
End Date: June 30 2025 (Date is fixed)
Total Working Days: 15-18 Days TBC
Total Budget: 10,000 USD
Deliverables: See Schedule Below
Background
WWF is a conservation organisation that seeks to advance its mission—a world in which both people and nature thrive—on the fundamental principle that positive outcomes for both people and nature depend on firmly anchoring and integrating human rights into conservation practices. Meaningful integration of GEDSI is core to this approach and a cross-cutting theme for all of our work. In 2023, WWF adopted a Gender Equality Statement of Principles, supported by our core values of courage, integrity, respect and collaboration.
GEDSI Audits will enhance the collective capacity of WWF to examine its workplace culture and values from a GEDSI perspective, as well as identify strengths and gaps in promoting equality. We imagine that the results will benefit participating Country Offices, as well as provide wider scale learning across the Network, by informing more responsive programme and policy development, supporting donor engagement, and providing evidence to nuanced gender issues.
Objectives:
The GEDSI Audits are part of a broader initiative to integrate GEDSI Action Planning across WWF-Asia Pacific offices, and will be instrumental in scaling out best practices throughout the region. The Consultant(s) will work closely with the coordination team to enable a transparent assessment of WWF workplace culture and values towards GEDSI principles and mainstreaming.
The Consultant is expected to comply with WWF Safeguarding and Inclusion policies, and adapt/design all methodologies to be country context appropriate, taking into account: power dynamics of the interviewer/interviewee, length, language and format of surveys, ethnical consent, and anonymity of data, etc.
The Consultant(s) will deliver timely outputs as listed below.
Roles and Responsibilities
The Consultant(s) will work under the supervision of the WWF-Asia Pacific Senior Gender and Inclusive Conservation Advisor, and in close coordination with Country Office Teams, to fulfill the following tasks:
- Design, refine and deliver an All-Staff Survey to the participating country office, including field offices and remote staff – delivered in English and local languages as required.
- Design, refine and facilitate Interviews and Focus Group Discussions – minimum 5 interviews and 3 FGDs.
- Analyze and collate data from Audit.
- Provide a written report in English (not exceeding 15 pages, excluding Annexes).
- Deliver report findings to Senior Leadership (Power Point Presentation).
Schedule of Deliverables:
- Inception meeting with coordinating staff to finalize work plan – 0.5 Working Day.
- Review of background materials (Internal policies, Strategies, etc) – 1 Working Day.
- Refine data collection tools (Surveys, Interviews and Focus Group Discussions) – 3 Working Days.
- Conduct GEDSI Audit data collection and analysis – 8 Working Days.
- Draft report – 3 Working Days.
- Feedback from Working Group within 5 days of submission from Consultant.
- Submission of Final Report: No later than June 30th, 2025 1 Working Day.
- Presentation of Findings 0.5 Working Day.
Qualifications & Experience Required
- Fluent in English and Thai – both written and oral.
- Advanced education in Gender Studies, International Development, Community Development or a related field.
- Demonstrated expertise in developing research tools.
- Demonstrated expertise in conducting GEDSI Audits or similar work.
- Comprehensive understanding of gender and social inclusion at the institutional, policy and programmatic levels.
- Advanced analytical, report writing skills, and working familiarity with participatory/rights-based approaches.
- Proven experience within the Country Context of application.
- Ability to work within a tight deadline and produce on schedule.
Applicant(s) should provide the following in PDF:
- CV and Letter of Intent addressing Qualifications and Experience Required (above).
- Proposed Daily Rate*.
- Sample of previous relevant work (max 10 pages submitted as a single PDF or web link).
*For team applications please submit as a complete daily rate, not per person.
Terms and conditions of payment
Payment will be made upon successful submission of the above deliverables according to the schedule. No advance or partial payments will be made.
The Consultant is subject to tax under the national policy in addition to tax requirements in their country of residence.
Equal Employment Opportunity
WWF is committed to diversity in our work and prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment. We strongly encourage applicants from marginalized and diverse backgrounds to apply.
Applications should be submitted to phichetm@wwf.or.th by 20th May TBD, 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
