Lead Author - Gender-Focused Regional Socio-Economic Update

About the role

Prosper Global's Crisis Analytics (CA) teams, working with UNDP, produce a Regional Socio-Economic Update monitoring economic conditions, livelihoods and household welfare across Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Prosper Global is seeking a consultant to research and write a special edition of this bulletin covering September 2025 to September 2026 through a gender lens, analysing how economic conditions and regional instability affect women and men differently, with particular attention to livelihoods, employment, household income and resilience.

Key responsibilities

• Consolidate and analyse evidence on gender-differentiated socio-economic trends in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, identifying groups facing heightened vulnerability.
• Map available sex-disaggregated data and analysis (surveys, ILO, UN Women, UNDP, WFP, UNHCR, cluster reports, academic research) and note coverage, recency, comparability and gaps.
• Develop an analytical framework and outline, then write three sections: regional context, economic hardship (costs, inflation, employment, unpaid care, coping strategies) and access to services and opportunities.
• Hold a few remote expert consultations with specialists and gender focal points; no primary data collection with programme participants.
• Draft the bulletin and a one-page summary, revise after feedback, and deliver a debrief presentation.

Required profile

• Advanced degree in economics, development studies, gender studies, social policy or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience in socio-economic, labour market or livelihoods analysis with a strong focus on gender analysis.
• Demonstrated experience applying intersectional approaches (age, displacement status, disability, household composition).
• Strong knowledge of the socio-economic and humanitarian contexts of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, including refugees and displaced populations; regional experience strongly preferred.

Required skills

• Gender analysis and intersectional socio-economic analysis.
• Data mapping and synthesis of secondary data and reports.
• Writing of policy-oriented, evidence-based reports.

The assignment is primarily desk-based, takes up to 15-20 working days over about eight weeks, and reports to the CA MENAE Senior Manager, working closely with the CA teams in Lebanon, Jordan and Syria and UNDP.