Director, Gender Equality

Job Vacancy | Friday, August 15, 2025

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• Reference Number 250667 Position Level M1 Department Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department Division Gender Equality Division Location Asian Development Bank Headquarters Date Posted Friday, August 15, 2025 Closing Date Friday, August 29, 2025 11:59 p.m. (2359 Manila Time, 0800 GMT)

  Join Our Mission to Foster Prosperity in Asia

  Are you ready to make a lasting impact on the future of Asia and be a catalyst for positive change? We are thrilled to offer a unique opportunity to become an important part of the prestigious Asian Development Bank (ADB). At ADB, our mission is simple yet powerful: to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.

  Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationship

  The position of Director, Gender Equality is assigned to the Gender Equality Division (CCGE) within the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department (CCSD). CCSD leads thematic operations, knowledge innovation, and partnerships. CCGE provides bank-wide technical leadership for gender equality operations and strategic operational support for gender mainstreaming across all sectors and themes as well as gender knowledge work in line with ADB’s Strategy 2030 Priority 2: Accelerating Progress in Gender Equality and Strategy 2030 Mid-term Review strategic focus area of Resilience and Empowerment. You will be based at our Headquarters in Manila, Philippines.

  You will report to the Director General, CCSD, and work closely with other thematic Directors and will oversee CCGE staff recruited at both international and local level, located in headquarters (HQ) and Resident Missions (RMs).

  Your Role

  As a Director, Gender Equality, you will lead ADB’s Gender Equality Division housed in CCSD. You will provide technical leadership for all aspects of gender equality operations of ADB, both sovereign and non-sovereign, and strategic operational support for gender mainstreaming across all sectors and themes. You will provide knowledge and innovation leadership on gender equality in Asia and the Pacific, including managing a gender equality technical assistance (TA) portfolio, knowledge products and events, and training. You will oversee and monitor the implementation of ADB’s Policy on Gender and Development (1998) and its updates, and support Strategy 2030 Mid-term review, in particular strategic focus area on Resilience and Empowerment. Examples include the provision of strategic reporting to Management and the Board of Directors on ADB’s performance, including annual corporate results framework reporting on bank-wide gender mainstreaming performance targets. You will lead the preparation and implementation of the Gender Equality Division workplan.

  You will:

  · Provide leadership in all aspects of gender equality (i.e., technical, operational and knowledge management) in close collaboration with CCGE team, leading development, implementation, and reporting of achievements against CCGE’s annual work plan.

  · Provide leadership for organizational gender equality policy and strategy, including overseeing bank-wide corporate gender mainstreaming targets, enhancing or updating of relevant implementation guidelines and staff instructions, operational tools, project document templates, and tracking performance analysis on achievement of Corporate Results Framework (CRF).

  · Ensure that high standards are consistently applied to operational gender mainstreaming by engaging with and advising with project teams, consistently applying CCGE quality assurance processes, providing training and coaching support.

  · Build capacity of ADB staff, developing member country (DMC) officials, private sector clients and other counterparts on entry points and solutions for closing gender gaps, addressing Sustainable Development Goal 5’s (SDG5) transformative gender equality agenda, and intersectional approaches to gender equality through strategic operational support, policy engagement and advocacy.

  · Foster and drive innovation, thought leadership, and future-looking bank-wide initiatives to design, implement and manage effective approaches to accelerate gender equality in the region (e.g., knowledge generation on emerging topics, innovative and nimble TA pipeline, Asian Development Fund SDG5 thematic pool). This includes conceptualizing and delivering flagship gender equality knowledge events (i.e., Asia and Pacific Gender Forum, Gender Month, Annual Gender Specialists Workshop, and Private Sector Gender Equality Action Accelerator).

  · Keep abreast of global and regional state-of-the-art gender research and knowledge by developing and maintaining knowledge partnerships with multilateral development banks (MDBs) (e.g., MDB Working Groups on Gender and related matter, think tanks, private sector, civil society, and other development partners, and bring in good global/regional practices to ADB and DMC counterparts).

  · Represent ADB at national, regional and global forums (e.g., OECD DAC Gendernet) to enhance ADB’s visibility and market ADB’s good practices as a leader on gender equality.

  · Mobilize and manage grant finance for gender equality innovation and operations and engage strategically to build and deepen partnerships with donors, global trust funds, nontraditional cofinanciers (e.g., private sector foundations) and knowledge partners.

  · Manage CCGE’s budget, resource allocation, and human resources, including recruitment, talent management of gender specialists across ADB, including encouraging staff development, professional growth and mobility. Manage the performance of CCGE staff by providing clear direction, regular feedback and mentoring and coaching.

  Qualifications

  You will need:

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  • Master's Degree, or equivalent in gender and development (GAD) or related fields (e.g., sociology, anthropology, economics, law, etc.)
  • At least 15 years’ relevant professional experience, including international GAD work experience at programmatic and policy levels in several countries and multi-cultural environments.
  • Proven ability to act as a trusted, strategic advisor on gender equality, partnering with clients to deliver results.
  • In-depth knowledge and experience in advancing gender equality in Asia and the Pacific context across sectors, sovereign and nonsovereign, with a track record of successfully applying it to achieve development results.
  • Demonstrated experience working across boundaries and with complex multiple stakeholders.
  • A track record of conducting effective policy dialogue on gender equality with country partners and other external stakeholders.
  • Recognized internationally as a technical expert and leader in gender equality.
  • Proven management capability and well-established leadership track record.
  • Excellent diplomacy, coordination, liaison, interpersonal and team working skills.
  • Written and verbal proficiency in English.
  • Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for M1.

  
  Benefits
  
  ADB offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package. The salary will be based on ADB’s standards and comparator markets, taking into account your qualifications and experience.
  

  · Paid leave (including parental)

  · Medical and health benefits

  · Life and other insurance plans

  · Staff development

  · Retirement plan

  · Housing and education allowance (if applicable)

  · Expatriate benefits (for international staff)

  Additional Information

  This appointment is open to internal and external applicants.

  This is a fixed-term appointment for a managerial position, initially for a period of 3 years or up to Staff’s Normal Retirement Date (NRD) whichever comes earlier, in accordance with Administrative Order No. 2.01 (Recruitment and Appointment). After the initial fixed-term period, ADB may choose to renew the appointment for an additional fixed term period of up to 3 years, allow it to expire, or reengage staff to their most recent technical international grade#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\" title=\"\">[1] to optimally utilize the Staff’s technical skills under either a Fixed-term Appointment with Option to Renew or a Fixed-term Appointment with Option to Regularize, with the salary range corresponding to that technical international grade. This decision will be made in the overall interest of ADB, based on factors including, but not limited to, ADB’s medium- to long-term plans for the organizational unit, the relevance of the staff’s skills to those plans, and the staff’s managerial and behavioral competencies. Notwithstanding the length of the initial or any subsequently renewed FT-M, the expiration date of any fixed-term appointment will not exceed the Staff’s NRD. There is no limit on the number of renewals up to Staff’s NRD. However, this appointment is not convertible to a regular appointment.

  #_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\" title=\"\">[1] This does not apply to external applicants and to applicants who do not have a technical international grade.

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