Gender officer 73 views

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Strategic and Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

•       Lead the implementation of gender related education activities of the project in collaboration with other stakeholders, including conducting gender assessments and organizing trainings;

•       Build the capacities of government service providers and support them to coordinate referrals and reporting of SGBV and ensure proper follow up of documented incident;

•       In conjunction with project team, undertake regular field trips to schools and reading camps to check field based gender mainstreaming activities; and advise on monitoring and reporting on emerging gender related issues;

•       Provide technical guidance during implementation of projects using/developing as required gender appropriate and gender sensitive tools and ensuring equity in participation of Adolescent and Youth based on gender and other intersecting identities (e.g. disability; age; host/ IDP/ Returnee; etc.).

•       Contribute to the gender sensitive monitoring of GAC education project and provide training to girls and school staff focusing on gender appropriate approaches and methodologies.

•       Develop and/or adapt IEC packages on gender Equality/SGBV.

•       Liaison with SC Ethiopia and Canada TAs for collaboration and support.

Representation and Advocacy

•       Represent Save the Children at the monthly & quarterly gender based meetings and update on progress made, challenges and appropriate follow up plans to regional government sector offices.

•       Plan and lead gender related community activities/campaigns like the international women’s day and 16 days of gender activism as a platform to lobby on gender sensitive practices and behavioural change.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learning

•       Supporting project team in measuring achievement and progress towards project goals and results.

•       Support the MEAL team in the development of gender responsive tools during assessments, Project evaluations and report, and in documenting and sharing best practices/lessons learned.

•       Coordinate with MEAL colleagues to ensure complaints and feedback mechanism is gender sensitive in terms of access, and that a system is in place to review complaints for nuances related to gender sensitive programming.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

•       Reports to:   Project coordinator directly and Field Office Manager indirectly

•       Dimensions: Save the Children works in Ethiopia, in development and emergency contexts across different regions.

•       Staff directly reporting to this post:   No

Requirement

  Minimum of BED. Or BA degree in an area of education, gender, social work and development studies or equivalent.

•       Preferred working experience related to child protection and gender

•       Good organizational, communication and writing skills.

•       Demonstrate an open and inclusive attitude, commitment to the importance of protecting children and manage to work under pressure and appreciate challenges.

•       Good teamwork skills.

•       Respect of Save the Children rules, policies and code of conduct.

•       Recommended a minimum of five years, among these three years NGO experience in an officer role in emergency and/ or development contexts, preferably with solid experience in more than one of the following priority sectors: Education, Gender, and emergencies

•       Experience in case study and success story development

•       Good experience conducting training programs, community mobilization and conversations

•       Good team spirit, and working experience; Strong interpersonal skills & excellent team player.

•       Knowledge of latest health related issues, including technical guidelines and standards in emergency health and WASH as well as COVID 19

•       Experience in community mobilization, dialogue and/ or conversation

•       Working experience with girls’ education challenge

•       Willingness and ability to work in hardship environment.

•       Cultural and gender sensitivity

•       Fluency in written and spoken English and local language (Afaan Oromo is mandatory)