Save the Children Nigeria Gender Equality Coordinator Jobs
Save the Children Nigeria Gender Equality Coordinator Jobs
Role Purpose The Gender Coordinator will provide direct technical support to the humanitarian mission to ensure the vision of Save the Children where all girls and boys can hold diverse hopes and dreams for their futures, and have equal opportunity to make these come true are met.
The coordinator will provide technical support to mainstream gender across programmes in Yobe/Borno state. She/he will ensure gender is integrated into the results based management frameworks, strengthening and supporting gender equality strategies and facilitating gender equality capacity strengthening for field teams via training and tool development.
She/he will not only ensure programmes are gender sensitive but aim to provide advice on how to make such programmes become gender transformative.
Scope of Role:
Reports to: The Team Leader
Staff directly reporting to this post: Gender Officer
Duties and Responsibilities
In line with the SCI Gender Mainstreaming guidelines, support the development of the country office gender strategy especially for the humanitarian unit.
Develop a gender mainstreaming strategy for the humanitarian programmes.
Formulate key gender messages and targets from lessons learned, assessments, research and evidence gained through project implementation.
Contribute to the development and implementation of project objectives and initiatives, both short and long term, encompassing a wide range of issues with a gender lens.
Ensure that voices of children disaggregated by sex form the basis of all key organizational strategies.
Acquire information and understanding of key gender issues in the country particularly in the north east focusing on boys and girls (e.g GBV, Early Child Marriage, SRH etc) and adapt strategies as necessary.
Build capacity of key programme staffs and volunteers including CS on gender.
Keep a watching brief on policy makers and other key players in relation to Gender issues and identify opportunities to raise awareness and influence policy change.
Develop good knowledge of state and national government structures, parliamentary and political processes and key decision making structures and how to influence them working with the advocacy team.
Provide inputs into systems for research, analysis and documentation that underpin evidence for gender based programming and influencing at state and national levels.
Produce reports, briefing papers and presentations for internal and external audiences, as directed.
Maintain a strong relationship with other Gender related staff across SCI
Develop and maintain a network of external contacts with key individuals in the government, NGO sector, civil society and the media particularly working on gender issues and participate in gender working group meetings, which may include providing oversight.
Represent and act as a spokesperson for Save the Children on gender issues various policy forums and advocacy opportunities at national and international levels, as directed.
Write regular progress reports, including annual impact monitoring reports.
Perform other tasks, as required, to ensure the smooth running of the organisation.
Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
High
level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
Holds self and others accountable
Ambition:
Creating best-in-class EA function
Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively
Collaboration:
Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
Designing more effective admin systems
Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
Skills & Experience
Administrative & General Skills:
The post holder will possess a high degree of analytical skill, political acumen, ability to facilitate change, ability to influence, build capacity and ability to communicate key issues effectively and convincingly to a diverse audience at local, national and international levels.
Essential:
A post graduate University degree in Social Sciences with academic training in women’s studies, gender and development or a relevant field.
Minimum of 5 years’ post NYSC work experience with an international development organization, with focus on women and girls/gender equality programming.
Proven experience working on normative change for gender equality and adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sensitive contexts
Proven experience in designing, implementing and evaluating gender-transformative social and behavior change communication interventions.
Experience in implementing gender-transformative approaches in humanitarian context.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team setting with minimal supervision
Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Specific knowledge of international development and gender equality issues; experience engaging children and other community members on gender equality issues desirable.
Desirable:
Experience building capacity and trainings especially on gender related issues.
Prior work experience communities across Nigeria.
Knowledge of the policies, functions, structures and decision-making processes of key national institutions with regard to Gender.
Local language skills (Ability to communicate in Hausa and Kanuri will be an advantage).
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Save the Children Nigeria Gender Equality Coordinator Jobs
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