US Embassy Jobs in Kampala Uganda - Program Management Specialist - Gender - Vacancies

Background

USAID/Uganda’s Gender Specialist provides technical, representative and programmatic support to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda is a strategic priority for U.S. foreign assistance due to its size, location, and role in the region and a priority gender-based violence GBV-country for U.S. assistance.

USAID/Uganda is responsible for the development and management of the U.S. Government's foreign assistance program focused on strengthening of democratic institutions, improving health and education status, supporting economic
development and food security.

Statement of Duties to be Performed.

S/he also monitors compliance with USAID gender requirements and designs and, as needed, delivers
gender training to the Mission and its implementing partners, including the development of resource
materials, as necessary.

The Gender Specialist works with technical offices to ensure data for genderrelated indicators are collected, and provides expertise to technical offices regarding monitoring, assessing and evaluating social and gender performance, outcomes and impacts of USAID/Ugandafunded projects and activities.

Integrate Gender Into Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation(50%):

Designs, updates and conducts or commissions gender and social inclusion analyses of proposed
strategies and programs; providing substantial input into social/gender assessment in policy analysis,
research, program design implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

Identifies appropriate approaches and best practices to addressing gender inequities in the
implementation of USAID/Uganda’s strategy, providing recommendations as to how projects and
activities may be better designed to ensure that women and men, boys and girls, youth and other
marginalized populations benefit equitably from USAID investments.

Identifies appropriate approaches and best practices to enhance the gendered impact performance of USAID investments, including increasing the involvement and participation of women and youth in
decision-making and increasing access to assets for Ugandan women participating in USAID
programs.

Understands and applies inclusive growth and private sector development approaches that lead to
economic empowerment, enhanced livelihoods for the poorest, vulnerable groups and women and girls,
youth, refugees and persons with disabilities.

Leads on the engagement of shifting social and gender norms to tackle harmful practices such as
FGM, early and forced marriages and to empower women and girls.

Provides more technical support to implementing partners in planning, implementing and monitoring
gender and social inclusion approaches.

Helps colleagues and wider audiences understand what policy and programmatic outcomes mean for
poor men and women (by age, ethnicity, disability, geography or other key features of social
difference) e.g. by sharing analysis or more directly through initiating/facilitating immersions.

Lead on the design, management and monitoring and evaluation of programs focused on the social,
political and economic empowerment of women and girls and tackling violence against women and
girls.

Supports monitoring and evaluation efforts on progress toward gender equity by identifying
appropriate indicators, identifying robust impact assessment methodologies, participating on
evaluation teams, and drafting relevant gender-sensitive questions and approaches within scopes of
work, amongst other duties.

Develops gender knowledge-based products and participates in knowledge sharing and reflection
events to share key learning.

Provide Mission Leadership on Gender Issues (30%):

Provides Mission-wide technical, representational and intellectual leadership and policy and program guidance as USAID/Uganda’s senior subject-matter expert on gender and inclusive
development.

Identifies, promotes, designs and conducts gender and social inclusion training programs to
increase the technical competence of USAID personnel.

Serves as the primary Mission liaison for the Gender Development Partners Group and coordinates
with the GOU and bilateral and multilateral donors to Uganda on gender issues and programming.

Monitors the implementation

of, and updates as necessary, the USAID/Uganda Mission Order on
gender and social inclusion.

Forges strong institutional linkages between USAID/Uganda programs and other U.S. Government agencies, and other bilateral and multilateral donor agencies carrying out gendersensitive assistance activities.

Performance Management (20%):

Helps establish Mission and programmatic gender-related goals and works helps lead efforts to
monitor program progress and adapt.

Assists in data calls from a variety of sources (USAID, other USG agencies and stakeholders, other
donors, and the GOU) for information on various USAID initiatives, activities and reports with
significant gender content, including but not limited to: the annual Performance Plan and Report, the
Operational Plan, and USAID and USG Gender policies and strategies.

Collaborates closely with technical teams to develop and maintain comprehensive information at
the Mission level on USAID programs that integrate gender and develops and maintain genderrelated factsheets for distribution inside and outside the Mission.

The contractor is eligible for temporary duty (TDY) travel to the U.S., or to other Missions abroad, to participate in the “Foreign Service National” Fellowship Program, in accordance with USAID policy.

Supervisory Relationship:

Working in close collaboration with the USAID’s Program Office and technical teams throughout
the Mission, the Gender Specialist reports directly to the Deputy Program Officer.

Physical Demands:

The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.

Minimum Qualifications Required for This Position

Education:

A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline such as development studies, gender studies, or rural
sociology required.

Prior Work Experience:

Five (5) years’ experience in the analysis of gender integration and empowerment, including
demonstrated professional-level experience in integrating rigorous gender analysis into program/project planning, design, development, implementation and monitoring and evaluation.

Demonstrated experience with developing and implementing practical, field-based approaches to
addressing gender constraints and advancing gender equity, including the ability to train and develop
professional capacities of others in gender integration and program monitoring, is highly desirable.

Language Proficiency:

Level IV (fluent) English writing and speaking ability is required.

Job Knowledge:

Knowledge of USAID and/or other donor policy and programming related to gender, as well as of a
thorough knowledge of current literature on the topic.

Skills and Abilities:

Ability to analyze and evaluate complex development issues, including gender-related and inclusive development aspects of development across sectors.

Knowledge of principles, concepts and methodology involved in the design, development,
implementation, management and evaluation of technical assistance.

Strong English-language skills, including reading and writing, and organizational skills to guide other specialists and non-specialists and to complete analyses and presentations.

A demonstrated ability to write succinctly and to produce documents quickly is also required.

Demonstrated interpersonal skills, including ability to exhibit tact, diplomacy and resourcefulness while working with a wide variety of individuals, including USAID staff at all levels, high-level officials in the GOU, U.S. government, foreign governments and international organizations, as well as with other foreign and domestic development partners, colleagues and office associates.

How to Apply

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