WaterAid Ethiopia Gender Equality, Inclusion, and Empowerment Expert Jobs in Ethiopia

WaterAid Ethiopia Gender Equality, Inclusion, and Empowerment Expert Jobs in Ethiopia

Category: Development and Project Management

Location: Finote Selam Town, West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region.

Career Level: Senior Level (5+ years experience)

Employment Type: Full time

Job Description

Purpose of the Position:

The Gender Equality, Inclusion and Empowerment Expert will ensure that project activities effectively integrate gender considerations and mainstreaming and promotion of gender equality and inclusion in programs/ projects and strengthen specific programs/projects for the empowerment for girls; women and persons with disabilities to close gender gaps and help overcome gender-based inequality and discrimination.

The position holder will lead the integration and streamlining of gender and social inclusion activities through the development of empowerment frameworks and guidance.

The specialist will support the design and implementation of project activities that address the unique human rights challenges that women and girls face, and how to incorporate gender and social inclusion concerns in advocacy activities.

S/he will support project management with recommendations for improving processes to achieve objectives and will play a key role in project work planning, learning documentation, and reporting.

S/he is responsible to ensure gender responsive and inclusive WASH solution are used in projects, participate and ensure gender and inclusion activities and indicators are included in projects while proposal design and development, provide capacity building training for WaterAid and stakeholders, monitor gender and Inclusion activities are progressed well as planned.

Technical

Conduct timely, quality, and comprehensive Gender and Power Analysis (GAP) to inform program design and advocacy efforts of the organization

Lead gender empowerment and social inclusion tasks and influencing work at project level

Develops/adopt community conversation tools like SAA (Social Analysis and Action) in the WASH context to promote women empowerment.

Ensure that projects are technically sound & are aligned to WaterAid Equality, Inclusion and Rights Framework.

Develop necessary guidelines, systems, and tools for gender mainstreaming for projects in close collaboration with WAE staffs.

Prepare operational plans & support implementation of gender targeting projects.

Ensure the Gender, inclusion and empowerment tasks have been properly monitored and evaluated against desired results

Support and implement relevant advocacy activities and campaigns with key stakeholders including relevant government offices, community leaders and service providers on women’s empowerment and social inclusion

Ensures that all project activities consider E&I principles and mainstreamed in the project/program to influence both local WASH sector and other stakeholders to include E&I in their WASH interventions

Planning:

Contribute to annual and quarterly implementation plans and budgets and reports

Take part in project plan and personal work planning, implementation and review processes to maximize the effectiveness of WAE’s initiatives and supporting the Woreda and Town WASH sector.

Plan, direct and control the operation of activities assigned.

Take part in Woreda and town WASH planning, community mobilization and other stakeholders’ engagement in the planning process.

Monitoring and evaluation:

Conduct gender equality and inclusion audits from time to time and identify areas of improvement, communicate the same with relevant internal and external stakeholders, develop an action plan to address identified gaps.

Generate evidence and share lessons learned on gender transformative approaches

Ensure gender equality issues and sex, age and disability disaggregated data are included in monitoring report

Identify, document and disseminate best practices from within and outside WA to staff and stakeholders.

Support thematic leads and other technical specialists in setting indicator targets and ensure targets are in line with proper programming approaches

Support in regular performance

review meetings to assess progress on gender transformative programs and projects

Prepare monthly, quarterly and interim reports to the programmatic coordinator on gender, social inclusion and empowerment

In collaboration with local government actively participate in midterm evaluation and facilitate final evaluation.

Reporting, learning, research and capacity building

Conduct gender analysis at project/ program outset and incorporate findings in work plan and baseline data for ongoing monitoring and learning purpose

Assist technically on gender related research at various levels.

Train staff on various gender analysis and assessment tools and procedures and ensure that the organization has an inbuilt capacity to conduct assessments, which are cognizant of gender, equality issues and embrace diversity and inclusion.

Provide technical support on gender and social inclusion in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and Learning of WAE’s programs and projects.

Coordinate with regional, zonal and Woreda/town stakeholders, development partners and networks particularly those relevant to the WASH sector and represent WAE in policy forums locally and at zonal level and accordingly Provide technical assistance and build the capacities of stakeholders on gender, inclusion and empowerment.

Present and share lessons, best practices, approaches and tested models for internal WaterAid staff, government and other stakeholders, to further scaling up and influencing

Contribute to WAE reports to government and donors and provide periodic progress updates for organizational use

Other activities as assigned by the Project Coordinator

Job Requirements

Required Qualification:

Education and year of experience

Bachelor’s degree in Gender studies, social sciences, community development and other related disciplines.

At least four years substantial experience in gender empowerment and social inclusion on development programs/projects (designing, implementing and assessment/evaluation), preferably in NGOs;

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Experience and knowledge of the local context

Experience in engaging men on gender equality and women’s empowerment; Gender and climate resilience; accountability of duty bearers; Empowerment of school age/adolescent girls

Practical experiences on gender need assessment, gender analysis, and other gender tools at field and office levels for developmental setting

Experience in designing & facilitating gender equality training for staff and partners.

Demonstrated technical and managerial ability, sound judgment, and ability to work effectively with others at all levels

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, e.g., Government offices at different levels, partners, other NGOs and networks

Proficiency in the use of computers (MS word, Excel, Power Point, e-mail, Internet);

Good written and spoken English language; (Speaking the local language is an advantage)

Good community mobilization and facilitation skills, respecting community values

Experience of working on WASH related issues and good understanding of gender and inclusion in government WASH policy

Personal Characteristics / Skills:

The Gender, Inclusion and Empowerment Expert should demonstrate competence in the following:

• Respectfulness

• Accountability

• Courage

• Excellence

• Building partnership

• Stress tolerance

• Building commitment

• Collaboration

• People focus

How to Apply

Qualified applicants can send their CV and motivational letter via EthioJobs.

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