Gender and Accountability Specialist

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality, and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. Weve been doing this for over 70 years since World War II. It started with the worlds first CARE Package of food for post-war hunger in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.

I. JOB SUMMARY:

The Specialist- Gender and accountability for the SHE Thrives Activity will lead quality implementation of activities that address women's empowerment and gender equality for PSNP households participating in the project. S/he will be responsible for building the government partners' capacity in understanding and applying both gender equity and 'womens empowerment approaches, tools, and best practices. S/he I use a hands-on approach that will require outstanding skills in planning and facilitation of training workshops, coaching, and mentoring, and an ability to influence and facilitate change through high-level interpersonal and communication skills. The Gender Specialist will report directly to the project manager and will collaborate closely with other technical specialists and project staff to ensure program quality and impact in line with the Livelihoods for Resilience Activity goals and objectives at field office level.

II. RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Job Responsibility #1: Analysis, strategy, reporting and design (15% of time):

• Contributes to the projects detailed implementation plans (DIP), at the start-up and annual reviews, to ensure gender-responsive project planning.
• Conducts regular assessment and analysis of gender norms and relations in PSNP households and communities in Livelihood for Resilience project operational areas to feed into project learning and strategy revisions.
• Participates in the designs of household surveys to ensure that gender dynamics are appropriately included, analyzes results and writes reports in the field office.

Job Responsibility #2: Capacity building and technical assistance (20% of time):

• Tailors gender equity and women's empowerment training and discussion materials to the local context
• Leads and coordinates capacity building of CARE staff, and particularly Facilitators for Empowerment (FFEs) in Sidama and Gedio Zones, for gender equity and women's empowerment interventions, including in social analysis and action (SAA)
• Participates in the development and facilitation of trainings for partner and staff development on gender specific initiatives, including in staff transformation (the first step in SAA)
• Develops and implements follow-up coaching plans to sustain staff expertise and commitment to apply. new skills
• Supports woreda-level Offices of Women and Children Affairs to implementing gender and social development strategies.
• Advises and helps promote appropriate community mobilization strategies around gender.
• Documents and shares lessons/results of gender work and strategies in Livelihood for Resilience operational woredas

Job Responsibility #3: Gender interventions planning and implementation (30/ of time):

• Ensures that technical assistance activities in the crop and livestock, off-farm and employment livelihood pathways are implemented in such a way that women can participate profitably.
• Leads implementation of childcare pilots to enable women to participate in income-generation and marketing activities.
• Link VESA members to adult literacy programs through strong linkages with education offices and other relevant structures.
• Support Multi-Stakeholder Platforms to implement strategies to address social barriers that affect PSNP households.
• Enhances the awareness and knowledge of traditional leaders and influential community members on gender equity and women's empowerment.
• Supports custom institutions able to influence, practice and monitor gender equitable norms including addressing harmful traditional practices and gender-based violence.
• Supports Facilitators for Empowerment in rolling out social analysis and action processes and gender discussions in village economic and social associations (VESAs)
• Works identify role models and engage them to raise awareness about the benefits of changed social I norms.

Job Responsibility #4: Learning - and networking (20% of time):

• Keeps up to date with developments in gender initiatives, including best practice in-country, regions" and globally, and ensures ongoing personal development and learning.
• Explores and participate in networks and gender-related task forces at the regional and local level':
• Supports the documentation and use of project gender learning into evidence-based policy influence.
• Identifies, establishes, and maintains productive relationships with like-minded non-government: -. I organizations (NGOs) in time region
• Regularly disseminates information regarding gender interventions and accomplishments among stakeholders, including the government.
• Organizes and participates in cross-visits to leverage lessons and best practices on gender equity and women s empowerment activities.
• Together with the Learning Design and Measurement Unit, supports impact measurement and documentation of lessons learned and best practices on gender equity and women's empowerment.

Job Responsibility #5: Gender equity and diversity (10% of time):

• Supports and mentors intern(s) within the Awassa office and Dilla satellite office.
• Organizes and facilitates Women's Club activities within the Awassa office and Dilla satellite office.
• Promotes gender equality within teams, communities, and households.
• Ensures that proposals and reports make explicit reference to approaches used to address unequal gender relations; ensures that data are disaggregated by gender.
• Facilitates different capacity building activities for staff on gender and diversity issues.

Job Responsibility #6: Other activities (5% of time):

• Performs other duties as assigned.

III. PROBLEM SOLVING (Thinking Environment)

While the incumbent will face all three levels of problem-solving, the biggest challenges belong to category number three. The reason for creating this position is to ensure internalization and mainstreaming of gender work across the Livelihood for Resilience project, partners and SNNPR implementation areas. This position requires innovative thinking and the ability to think and communicate broadly and strategically.

GENDER EQUALITY

• Understanding and demonstrated commitment to the importance of gender, youth and social inclusion issues.
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of Gender Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and PSEAH (safeguarding), as evidenced in previous positions / programming

IV.QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW HOW)

A)EDUCATION/TRAINING

Required.

• BSc/BA in relevant disciplines, e.g., Social Sciences, Sociology, Gender, and Rural Development, and other related studies

Desired.

• Professional training in gender and social transformation

B)EXPERIENCE

• Required: 4 years of work experience in:
• Developmental related areas, conversant with adult learning and training of trainers methodologies, practical experience in women rights/livelihoods programming
• Gender analysis, training, and mainstreaming

Desired:

• NGO experience

C)Technical Skills

Required.

• Gender analysis, interpretation, and mainstreaming
• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, transparent and participatory management
• Sensitivity to various aspects of diversity (cultural, religion) and sensitivity to HIV/AIDS
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide rank of constituencies.
• Strong training/facilitation skills
• Writing skills (for report), proficiency in oral and written English
• Computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

Desired.

• Project design, monitoring, and evaluation
• Quantitative and qualitative data analysis skills
• Action learning/research methodologies

D)COMPETENCIES

• Coaching, initiating action, communicating with impact, innovation, planning and organizing, building partnership and commitment, facilitating change, adaptability, and contributing to team success.

IV.CONTACTS/KEY RELATIONSHIPS

The Gender and Accountability Special set work is expected to build partnering/service provision relationships with partners to smoothly run gender equity and women's empowerment activities in Livelihood for Resilience project implementation areas. S/he will report to the Project Manager and will work in close collaboration with the Senior Gender Advisor (CCLi) and other specialists at the field office level, particularly the Nutrition Specialist (for analysis and action on social norms surrounding nutrition, food security, and gender), the Livelihoods and Youth Specialist, and the Value Chain and IGA Specialist, to ensure that livelihoods activities are well tailored to the needs of women The Gender Specialist will also coordinate with PSNP 4 stakeholders to support the implementation of Gender and Social Development provisions where appropriate.

V.LIVING CONDITIONS AND LEVEL OF TRAVEL REQUIRED.

This position is based in Dilla with up to 70% travel to project operational woredas of Sidama and Gedio Zones.