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Job Description
Project Background
Policy LINK Ethiopia Champions for Food Security (C4FS) Activity is designed to strengthen the capacity of local actors and institutions to lead and manage the agricultural & food policy systems process and contribute effectively and collectively to improved, broad- based food security policy outcomes.
Specifically, the program aims to strengthen food security policy systems by investing in and reinforcing productive human and social capital and developing strategic partnerships that help bring these innovations and capacity investments to scale in order to achieve a critical mass of local actors with the ability and opportunity to effect positive policy change through collective action.
Policy LINKs general approach is grounded in facilitative leadership and collaborative governance, which emphasize engaging stakeholders from civil society and public and private sectors in consensus-oriented decision making, collaborative problem solving, and adaptive learning.
Policy LINK in Ethiopia
C4FS is a five-year activity with the overall objective of supporting the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) and other policy system actors in their aspiration to develop an inclusive policy development process. Specifically, the activity will facilitate the transition towards a policy development paradigm driven by multiple stakeholders.
This approach to policymaking will strengthen the capacities of Ethiopias main agricultural policy system actors and institutions and support them to engage stakeholders traditionally excluded from decision- making, including academia, financial institutions, the judiciary, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) non- governmental organizations (NGOs), and private sector representatives from the national, regional, and local levels.
This approach is underpinned by Policy LINKs overarching theory of change focused on increasing human and social capital, engaging policy system actors in collaborative processes, and developing mechanisms for collaborative governance and dynamic learning systems and platforms to sustain collective action.
Position Objectives
The Gender and Social Inclusion Manager will work closely with Policy LINK Ethiopia Country Lead, Technical Programs Director, technical leads, MEL team, and Regional Program Mangers to ensure that principles of gender equality and social inclusion, specifically youth and disability inclusion, are integrated into all aspects of project planning, monitoring, and implementation of activities under the USAID FtF Ethiopia C4FS Activity.
The Gender and Social Inclusion Manager, closely working with C4FS technical staff and stakeholders, will be responsible for the leadership of policy analysis for gender and social inclusion, and mainstreaming related activities. S/he facilitate identification of approaches to address gender and social inclusion gaps in the policymaking process in the agriculture and food systems; and recommend and support opportunities to empower vulnerable groups.
The Gender and Social Inclusion Manager will design and develop strategies and plans to improve women empowerment, gender equity, and promote inclusion of vulnerable groups on Activitys implementation. She/he will specifically focus on closing gaps of access to local services of this groups at local and sub-national level, facilitating learning and linkages on gender sensitive policymaking process.
The successful candidate will continually reinforce Policy LINKs agreed-upon core purpose and principles, and ensure all decision-making is rooted in those purpose and principles. S/he will contribute to foster a learning environment in which personal and team growth is supported, with a shared understanding that the team always comes before the individual.
Specific Responsibilities
The Gender and Social Inclusion Manager will be responsible for the following specific tasks:
Reporting and Supervision
The Gender and Social Inclusion Manager will directly report to the Technical Programs Director. The Gender and Social Inclusion Manager may supervise short-term consultants hired to support gender and social inclusion functions.
Performance Criteria
The C4FS Activity is a performance-based project, highly dependent on individuals and team core competencies. Each staff member will participate in an annual evaluation and receive feedback.
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Contract Name: USAID Feed the Future Policy LINK Ethiopia Champions for Food Security (C4FS) Activity
Status: Long Term Technical Assistance
Start Date: On or before April 1, 2024
Reporting Line Technical Programs Director
Job Requirements
Qualifications
This position is open to Ethiopian citizens. Qualifications include:
Education and Experience
Education
Skills
How to Apply
Application Procedure Please submit applications electronically via this website: https://fs23.formsite.com/OLJTgx/stanxggk4a/index
Applications will be considered in the order received till : 9th March,2024
Candidates will be required to answer certain qualifying questions before uploading their CVs and cover letters to the application form for consideration.
Only candidates who are shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. No email enquiries please
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