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Job Description
I.JOB SUMMARY
The Gender and Policy Advisor supports SHE THIRVES PROJECT by guiding the mainstreaming of gender at all levels of project implementation. The gender and SAA advisor reports directly to the She Thrives Project Director. S/he will serve as technical lead of the SHE THIRVES PROJECTs efforts towards quality design and implementation of initiatives that ensure women empowerment, good governance, accountability, and gender equality. The position holder will coordinate gender analysis and lead studies to explore livelihoods and employment opportunities, policy gaps and socio-cultural barriers particularly for girls, women, and female headed households. The advisor will also lead SHE THIRVES PROJECTs efforts to introduce Social Analysis and Action (SAA), Gender Equity and Diversity (GED), EKATA and Community Score Card (CSC), social norms transformation and accountability tools, in all communities the programs operate in. The Advisor leads/conducts standard quality training and produces related guidelines to ensure women empowerment and integration of gender priorities into all technical sectors of the projects under She Thrives Project. In consultation with the SHE THIRVES PROJECT Director, and SHE THIRVES PROJECTs technical team, S/he will undertake formative research in implementation areas to identify key issues, social norms and to inform interventions, strategies, policies. The advisor will oversee and ensure the mainstreaming of gender in all SHE THIRVES PROJECT or She Thrives partners, participate in all monitoring, evaluation and learning events, respond to identified issues and make timely adjustments to implementation strategies as needed. The person will also be responsible for transferring good practices and creating shared learning among She Thrives Project. Key responsibilities include Identifying and sharing gender mainstreaming tools and strategies for SHE THIRVES PROJECT and focal persons and giving guidance and in identifying innovative mechanisms /strategies to engage staff and partners in gender transformative program implementations.
The person is also responsible for ensuring that the She Thrives Project has the capacity to support all projects under the unit and partners staff on gender equity and diversity issues to a level where they are able to ensure project activities are gender transformative.
II. RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Job Responsibility #1: Analysis, Strategy, Reporting and Design (time: 35%)
Job Responsibility #2 Capacity Building and Technical Assistance (time: 35%)
Job Responsibility #3: Learning, Policy Implementation, and Networking (time: 25%)
Job Responsibility #4: Representation and Others (time: 5%)
Problem Solving (Thinking Environment)
While the incumbent will face all three levels of problem-solving, the biggest challenges belong to category number three. The incumbent must use interpersonal skills to pick and choose the right strategy to address a given problem and also has to deal with variable solutions, which need analysis, problem definition and development of alternative solutions. This position is to increase the SHE THIRVES PROJECT and Field Offices' capacity to think, analyze, plan and operate more strategically in terms of addressing the underlying causes of vulnerability, gender inequality, child labour and the implementation of initiatives that will enhance womens capacities in savings and loans, income generating activities, asset building and management. This will require an understanding and use of different tools and programming approaches for identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, implementing and evaluating those interventions with the highest potential for increasing households economic resilience and increasing their livelihood security in a sustainable manner.
GENDER EQUALITY
Job Requirements
IV. QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW HOW)
A) EDUCATION/TRAINING
Required:
Desired:
B) EXPERIENCE
Required:
Desired:
C) TECHNICAL SKILLS
Required:
Desired:
How to Apply
If you are interested to be part of our dynamic team, exciting work environment and contribute to CARE Ethiopias mission and vision, please send your CV (not more than 3 pages) and cover letter (not more than one page) throughhttps://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg02/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CAREUSA&cws=52&rid=7198
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Passionate and dedicated candidates who meet the requirement are strongly encouraged to apply, especially women!
CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. We encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.
CARE Ethiopia is committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework. CARE Ethiopia has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives, or partners.
CARE Ethiopia reserves the right to seek information from job applicants current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicants employment with that employer.
By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that s/he has no objection to CARE Ethiopia requesting the information specified above. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks.
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