Gender and community development officer
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- Job Description:
Job Purpose:
- Play a great role on capacity building of concern staff in gender concept and design and implementing gender sensitive programme.
- Provide technical support and enhance the capacity of program office and partners on design monitoring and evaluation and on mainstreaming cross cutting issues (Equality, HIV and CHS etc.)
- Regularly monitor review and evaluate the implementation crosscutting issues, take appropriate and timely actions and extract lessons learned for future program development and implementation.
- Assist beneficiaries and CBOs on building their capacity to play leading role in their development issues.
- Fosters an environment which brings about meaningful social and economic change to individuals and communities in project intervention areas.
- Support and engages others to build social capital, reduce isolation and anti-social behaviours in communities.
- Capacity building activities with government entities, as well as NGO actors, to improve their knowledge on GBV prevention through men engagement.
Main duties & Responsibilities:
Project design & implementation
- Mainstream crosscutting issues (equality/gender/CHS, HIV and AIDS) properly and in participatory manner with relevant stakeholders in proposal development in line with concern and donors standard requirements and guidelines.
- Take part in any assessments in project area and develop tools for Gender and other cross cutting issues.
- Ensure all projects are including community GBV prevention activities, including engaging men and boys.
- Capacity building activities with government entities, Concern staff as well as NGO actors, to improve their knowledge on GBV prevention and response.
- Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity into tasks and activities.
- Provide induction on all crosscutting issues and different policies of the organization for new employees, volunteers, contractors and other partners who are in contact with Concern.
- Provide technical support & Advise to Project Managers on Gender and community development process.
- Ensure the marginalized and at risk groups to be included in Programme design.
- Provide capacity building training and technical support related to community development to staff and CBO leaders and local partners working with Concern.
Monitoring & Evaluation
- Participate on program design/proposal development and provide technical support to ensure gender sensitive activities & indicators are designed.
- Develop/update appropriate monitoring data collection tools for crosscutting issues in close technical support of the MEAL and Gender team both at all level.
- Ensure regular monitoring and modification of ongoing programming as required.
Reporting
- Support project learning reviews and donor reports, as require
- Prepare relevant activity donor reports as per agreed-upon schedules (monthly, quarterly, and/or annually) on activities, indicators, and achievements.
- Compile and submit community development and Gender CHS, HIV and other crosscutting issues reports generated from different programs/projects as per their format periodically.
- Develop case studies and good practices that can be shared with other internal and external stakeholders.
Advocacy and Networking
- Play active role in forums, task forces, core group meetings and consortia under the project office related to cross cutting issues for learning, experience sharing and joint action implementation.
- Jointly organise and implement campaigning events to influence decisions as needed.
- Participate on the preparation of joint action plan and activities among different projects of the target woredas.
- Support and coordinate efforts with stakeholders/Partner organisations to achieve the intended objective of the programme area.
- Perform other duties appropriate to the position and/or assigned by the line manager.
Safeguarding
- Ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation by working on the adherence of CONCERN Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy.
- Ensure program participant Protections by adhering standards of the safeguarding policy when program participants be in contact with CONCERN during different trainings, meetings, workshops and contractual works.
- Assess the safety and security of different meeting, workshop and training venues in collaboration with project HR unit Provide technical support &Advise to Project Manager Follow up & Monitor Strategic Implementation of Concern Safeguarding Issues collaborating with Gender & Safeguarding team in Concern.
Accountability
- In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS).
- actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E).
- work with relevant colleagues to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed.
- work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.
Gender Equality
- Carry out gender analysis and gender related assessments
- Oversee the development and monitoring of gender sensitive indicators.
- Regularly monitor, review and evaluate the implementation of programs on gender mainstreaming, take appropriate and timely action and extract lessons learned for future program development and implementation.
- Document best practices on the implementation of gender mainstreaming.
- Perform other duties assigned by the line manager.
- Job Requirements:
Person specification:
Essential minimum qualifications and capacities
- MA/BA degree in social science such as Sociology/Social work, Gender studies Developmental studies and other relevant fields of studies with over four years of experience for BA and more than 2 years for MA in gender-responsive development work
- Clear understanding and experience in directly implementing primary quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis and reporting. Demonstrated knowledge and experience of workforce development and gender issues.
- Excellent facilitation and communication skills in multi-stakeholder environment.
- Experience of working with local partners, including government agencies, development partners and civil society organisations.
- Demonstrated experience on documentation and reporting Good interpersonal skills, team player with sensitivity to cultural diversity and working in dependably.
- Excellent communication skills in English and Amharic and ability to work under pressure
Competencies:
- Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the
- organization developing effective working relationships to deliver outstanding results.
- Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff and working with community members
What we offer
- A competitive salary and benefit package
- Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)
- 20 days annual leave
- 26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18weeks(unpaid) parental leave
- Posted:
- 11.25.2022
- Deadline:
- 12.05.2022
- Job Category:
- Social Sciences and Community
- Employment:
- Full time
- Location:
- Arbaya ,Belessa with frequent travel to project areas, Amhara
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