The position is responsible to oversee implementation of gender-sensitive livelihoods, and capacity building activities. Facilitate exchange of information compilation data and reports, provision of technical training to beneficiaries and local government staffs. In consultation with the project coordinator and other officer’s review project work plans and activity budget for better response for the need of the project.

Duties and Responsibilities

• He/she is responsible for gender mainstreaming and proactive technical support of the Building Climate Resilient Community project

•  Ensure gender integration and marginalize groups addressed in the day-to-day activities of the project;

• In collaboration with the project officers, support the target beneficiaries with different food seccurity livelihoods options and climate change adaptation (NRM) initiatives; 

• Attend inter-agency meetings, gender-related events (meeting, workshops, conferences) and network within the Somali Regional Coordination in-order to stay updated about gender related development;

• Organize and mobilize women to involve with self-help group system and follow-up gender activities;

• Organize and deliver gender based training in the project and ensure marginalized groups included;

• Assist and capacitating women to participate and use of fuel saving system, land right, access resources and in decision-making matters at household and community levels;

• Plan, implement and follow up on gender-related activities and provide support to beneficiaries and grantees on mainstreaming gender in project activities;

• Survey and identify food security and livelihood development and climate change adaptation constraints and suggest the possible recommendations to the project office;

• Conduct GBA+, baseline survey and data collection on gender issues for gender strategy development of the project;

• Work with all officers and partners to ensure that gender equity principles are incorporated into all policies and activities in the project; 

• Follow, observe and collaborate on work of training beneficiaries on climate smart agriculture with gender aspects;

• Prepare and submit reports directly to the Project Team Leader regularly;

• Develop bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on gender activities.

• Ensure mainstreaming of LWF Ethiopia’s cross-cutting issues of gender equity, HIV&AIDS, Environmental Protection, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Child Protection throughout the project and strengthen gender sensitivity in all activities;

• Ensure compliance with LWF’s policies in child rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities;

• Perform any other duties as assigned to him/her by the project Team Leader or his designate.

Job Requirements

Qualification

• A relevant undergraduate qualification is essential. A post graduate degree in gender, women economic empowerment rural livelihoods or other related field of study is highly desirable;

• Relevant experience of at least 2 years preferably in an international NGO;

• A minimum of 6 years relevant work experience managing a gender portfolio;

• Knowledge and understanding of the institutional, legal and policy frameworks at national and local level that impacts on the status of women;

• Experience in project cycle appraisal, management and monitoring.

Additional requirement

• Analytic and computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, design packages;

• Experience with digital data gathering will be an added advantage and 

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and in a team environment.

• Highly developed interpersonal, oral and written communication skills and presentation skills.

• An influential communicator, with excellent written and verbal skills in both English and Local languages

How to Apply

Interested candidates who meet the above requirement can send ONLY detailed CV and application letter through THIS LINK

Women are encouraged to apply and only short-listed applicants will be contacted.