The Gender Officer for the Seize Water project in Debre Tabor will lead the project's efforts towards quality, and inclusion through capacity building, strategy development, and advocacy. She/He will be responsible for building the government partners’ and community’s capacity to understand and apply gender and other empowerment approaches, tools, and best practices at a field office and project office level.  It is envisioned that this will first be achieved through 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 Officer will report directly to the Sr. Project Manager at the Amhara field office and will work closely with the Gender Officer in the field office and other project managers and staff to ensure program quality and impact in line with the project goals and objectives. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Job Responsibility #1 Capacity Building and Technical Assistance to contribute to achieve the project goals. 

• Builds staff and key partners’ capacity on gender and community service-focused program quality. 

• Conduct capacity assessment and based on the results, prepare plans pertinent to the findings in the gender lens. 

• Lead and organize the customer satisfaction forum tool facilitation in the project implementation area. 

• Facilitate customer satisfaction forum sessions at zone, woreda, kebele and other selected areas. 

• Participate in the development of materials and lead trainings for partners and community on gender, life skills, and community service-specific initiatives. 

• Develops and implements follow-up coaching plans to sustain staff expertise and commitment to applying new skills.

• Works with the relevant government structures to facilitate gender and community service-related activities and monitoring in the operational areas.

• Design an appropriate community mobilization strategy around gender and community service provision.

• Documents and shares lessons/results of gender, life skills, and community service work and strategies in projects.

% of Time:  40% 

Job Responsibility #2: Learning, Monitoring and Sharing Evidence 

• Disseminate information regarding the project’s gender and community service advocacy work accomplishments among stakeholders, including the woreda government on a regular basis.

• Organizes and participates in supportive supervisions and cross-visits.

• Showcase the impact of the project institutional system strengthening activities on the community and Water + service delivery.

• Together with the Learning Design and Measurement (LDM) staff, support the effort to measure impact in light of gender and other inclusion issues.

• Document lessons learned best practices, and success stories on gender and community services of projects in collaboration with LDM, Communication and Senior Advocacy Advisor and other projects’ staff. 

% of Time: 40% 

Job Responsibility #3: Networking and Representation 

• Explores and participates in networks, gender, and community service task forces at the woreda and local levels.

• Supports the documentation and use of project gender and community service learning into evidence-based policy influence.

• Represent projects and CARE on different platforms regarding gender and community service initiatives.

% of Time: 15% 

Job Responsibility #4: Other responsibilities as assigned.

% of Time: 5%

III.PROBLEM SOLVING (Thinking Environment)

This position requires problem-solving, innovative thinking, and the ability to think and communicate broadly and strategically.

IV.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

Salary - 746USD

Job Requirements

V. QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW-HOW)

A) EDUCATION/TRAINING 

Required:

• BSc/A in relevant disciplines i.e. Social Science, Gender Studies, Development Studies, Rural Development, or other related studies

Desired: 

• Professional training in gender

B) EXPERIENCE 

Required: 3-5 years of work experience in: 

• Developmental related areas, adult learning and training of trainers, methodologies, practical experience in women's rights/livelihoods programming

• Gender analysis, Gender transformative tools, training, and mainstreaming

Desired: 

• NGO experience

C) TECHNICAL SKILLS 

Required:

• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, transparent and participatory management

• Sensitivity to different aspects of diversity (cultural, religious, economic, disability) and sensitivity to HIV/AIDS

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies.

• Training/facilitation skills

• Writing skills (for report), proficiency in oral and written English 

• Computer literacy in MS Word, Excel, Microsoft 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.

VI. CONTACTS/KEY RELATIONSHIPS 

The Gender Officer is expected to build partnering/service provision relationships with different project managers, grassroots staff, project officers, and partners to smoothly run gender, life skills, and community service activities for the project.  She/He will work in close collaboration with the regional Gender Officer and the Project Managers. 

VII. LIVING CONDITIONS (FOR OVERSEAS POSITIONS) AND LEVEL OF TRAVEL REQUIRED. 

This position is based in Debre Tabor with 80% travel to the target woredas and Community. 

How To Apply

If you are interested to be part of our dynamic team, exciting work environment and contribute to CARE Ethiopia’s mission and vision, please send your CV (not more than 3 pages) and cover letter (not more than one page) through THIS LINK

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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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.

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