COWASH IV Gender and Inclusion Specialist
NIRAS International Consulting
Social Science
Social Science and Community
Addis Ababa
7 years
1 Position
2025-08-18
to
2025-08-23
analyse community needs
Sociology
Social Science
Psychology
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Job Description
The Community-led Accelerated WASH Project, Phase IV (COWASH IV) is a bi-lateral project financed by the Governments of Ethiopia and Finland. The project is supporting the Ethiopian WASH sector in eight regions covering 104 woredas using the Community Managed Project (CMP) approach. COWASH IV runs from 01 April 2021 to 30 September 2026. NIRAS Finland Oy who is providing technical assistance services for the project is seeking to recruit an energetic and dynamic Gender and Inclusion Specialist to join the Federal Technical Assistance Team for the remainder of the project:
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the design, development, testing, capacity building for, and evaluation of the following Project activities:
Piloting the construction and operation of menstrual hygiene management rooms/facilities at schools in the eight Project regions;
Menstrual hygiene management awareness training;
Gender and WASH awareness training; and
Disability and WASH awareness raising;
As a part of and complementary to the above process:
Conduct and utilise literature reviews, research and formative research to develop Project activities and pilots;
Develop the process to take successful pilots to scale;
Document pilot and activity designs for internal and external use;
Provide technical and advocacy support for gender and inclusion aspects of the Project activities;
Sanitation marketing pilots in the eight Project regions including demand creation, supply chain strengthening, product development, financing strategy, etc.;
Sanitation and hygiene behaviour change capacity building for regional and woreda level WASH staff;
‘Nudge’ pilots in schools and health centre water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities to support usage and maintenance;
Capacity building program and tools for school and health centre water, sanitation, and hygiene facility operation and maintenance;
Adaptive features and devices to make household latrines disability friendly;
Build capacity and buy-in for gender and inclusive WASH programming within the Federal and regional technical assistance teams;
Support supervision, monitoring and relevant reporting related to gender and inclusion of the selected Project regions;
Ensure gender and inclusion sensitive monitoring and reporting; and
Relevant reporting.
Place of the assignment:
Based in the Ministry of Water and Energy, Addis Ababa with frequent travel to the regions.
Job Requirements
Education and Language Capability:
Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (e.g., Sociology, Social Psychology, Social Work, Community Development), Master’s degree preferred.
Fluency in both spoken and written English and Amharic
Experience and Skills:
At least seven years of relevant work experience;
Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, managing, and evaluating development activities with a focus on gender and inclusion;
Demonstrated knowledge on current trends related to gender and inclusion; in particular as they apply to the water, sanitation and hygiene sector;
Demonstrated ability and perseverance in advocating for the inclusion of marginalised groups, their needs and perspectives into development programmes;
Excellent social skills, ability to work and communicate in an international environment and in communities of diverse cultures;
Experience in cooperation with development partners;
The selected specialist should have new ideas and bring a modern, forward looking and efficient approach to the gender and inclusion aspects of COWASH;
Good computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, data base management, etc.); and
Good communication and report writing skills in English.
How To Apply
Interested candidates should submit their CV with copies of supporting documents, motivation letter and passport-size photograph to: asmamawbertukan@gmail.com Tel.+251918765582
The deadline for the submission of applications is 22. Aug. 2025.
Fields Of Study
Sociology
Social Science
Psychology
Skills Required
analyse community needs
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