Gender Specialist

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Mercy Corps

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 19/10/2023
  • Location: Uganda, Kotido
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role
Day to day implementation
  • Gender Specialist is responsible for gender mainstreaming and proactive technical support to the overall program in the two districts of implementation.
  • Ensure gender and youth integration in the day-to-day activities
  • Maintain close communication about gender activities with teams during regular planning and coordination sessions
  • Work with the Program Team to support sectorally–focused gender and youth mainstreaming trainings (initial and refreshers) for all team members and partner staff.
  • Support the Gender Specialist with the planning and implementation of CCLAP gender integration strategy and suggest ways to improve on the same.
  • Collaborate with all CCLAP structures, government structures and relevant stakeholders to provide a comprehensive response to sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) within the project’s area of coverage

Partner Support and Capacity building.
  • Assist in the preparation of files and documents for the smooth running of programmes
  • Prepare CCLAP weekly movement plans and submit to Logistics team;
  • Write reports and project documents and submit to Program Manager as required.
  • Support in the use of monitoring systems and monitoring tools
  • Working and building the capacity of the partners, supporting in developing institutional development plans for the local partners.
  • Effectively manage tools and resources for programmes planning and development,
  • Ensure that all Partner financial data associated with programs are recorded and documented.

Finance & Compliance Management
  • Ensure compliance with donor and Mercy Corps regulations related to Climate Change Leaders Advancing for Peace (CCLAP)

Security
  • Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
  • Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.

Organizational Learning 
  • As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

Accountability to Beneficiaries
  • Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically
    to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Knowledge and Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in the social sciences, rural development, or related field
  • Minimum of two years’ professional experience in implementing peace and conflict related projects
  • Ability and commitment to team work
  • Ability to interact effectively with the diverse project stakeholders
  • Knowledge of the local languages is an added advantage
  • Working experience in conflict or post conflict settings and conflict sensitive programming.
  • Able to drive a motorbike safely, valid license. Preferred but not required.

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