Gender Advisor

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African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)

Remote (local)
  • Location: Central Africa, East Africa, Northwest and Northeast Africa , Southern Africa
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 10/05/2024
  • Location: Central Africa, East Africa, Northwest and Northeast Africa , Southern Africa
Movement building Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role
About FEMNET

The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) is a pan-African, feminist and membership-based network with over 800 individual and institutional members across 50 African countries and in the diaspora. FEMNET envisions a society where African women and girls thrive in dignity and well-being, free from patriarchal and neoliberal oppression and injustices.

Duties and Responsibilities
a) Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI): The Gender Advisor will ensure the AACJ program is gender transformative program by.
  • Developing a GESI strategy for the program in collaboration with all implementing partners.
  • Lead development of GESI tools and guidelines to support implementing partners across the consortium.

b) Planning and Coordination in the Project Management Unity (PMU): The Gender advisor will be part of the PMU and she will.
  • Provide technical expertise to support the development of gender transformative AACJ programming while ensuring the program embeds robust situational analyses on gender equality and social inclusion.
  • Support and build strategic partnerships in-country, regionally and globally, to promote gender equality and social inclusion.

c) Movement Building: The Gender Advisor will:
  • Strengthen solidarity across horizontal and vertical socioeconomic and geographical stratifications in the spirit of building an inclusive climate change movement.
  • Coordinate and nurture a community of socially excluded Climate Justice activists.

d) Feminist Narrative: The AACJ Consortium believes that it is hugely unjust that people who have contributed the least to the changing climate are most affected by its impacts. The Climate Justice Gender Advisor will:
  • Work with other feminists and communities to develop African feminist narrative on Climate Justice.
  • In collaboration with others, develop knowledge products which centre African feminist narrative on climate justice.

Person Specification: This role offers a unique opportunity for seasoned African Feminists Climate Justice Gender expert and shape continental debate, policies, and spaces.  A passionate activist with a genuine passion and commitment to work on Climate Change will have a platform on one of the largest and influential Pan-African feminist networks.

4. Required Skills, Expertise and Experience

  • Master’s Degree in a relevant field from a recognised university.
  • Experience working at the African regional level and/or international levels including experience working with African Union Institutions/Organs and UN Bodies.
  • Strong Information Technology (IT) & Information System (IS) skills, including Microsoft Office packages, ERPs etc.
  • At least 5 years’ experience working on climate policies and spaces.
  • Demonstrate commitment to Charter of African Feminist Principles.
  • Demonstrate leadership skills and experience.
  • Proven research, analytical skills and ability to apply them in inter-disciplinary contexts.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills to a wide range of audiences
  • Strong resource mobilisation skills.
  • Proven interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-interest, multi-ethnic environment.

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