Gender Coordinator

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Plan International

  • 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: International contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 06/06/2024
  • Location: Jordan
Child protection/ Children’s rights Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role
THE ORGANIZATION
Plan International is an independent child rights and humanitarian organisation committed to children living a life free of poverty, violence and injustice. 

RESPONSIBILITIES
Program Management and Technical Support
  • Ensure the implementation of a holistic and integrated gender transformative approach across all Najahana objectives.
  • Support capacity building to Najahana partners, CBOs, and other key stakeholders in terms of gender equality, GBV, inclusion, SRHR and protection topics.
  • Support in the conduction of gender equality and inclusion related analysis, needs assessment and gender focused discussions.
  • Support developing and implementing specific gender action points and recommendations across the Najahana objectives.
  • Provide technical support to Najahana consortium and partners as they operationalize their gender action points and recommendations.
  • Support developing and disseminating gender focused program management tools including MEAL tools and culturally-sensitive and age-appropriate training materials.
  • Support reviewing the project documents to be gender and context sensitive specially in Arabic.
  • Support in adapting proven methodologies within the program objectives such as; Plan’s Champions of Change for adolescent girls and boys focused on building gender equality.
  • Actively contribute to the program planning and adaptation of the program approaches in line with youth, adolescent girls and young women priorities and needs.
  • Support in identifying areas that can be strengthened to increase the potential of Najahana to contribute to gender transformative and inclusive work.
  • Analyse and ensure the interventions across different objectives are gender-sensitive, inclusive, and non-discriminatory.
  • Support the coordination, preparation, and facilitation of all events related to the program (meetings, workshops, training, consultations, national stakeholders’ meetings).
  • Collaborate with the advocacy manager on all communication, visibility and advocacy requirements.
  • Representing the program to different stakeholders in the different areas of implementation.
  • Ensure implementation of code of conduct, and internal Child Protection policy.
  • Abide by the security policies and procedures and report any incidents or breaches to the line manager and/or security manager.
  • And any other duties seemed relevant to the position and assigned by your manager.
 
 
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Gender Science, Governance, Development Studies or related field.
  • A minimum of three years of relevant experience supporting activities relevant to capacity building.
  • Demonstrated experience in content development and facilitation skills.
  • In-depth knowledge of gender issues in humanitarian and/or development settings, particularly GBV, including relevant international human rights, principles and established international standards.
  • Ability to work independently with limited supervision from line manager and under pressure with competing priorities and deadlines.
  • Excellent reporting and writing skills; in both English and Arabic.
  • Excellent communication skills at all levels.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including Excel and Word and ability to use information technology as a tool and resource.
  • Commitment to Plan’s Global Gender Equality and Inclusion policy which states that the core objectives of Plan International work are to achieve gender equality, promoting gender justice, realizing girls’ rights, and fostering an inclusive society.
 

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