Gender and Protection Specialist

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CARE International

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $1,044 USD / monthly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 29/06/2024
  • Location: Ethiopia
Gender-based violence (GBV) Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role
JOB SUMMARY:

The Gender and Protection Specialist position is responsible to provide coordination, support, and supervision of Gender and Protection/GBV activities for conflict affected people respective regions where she/he is based in according to the application region of the candidate. In addition to providing overall coordination, she/he will also be responsible to directly provide technical and professional support in planning and implementing of Gender and Protection/GBV in Emergency responses.    

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Job Responsibility 1:  Planning and Implementation of Program Activities  25%

  • Ensures that planning and implementation of the project activities are in accordance with the program principles, approaches, and procedures of the organization.

  • Works closely with other project staffs and partners in planning and implementing the project activities.

 Job Responsibility 2: Technical Support and Capacity Building 20%

  • Provide technical and managerial oversight and guidance to Field Office (FO) staff regarding management of the project.

  • Assess and identify technical assistance needs in regard to technical skills, supervision support, etc., for the field-based staffs.

 Job Responsibility 4: Monitoring and Supervision 20%

  • Maintain up-to-date data related to GBV in emergency project activities and deliver it to learning designed and measurement manager for data entry and analysis.

  • Facilitates/Conducts joint, supportive supervision with Regional and National, Women Affairs Bureau and other government staffs from signatory sectors.

Job Responsibility 5: Facilitate Learning and Net Working 10%

  • Establishes firm and institutionalized working relationship with local government officials, community institutions, IDP Committees, regional and national and other stake holders.  

  • Keeps up to date the development in the sectors, including best practices examples in country and ensure ongoing personal development and learning

Job Responsibility 6: Reporting, Staff Supervision, Coaching and Team Building: 15%

  • Develops appropriate reporting formats together with the Head Office Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning specialist and Head Office Senior LDM manager.

  • Collects, organize, and summarize monthly and quarterly performance reports from Gender and Protection Specialists.

Job Responsibility 6: Donor Compliance and Follow-up 5 %
  • Ensure familiarity with all gender and protection related contracts and agreements with donors and sub-grantees.

  • Ensure that FO project staffs are implementing gender and protection per donor guidelines and CARE policies and procedures.


Job Responsibility 7: Perform other duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor. 5 %


QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW HOW)

  • BA degree in Gender, Public Health, Psychology, Social work, or related areas of focus
  • 4 years of relevant experience with the first degree and 3 years of relevant experience plus post graduate degree and experience on implementing or leading GBV and/or Gender focused projects in emergency.
  • Practical experience in leading team is an advantage.  
  • Experience on working with internally displaced people and conflict affected communities.
  • Supervisory skill.
  • Language proficiency in written and spoken English.
  • Computer proficiency.
  • Good communication and report writing skill.
  • Knowledge of written and spoken in the local languages of the respective regions.
  • Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, sensitivity to rural adolescent health, economic and social needs, conceptual understanding of participatory approach and sustainable development.

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