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Director: Gender Equity Office
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University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Development
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Research
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 23/08/2024
- Location: South Africa
Department Description
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is committed to providing a safe institutional environment where all members of the Wits community can learn, work and engage in University duties and activities, free from all forms of gender inequities and Gender-Based Harm (GBH), including sexual harassment, sexual violence and sexism. Gender-based harm undermines the dignity and autonomy of those victimised and erodes the academic project. The work of the Gender Equity Office (GEO) is undertaken in the context of diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice.
The GEO was established in 2013 as an independent office to comprehensively and professionally address all forms of GBH on campus by:
• Compiling, monitoring and analysing GBH complaints from within the University;
• Providing dedicated support – including professional counselling – to complainants and victims of GBH;
• Discussing options for support and redress including, where relevant, disciplinary processes where the perpetrator is a Wits staff member or student;
• Managing independent hearing panels for disciplinary processes under a gender-sensitive procedure for gender-related misconduct and effectively and appropriately implementing these and other relevant policy procedures;
• Developing appropriate policies and procedures for dealing with GBH and gender inequities on campus; and
• Undertaking sustained and informed proactive advocacy interventions across campus to raise awareness about GBH and to advance gender equity. As the GEO has been strengthened over the past decade, the university views the importance of locating matters related to gender inequities and GBH within the larger social justice framework and institutional transformation. The University seeks to appoint a Director to lead the GEO with expertise in law and/or gender and/or power relations and/or social justice on a full-time continuous basis.
The Director will be responsible for the following key performance areas:
• Providing leadership and operational management to the GEO, including managing the full-time and contracted staff members;
• Working strategically within the framework of social justice and institutional transformation, which requires developing a strategic plan for GBH alongside a broader Gender Equity and Transformation Plan;•Providing strategic leadership on GBH-related issues on campus;
• Acting as the custodian, advocate and executing relevant University policies and procedures relating to combatting GBH;
Minimum appointment criteria:
• Postgraduate qualification (ideally a Master’s degree) in Law, Humanities, Social Sciences or cognate disciplines.
• At least five years’ experience in matters about gender, including activities such as research, advocacy or litigation.
• Substantial experience in social justice, law or an equivalent field, as well as an understanding of the psychosocial impact of GBH and/or violence.
• Proven ability to run and oversee litigation and disciplinary processes.
• Experience in advocacy and management, and, ideally, proven experience of operating within a matrix reporting structure.
• High levels of independent thinking, as well as demonstrated communication and conflict resolution skills.
•An understanding of the higher education landscape regulating social cohesion and university governance.
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is committed to providing a safe institutional environment where all members of the Wits community can learn, work and engage in University duties and activities, free from all forms of gender inequities and Gender-Based Harm (GBH), including sexual harassment, sexual violence and sexism. Gender-based harm undermines the dignity and autonomy of those victimised and erodes the academic project. The work of the Gender Equity Office (GEO) is undertaken in the context of diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice.
The GEO was established in 2013 as an independent office to comprehensively and professionally address all forms of GBH on campus by:
• Compiling, monitoring and analysing GBH complaints from within the University;
• Providing dedicated support – including professional counselling – to complainants and victims of GBH;
• Discussing options for support and redress including, where relevant, disciplinary processes where the perpetrator is a Wits staff member or student;
• Managing independent hearing panels for disciplinary processes under a gender-sensitive procedure for gender-related misconduct and effectively and appropriately implementing these and other relevant policy procedures;
• Developing appropriate policies and procedures for dealing with GBH and gender inequities on campus; and
• Undertaking sustained and informed proactive advocacy interventions across campus to raise awareness about GBH and to advance gender equity. As the GEO has been strengthened over the past decade, the university views the importance of locating matters related to gender inequities and GBH within the larger social justice framework and institutional transformation. The University seeks to appoint a Director to lead the GEO with expertise in law and/or gender and/or power relations and/or social justice on a full-time continuous basis.
The Director will be responsible for the following key performance areas:
• Providing leadership and operational management to the GEO, including managing the full-time and contracted staff members;
• Working strategically within the framework of social justice and institutional transformation, which requires developing a strategic plan for GBH alongside a broader Gender Equity and Transformation Plan;•Providing strategic leadership on GBH-related issues on campus;
• Acting as the custodian, advocate and executing relevant University policies and procedures relating to combatting GBH;
Minimum appointment criteria:
• Postgraduate qualification (ideally a Master’s degree) in Law, Humanities, Social Sciences or cognate disciplines.
• At least five years’ experience in matters about gender, including activities such as research, advocacy or litigation.
• Substantial experience in social justice, law or an equivalent field, as well as an understanding of the psychosocial impact of GBH and/or violence.
• Proven ability to run and oversee litigation and disciplinary processes.
• Experience in advocacy and management, and, ideally, proven experience of operating within a matrix reporting structure.
• High levels of independent thinking, as well as demonstrated communication and conflict resolution skills.
•An understanding of the higher education landscape regulating social cohesion and university governance.
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