Gender Expert

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Speak Up Africa

  • Location: Benin , Senegal
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 10+ years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • 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: 15/02/2025
  • Location: Benin , Senegal
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Background

Headquartered in Dakar, Senegal, Speak Up Africa is a Policy and Advocacy Action Tank dedicated to catalyzing leadership, enabling policy change, and increasing awareness for sustainable development in Africa. Through our platforms and relationships and with the help of our partners, we ensure that policy makers meet implementers, that solutions are showcased and that every sector contributes critically to the dialogue and strives to form the blueprints for concrete action for sustainable development – from individual citizens and civil society groups to global donors and business leaders.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Agenda-setting and programming:

  • Conduct a gender audit and gap analysis of existing policies, processes, programs and interventions
  • Build a solid gender infrastructure with mechanisms that will guarantee the sustainability of Speak Up Africa’s mainstreaming efforts both institutionally and programmatically.
  • Define the strategic vision and approaches for advancing Speak Up Africa’s gender equality objectives
  • Support the development of a Monitoring Learning and Evaluation mechanisms that include qualitative and quantitative gender indicators to monitor outcomes of mainstreaming activities.
  • Oversee implementation of gender components of partnership projects, including with civil society organizations
  • Represent Speak Up Africa on gender platforms and communities of practice to position the organization as a thought leader
  • Guide work of staff/consultants that may be hired for specific projects
Capacity-strengthening:

  • Develop and implement a capacity building plan on gender mainstreaming for staff, board members and targeted partners.
  • Ensure gender considerations and analysis are integrated into Speak Up Africa’s interventions by providing guidance to the staff on mainstreaming gender into design, monitoring frameworks and implementation.
  • Document results and impact of gender mainstreaming work through reports, publications and other communications materials.
Reporting:

  • Produce a quarterly report highlighting progress, potential bottlenecks and key activations to be shared with Speak Up Africa and OPCU leadership.
  • Produce a yearly publication on Speak Up Africa’s impact with findings, lessons learned and recommendations.
  • Lead the development of donor-facing annual reports.
Qualifications and Experience

  • Master’s degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences or related field
  • Minimum 10 years proven experience managing and implementing gender mainstreaming initiatives
  • Extensive knowledge of gender issues specifically related to Speak Up Africa’s areas of work
  • Strong understanding of gender analysis frameworks and audits
  • Demonstrated ability to implement institutional transformation initiatives
  • Excellent relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Outstanding verbal and written communications skills
  • For the position advertised, fluency in English and French is required (fluent in written and spoken French and English)

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