Gender Equity Manager

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Vital Strategies

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: $33,000 USD-$36,700 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 02/05/2025
  • Location: Ethiopia
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Vital Strategies is a global public health organization. Our programs strengthen public health systems and address the world’s leading causes of illness, injury and death. 

Duties and Responsibilities:
Work closely with the Steering Committee and Technical Working Group to ensure gender and equity issues are identified and addressed from the project outset;

Support the network of HDSS sites to coalesce around gender-responsive national standards that will be used to generate evidence and production of standardized data;

Support the network of HDSS sites to strive for greater gender balance in HDSS leadership and management roles;

Provide guidance to project colleagues on integrating gender equity activities into workplans and incorporating a gender equity perspective into the work;

Serve as a technical resource for gender and other equity-related subjects and capacity-strengthening activities of the project, with support and guidance from colleagues at Vital Strategies with relevant experience and expertise;

Research, analyze, and disseminate best practices in gender-equitable programming in the global health sector;

With support from other Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and the project’s leadership:

Mobilize implementation support and technical assistance for the project, including establishing objectives and progress indicators, developing workplans, budget management, identification, and management of technical assistance (via internal or external specialists), etc.; 

Directly provide technical assistance on gender-focused approaches throughout the project;

Engage internal or external SMEs for technical assistance with prioritization given to local or regional experts;

Represent Vital Strategies in cross-organization gender and equity program planning meetings; communicate relevant information to colleagues and country partners;

Serve as a member of the project team ensuring successful implementation, participate in the delivery of training, mentoring, and other technical assistance activities as required, assist with donor reporting and ensure prudent management of finances,

Other duties as assigned.


Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in public health, or another relevant field required. Masters preferred. 
Minimum 6 - 7 years of relevant experience;
Fundamental knowledge of concepts of gender equity/gender equality in public health, including other forms of inequity, vulnerability, and the intersectionality of these factors;  
Strong people skills, with demonstrated ability to maintain partnerships with internal and external stakeholders;
Ability to conduct a landscape analysis of gender equity-focused health initiatives of similar scope and intent;
Ability to conduct country-specific policy analysis of policies relevant to promoting gender equity/gender equality;   
General project management skills; 
Excellent communication skills in verbal and written forms in Amharic and English;  
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in diverse, cross-cultural, multi-sectoral environments.
Subject matter expertise gained through gender studies, training, and professional experience addressing health disparities, particularly from gender/intersectional perspectives; 
Experience working with government partners (city/state/regional/national) specifically on gender-equity initiatives and programs;
Experience working with vital event data; HDSS site data experience will be an advantage; 
Experience in delivering training and technical assistance. 

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