Livelihood and Gender Project Manager

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Brooke Hospital for Animals

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Philanthropy
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Permanent
  • Deadline: 23/08/2025
  • Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) Gender-based violence (GBV) Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Economic justice Food security & Nutrition
About Us
The Brooke is a leading UK equine welfare charity which has been working in Ethiopia since 2006 with a country office in Addis Ababa. The Brooke aims to improve the welfare of working equines, together with the livelihoods of people dependant on these animals. Brooke Ethiopia (B-Eth) is entering a new Strategic phase and by the year 2020, the Brooke Ethiopia will sustainably improve the equine welfare of some of the neediest rural and urban equines in Ethiopia.

Main purpose of the job:
The Livelihood and Gender Project manager focuses on integrating gender equality in designing, planning, implementing, and monitoring programmes to promote gender equality and sustainable livelihoods to improve animal welfare. This role supports Brooke’s gender transformative approach to animal welfare. The manager will innovate and adopt best practices and adapt strategies to meet evolving challenges in meeting animal welfare. This position offers the opportunity to drive systemic change and engage directly with staff and communities to build resilient futures, empowering and creating equity for better animal welfare and livelihoods.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
1. Integrated Program Design & Implementation
  • Conduct gender sensitive vulnerability, context, and trend analysis that affects animal welfare and resilient livelihoods of equine-reliant women and men communities.
  • Conduct gender and livelihood gap analysis, and integrate gender and livelihood into existing AW programmes
  • Co-design gender responsive and inclusive approaches to empower women, young women, men, and persons with disabilities who rely on working with equines for their livelihoods. Ensure that they have equal and equitable opportunities to access resources and services that contribute to their animals' welfare and their livelihoods.
  • Demonstrate that livelihood initiatives and diversified income-generating activities have direct implications on animal welfare and contribute to gender equality to achieve sustainable outcomes.

2. Technical Leadership and Capacity Building in Livelihoods and Gender, and Animal Welfare
  • Train staff and communities on the promotion of alternative livelihoods to improve resilience to various shocks and hazards
  • Provide guidance on livelihoods approaches, value chain development, and financial inclusion.
  • Conduct capacity-building trainings on livelihood methodologies.

3. Stakeholder Coordination and Engagement
  • Coordinate Livelihoods integration activities with local and national initiatives like animal health services, agriculture and extension departments, Ministry of Women and social affairs, private sector actors, and partners NGOs with which Brooke has an engagement.
  • Develop advocate materials for animal welfare policies in national livelihood strategies.

Personal Specification
  • Degree or Master’s degree in Development Studies, Gender, Agriculture, Economics, Monitoring and Evaluation or related field
  • 5+ years in livelihoods and gender programming (humanitarian or development settings with animal welfare components)
  • Technical knowledge on policy changes and trends in gender, livelihood and animal welfare focused programming.
  • Technical knowledge of livestock value chains and emergency response
  • Proven experience in programme/project development
  • Proven experience in report writing
  • Ability to work independently and think innovatively and strategically, as well as work collaboratively
  • Knowledge of human behaviour change approach to support sustainable behaviour change

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