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Gender, Youth, and Social Inclusion Advisor
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Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Location: Democratic Republic of Congo
Roles and Key Responsibilities:
- Provide management, guidance, and technical oversight of gender, youth, and social inclusion activities under the anticipated RFSA throughout the project cycle to ensure project design, start-up, implementation and close-out are in line with CRS quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices.
- Effectively manage talent for gender, youth, and social inclusion and supervise. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports.
- Lead the development of program learning - identify opportunities for learning, research and publications in the area of gender, youth, and social inclusion and implementation of MEAL policy. Facilitate the dissemination of promising practices and lessons learned to contribute to the agency knowledge management agenda. Ensure integration of innovations and best practices.
- Oversee technical assistance and capacity strengthening activities in gender, youth, and social inclusion for staff and partner organizations to enhance program quality and impact.
- Oversee the identification, assessment and strengthening of partnerships relevant to gender, youth, and social inclusion and the appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools and approaches.
- Ensure timely and appropriate project expenditures in line with financial plans and efficient use and stewardship of project material sources.
- Represent CRS with key stakeholders in strategic activities such as coordination platforms, policy meetings and thematic committees / technical groups.
Basic Qualifications
- Master's Degree in International Development, International Relations, Gender Studies, or a related or relevant fields required. Additional experience may substitute for some education.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in relevant field-based project management experience required, with preferably at least 2-3 years working in the area of gender, youth, and social inclusion.
- Demonstrated experience of successful management, including management of functions of complex, high-value, multi-activity projects.
- Experience integrating gender, age, and other significant socio-cultural and inclusion elements in the context of food, nutrition, and economic security programming.
- Demonstrated experience leading data/information collection, analysis and utilization/implementation for program adaptive management.
- Staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment. Experience coaching.
Required Languages – English, French. Proficiency in Congolese languages is desirable.
Travel - Field-based position in D.R. Congo. Must be willing and able to travel up to 30%.
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