Gender, Inclusion and Safeguarding Officer
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Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
- 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: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 31/05/2026
- Location: Uganda
The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), established by ten Vice Chancellors in 2004, is a consortium of universities in Africa. As of December 2025, membership stands at 175 universities in 40 countries. RUFORUM is registered as an International NGO (FORR78950) in Uganda and coordinated by a Secretariat hosted at Makerere University in Kampala. The organization evolved from its predecessor, the Forum on Agricultural Resource Husbandry (FORUM) program of the Rockefeller Foundation.
Position Objective (Summary of placement in the function and broad responsibilities)
The Gender, Inclusion and Safeguarding Officer will be based at the RUFORUM Secretariat. They will support the Senior Program Officer, System Strengthening, in overseeing the design and provision of welfare services, including psychosocial support, gender responsiveness, and inclusivity in program implementation, as well as broad inclusion initiatives for refugees and persons with disabilities. The office bearer will also support institutional systems strengthening, with a focus on compliance with safeguarding and gender responsiveness in established policies, frameworks, and processes. This may include gender inclusiveness in the recruitment of students participating in TAGDev 2.0 and other RUFORUM programs, continuous professional development, as well as programs that enhance institutions’ capacities to address teaching, learning, knowledge translation, and to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion at participating institutions.
Duties and Responsibilities (Functional statements defining the responsibilities and objectives)
Purpose | Key JDS | 1. Provide technical guidance to the Systems Strengthening Officer in developing and executing gender mainstreaming, inclusion, and safeguard plans at RUFORUM and member universities
2. Support institution-based Safeguarding Officers to produce risk assessments and safeguarding plans and share these as appropriate with the relevant agencies/persons with consent, adhering to privacy principles
3. Support staff and consortium partners through training and other avenues to ensure gender, inclusion, and safeguards integration into program development; design, baselines, assessments, and evaluations.
4. Facilitate the formulation of strategies for gender, inclusion, and safeguarding under RUFORUM programs, and develop a mechanism to track effective and timely implementation within the budget.
5. Provide a checklist to support institution-based Gender Inclusion and Safeguarding officers in developing and conforming to institutional safeguards and policies in compliance with national safeguarding policies.
Requirements (Education, experience, technical competencies required of the job)
· Master’s degree in development studies, gender, education, law, social administration, psychology, and related fields.
· At least 7 years of working experience in a multi-generation, multi-cultural institutional environment.
· Experience working with vulnerable young women and men (including refugees and those with disabilities) and with institutions of higher learning in Africa.
· Strong knowledge of and experience with safeguarding standards and safe programming considerations for vulnerable young women and men (including refugees and those with disabilities) in Africa
· Flexibility in working schedules and willingness to travel at short notice
Position Objective (Summary of placement in the function and broad responsibilities)
The Gender, Inclusion and Safeguarding Officer will be based at the RUFORUM Secretariat. They will support the Senior Program Officer, System Strengthening, in overseeing the design and provision of welfare services, including psychosocial support, gender responsiveness, and inclusivity in program implementation, as well as broad inclusion initiatives for refugees and persons with disabilities. The office bearer will also support institutional systems strengthening, with a focus on compliance with safeguarding and gender responsiveness in established policies, frameworks, and processes. This may include gender inclusiveness in the recruitment of students participating in TAGDev 2.0 and other RUFORUM programs, continuous professional development, as well as programs that enhance institutions’ capacities to address teaching, learning, knowledge translation, and to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion at participating institutions.
Duties and Responsibilities (Functional statements defining the responsibilities and objectives)
Purpose | Key JDS | 1. Provide technical guidance to the Systems Strengthening Officer in developing and executing gender mainstreaming, inclusion, and safeguard plans at RUFORUM and member universities
2. Support institution-based Safeguarding Officers to produce risk assessments and safeguarding plans and share these as appropriate with the relevant agencies/persons with consent, adhering to privacy principles
3. Support staff and consortium partners through training and other avenues to ensure gender, inclusion, and safeguards integration into program development; design, baselines, assessments, and evaluations.
4. Facilitate the formulation of strategies for gender, inclusion, and safeguarding under RUFORUM programs, and develop a mechanism to track effective and timely implementation within the budget.
5. Provide a checklist to support institution-based Gender Inclusion and Safeguarding officers in developing and conforming to institutional safeguards and policies in compliance with national safeguarding policies.
Requirements (Education, experience, technical competencies required of the job)
· Master’s degree in development studies, gender, education, law, social administration, psychology, and related fields.
· At least 7 years of working experience in a multi-generation, multi-cultural institutional environment.
· Experience working with vulnerable young women and men (including refugees and those with disabilities) and with institutions of higher learning in Africa.
· Strong knowledge of and experience with safeguarding standards and safe programming considerations for vulnerable young women and men (including refugees and those with disabilities) in Africa
· Flexibility in working schedules and willingness to travel at short notice
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