Assistant Director - Gender at State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: -

• Served for a minimum period of three (3)  years in the grade of Principal Gender Officer CSG ‘8’ or in a comparable and relevant position in the wider public service;
• A Bachelors Degree in any of the following disciplines: Gender Studies, Gender and Development, Sociology, Business Administration (Finance/ Entrepreneurship Option), Anthropology, Counselling  and Psychology, Economics, Law or any other relevant Social Science  from a university recognized in Kenya;
• Certificate in either Gender  Studies or Gender and Development, or any other relevant course lasting not less than four  (4) weeks or four (4) weeks in aggregate from a recognized institution; and
• Demonstrated outstanding professional competence in gender work as reflected in work performance and results.

Duties and responsibilities: 
Specific duties and responsibilities at this level will include:- 

• Implementing  Gender Policies, projects and programmes;
• Facilitating gender mainstreaming activities in Ministries, State Departments, Counties and Agencies;
• Promoting Gender Social-Economic Empowerment;
• Undertaking sensitization/awareness creation on Gender Programmes and Projects;
• Undertaking research on gender issues, including baseline survey  on Female Genital Mutilation and Gender-Based Violence;
• Coordinating collection and development of gender disaggregated data and management information systems;
• Monitoring gender mainstreaming, Socio-Economic Empowerment and Anti-Female Genital Mutilation and Sexual and Gender Based Violence projects and programmes; 
• Establishing the level of compliance with the 2/3 gender principle in the Ministries/Departments, Counties and Agencies;
• Providing in-put on Gender Mainstreaming in Medium Term Expenditure Framework Budget;
• Monitoring prevalence of Female Genital Mutation and Sexual and Gender Based Violence;
• Guiding and facilitating formation of community level structure and Female Genital Mutilation and Gender Based Violence groups;
• Maintaining a complaints and grievance mechanism on gender related matters at the counties; and
• Preparing Monthly, Quarterly, Bi-Annual and Annual Reports on Gender Programmes and Projects.