Gender Expert at Echo Network Africa

KEY TASKS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Gender Advisor is responsible for:

• Directly contributing to the achievement of relevant Project outputs.
• Lead the planning and implementation of GESI activities under Kuza Jamii Project.
• Provide strategic advice to Kuza Jamii Consortium partners regarding the realization of GESI, throughout the Program deliverables.
• Disseminate updates on GESI-related policies, guidelines, templates, standards and norms related to project implementation.
• Prepare high quality Terms of Reference for TOTs, gender champions and monitor the development and implementation of their work plans.
• Mobilize support from relevant consortium partners to ensure GESI-Responsive planning and implementation of activities.
• Undertake a gender analysis to identify the gaps that prevent them from embracing Gender
• Transformative Action (including updating current GESI Analysis and Strategy).
• Coordinate Gender Action Learning Systems community outreach with ENAF county staff.
• Providing necessary support to Kuza Jamii partners on GESI-related issues:
• Update strategy to include other GALS Transformative Tools for mainstreaming GESI, and develop action-plans for implementing the strategy.
• Collaborate with Monitoring and Reporting Experts within the consortium to make sure impact measurement focuses on women, PWDs and other vulnerable groups.
• Support the consortium partners to ensure that updated GESI elements are well mainstreamed into all capacity development initiatives and in all training materials.
• Meet regularly with all technical specialists and experts within the consortium to brief them on progress, issues, challenges and opportunities with regard to GESI.
• Identify GESI-related capacity development needs of the project staff and develop and conduct internal capacity-strengthening activities.
• Contributing to producing resource materials on GESI-related issues:
• Support development and maintenance of the knowledge products on relevant GESI issues in the Kuza Jamii Project.
• Document lessons learnt and best practices, for the project.
•  Institutional capacity-strengthening of the project Consortia partners and Government staff on GESI
• Undertake Gender Analysis and Risk Analysis of the Project.
• Update current Kuza Jamii GESI Analysis and Strategy, with results of Gender Analysis
• Update the GESI Training Manual with additional GALS Transformative tools; other than Happy Family Tree.
• Support Partners develop GESI Action Plans.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• A Master’s Degree in Gender Studies, Sociology, Project Management, Development Studies, Law or any other related fields.

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

• Over 10 years of relevant experience with 5 years in a managerial position.
• Strong writing, research and analytical skills.
• Strong organizational, advocacy, internal and external engagement skills.
• Strong experience and knowledge of Gender Transformative Approaches, Gender
• Mainstreaming/ Integration and Gender Action Learning Systems. 
• Applicants are expected to submit their capability statement, gender-related assignments undertaken and Curriculum Vitae.