Programme Staff - Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) at Dynamic People Consulting (DPC)

The Royal Danish Embassy in Nairobi represents Denmark in Kenya and manages development and stabilization cooperation and follows political developments. The Embassy also promotes green growth and trade between Denmark and Kenya, supports regional cooperation in East Africa, and has a consular and visa section.
The Embassy is seeking to recruit a Programme Staff - Gender and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) who will be part of the Governance and Health Team. The team implements a range of thematic programs under Denmark’s Kenya strategic framework for the period 2021-25. The programme staff will deliver towards the following objective under the Strategic Framework:

• Democratic governance, human rights and equitable access to services: Strengthen democratic participation and citizen engagement, protection of human rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, access to justice as well as delivery of equitable public services through the implementation of the Constitution and devolution, and Strategic Framework Outcome

Specifically, the programme staff will be responsible for implementing the development engagement “Accelerate - working towards the three zeros: Strengthened respect for and improved Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights SRHR and decrease in gender-based violence (GBV)”. In addition, the programme staff will support the aspects of the development engagement on Civil Society, Democratic Governance and Human Rights that relate to gender equality, women’s inclusion, political participation and access to justice.
Reporting: The programme staff will report to the Team Leader of the Governance and Health Team.
Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing the “Accelerate” engagement between the Embassy, Population Service International (PSI), Population Support Kenya (PSK), and Nairobi Gender Violence Recovery Center (GVRC). This includes handling all dialogue, administration, budget/financial and performance management, overseeing monitoring & evaluation (M&E) of this engagement.
• Serve as the Embassy’s Gender Focal Point and work across the Embassy to inform overall political dialogue between Denmark and Kenya and provide support to colleagues and external stakeholders in relation to gender and SRHR.
• Responsible for a timely closing of development engagements.
• Provide support and backup to other colleagues as needed.
• Liaise with other colleagues within the Embassy and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs more broadly to ensure strong linkages and synergies between related programmes and policy efforts on health, human rights, participation, gender equality, women’s political inclusion, empowerment of socially excluded groups such as LGBT+ persons and access to justice.
• Contribute to Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) activities.
• Build and actively use a relevant network to take forward the Embassy’s agenda on gender and human rights more broadly, including within government, civil society, development partners, think tanks and research institutions, private sector.
• Identify opportunities for communication and public diplomacy
• Participate in coordination meetings and other relevant coordination mechanisms.
• Plan and conduct periodic field trips to various locations in Kenya.
• Contribute to reporting and responding to requests from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Embassy senior management as well as to the preparation of various high-level visits.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Desired Experience

• Relevant master’s degree (ideally gender studies, development studies, political science, public health, or similar).
• At least 5 progressive years working experience in programme management in gender-related aspects of development with good knowledge of results-based management, administration, financial management, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Experience working for and/or interacting with development partners (‘donors’) and/or international or multilateral organizations.
• Proven and solid understanding of gender (SRHR, GBV, equality, inclusive participation) and the interplay between governance, human rights, health and development.
• Extensive experience in project management of major development programmes, including project cycle management and notable experience in financial monitoring of large budgets.
• Experience with writing analytical briefs and policy notes and with driving policy and programmatic change based on state-of-the-art technical standards.
• Skilled in MS Office programs (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint), and other relevant programmes and applications as well as ability to quickly familiarize oneself with other IT systems.

Skills, Knowledge and personal qualities

• Experience with a fast-paced and constantly changing work environment.
• Flexibility and ability to prioritize and plan daily work according to evolving needs, often with short deadlines and shifting tasks.
• Ability to work independently and in a structured and effective manner, with attention to detail and results.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills, motivated by cooperating with a diverse mix of professionals and different cultures. Ability to build and maintain networks.
• Professionalism and maturity, understanding of what it means to work for a political organization