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Job Title:   Gender Officer

Organisation: Solidaridad

Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda

Reports to: Country Manager

About US:

The Solidaridad Network is an international civil society organisation founded in 1969. Its main objective is facilitating the development of socially responsible, ecologically sound and profitable supply chains. It operates through nine regional expertise centers in over 50 countries. We envision a world in which all we produce, and all we consume, can sustain us while respecting the planet, each other and the next generations. Our mission is to bring together supply chain players and engage them with innovative solutions to improve production, ensuring the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy that maximizes the benefit for all stakeholders.

About Project:

Solidaridad is implementing a five-year multinational project dubbed ‘From Climate Victims to Climate Heroes’ that seeks to improve the landscapes and livelihoods of 50,000 smallholder coffee farmers in the Eastern, Northern, Western, Central, and West Nile regions of Uganda through carbon farming and financing. Solidaridad is therefore seeking to recruit a dynamic and innovative professional for the position of Communication Officer.

Job Summary:  The primary role of the Gender officer is to support Gender and social inclusion in natural resources management, climate-smart agriculture and crop value chains in a bid to address inequalities and empower women and other marginalized groups as per Solidaridad thematic areas.

The gender officer will liaise with project staff to ensure gender and inclusion are prioritized in each project activity. She/he will also work with the M&E officer on gender monitoring frameworks with gender-specific indicators to monitor project interventions. She/he will provide technical support for gender integration of projects including conducting gender analysis, identification of gender issues and implementation of gender and inclusion interventions. She/he will support networking and coordination, business development and Knowledge management and sharing.

The Gender Officer reports to the Country Manager. Works closely with the Regional Gender inclusivity Advisor, the Project team, and the quality team on Administration.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide technical support to the project team

• Provide advice and support to the Project Managers and the Technical Advisors in the Implementation of the key gender components across the project areas
• Support projects teams to integrate gender in projects; e.g gender analysis and plans for gender integration.
• Support and coordinate capacity building of beneficiaries in gender methodologies and community sensitization approaches
• Liaise with project partners and other stakeholders in the project location to facilitate and enhance contribution towards the implementation of the gender and inclusion agenda.
• Support in updating and sharing with staff recent developments and knowledge tools in gender and inclusion.
• Support teams to ensure interventions are gender-sensitive and factor in the inclusion of normally socially excluded groups.
• Organize and mobilize women to participate in project interventions.
• Routine Reporting for the project
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Monitoring and reporting on gender issues

• Assist in the development of case studies, best practices, and key learning on gender integration in the project including generating success stories related to projects to feed into the linking and learning agenda.
• Support the team to collect information for gender analysis, learning and best practices.
• Develop gender-monitoring frameworks with gender-specific indicators to enable teams to monitor gender-specific deliverables within projects.
• Monitor and report on the project-related gender issues.
• Prepare reports on the gender and inclusion in the agricultural value chains
• Provide information to be updated into reporting templates for all projects

Networking and Coordination

• Liaise with key national and international stakeholders, key domestic political and civic actors, civil society organizations, international NGOs, UN partners, and donors in the country to facilitate and enhance contribution towards the implementation of the gender equality agenda.
• Attend conferences and seminars as directed by the supervisor
• Represent Solidaridad in the country’s Sexual Gender-Based Violence working group.
• Knowledge management and knowledge sharing
• Provide brief updates on the development of gender-related issues in the country.
• Provide assistance in data collection, compiling lessons learned, and establishing indicators to support knowledge sharing.
• Assist in the development of concept notes, project documents and policy frameworks, and research area and best practices as directed by supervisor.
• Participate in a gender-related community of practice in the region.
• Support in writing stories related to program and project developments as they relate to gender equality issues.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Gender studies, Social Sciences, or related field with four years of relevant experience at the national or international level in the field of gender programming .
• Previous experience in gender and inclusivity for at least 5 years with project-related activities in Uganda.
• Experience in gender integration in projects and capacity building in gender methodologies in projects for about 5 years in Uganda.
• Good reporting and writing skills.
• Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages.
• Excellent computer skills (SPSS, Excel, word)
• Timely outputs

NB: Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply

How to Apply:

Interested candidates that meet the above qualifications should send their one-page cover letter (including salary expectations and availability) and CVs to:

Email: hr.eca@solidaridadnetwork.org

Subject: “Gender Officer – Uganda”*

Deadline: 20^th May 2022

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