Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Pemba, Mozambique
Plan International has opened applications for the role of Gender in Emergencies Specialist.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Support the development of a portfolio of programmes that is consistently gender-aware and shows a strong contribution to gender-transformative programming and girls’ rights
- In collaboration with the CO gender and influencing specialist, develop guidance notes and tools to strengthen Plan International Mozambique
- Support sector leads to develop gender-transformative indicators for global monitoring and evaluation frameworks
- Ensure that all emergency responses incorporate gender analysis, strong GAM ratings, incorporate integrated gender and are consistently tracked
- Support Plan International Mozambique to ensure gender in emergencies is considered in all aspects of its readiness and response work
- In collaboration with sector leads, develop programme models and case studies on gender-transformative programmes in emergencies
- Support CO in developing gender-transformative project proposals
- Support the capacity-building of staff to understand and use the concepts around gender equality in emergencies,
- Provide coaching and mentoring to programme staff and partners, to ensure gender is integrated in programme strategies and plans
- Develop a gender in emergencies community of practice across Plan International Mozambique and develop and deliver a robust capacity-building plan to increase quality of gender in emergencies
- Support the development and implementation of skills development workshops, ensuring gender is core to the modules developed
- Document lessons learnt from programmes
- Drive learning, knowledge management briefing notes and other resource materials, ensuring that Plan International has distinct knowledge and evidence on gender transformative programming in emergencies
- Represent Plan International at relevant clusters, working groups, and other events related to gender in emergencies
- Identify opportunities and establish dialogue towards partnerships with other humanitarian agencies
- Support the development of Plan International’s profile in gender equality programming in emergencies, particularly with regard to girls
Requirements
- University degree or appropriate six-year work experience in a field relevant to emergency response
- Significant experience in planning, design and implementation of integrated humanitarian programmes
- Significant experience in vulnerability and gender analysis and tackling gender inequality and exclusion
- Significant experience of working in a range of humanitarian contexts
- Proven experience of leading gender in emergencies programming and mainstreaming gender
- Experience in working with children and girls’ rights
- Experience in capacity-building of staff on gender and emergencies
- Knowledge of international humanitarian standards and codes of conduct
- Strong analytical skills – secondary/primary data analysis
- Advocacy, influencing and negotiating skills
- Experience in gaining commitment from a wide range of people, bringing about change and providing support from a distance
- External representation and communication skills
- Strong English and French language skills
- Experience in implementing GBV-focused programmes
- Strong team management, staff capacity-building and motivation skills in teamwork and networking
- Excellent skills in writing funding submissions and donor reports
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