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Gender Technical Specialist
Save the Children International

 


 


 Gross Salary: Negotiable
 Section/Unit: PDQ
 Grade Level: 2A
 Supervisor: Deputy PDQ Director
 No. of Post: 1
 Duty Station: Khartoum
 Duration: Fixed term
 Closing Date: 28 April 2021

 
 Background:

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organisation for children. We work in 120 countries. We save children's lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. We work together, with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. We have over two million supporters worldwide and raised 1.9 billion dollars last year to reach more children than ever before, through programmes in health, nutrition, education, protection and child rights, also in times of humanitarian crises. Following a major transition, our international programmes are now delivered through a merged operation with 15,000 staff, managed through seven regional hubs and reporting to a relatively small, central office.



 
 Duties and responsibilities:

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Strategic Leadership

  • Support the organization in the implementation of Save the Children’s Gender Equality Policy to advance gender equality in how we program, advocate, partner and organize, and translate global thematic strategy into local objectives and initiatives
  • Collaborate globally with peers and participate in relevant Global Initiative working groups, such as the global Gender Equality Working Group and Gender Equality and Humanitarian Technical Working Group and sub-working group, to achieve thematic outcomes and drive breakthroughs for girls and boys.
  • Support the Country Office in the development of ambitious yet practical strategic plans, annual plans, priorities and milestones for gender (inc. harmful traditional practices), and GBV and collaborate closely with other thematic technical leads i.e. child protection, education, health & nutrition, and Food security & livelihoods, to provide gender sensitive lens to sector specific strategic plans and priorities

Program Development:   

  • Lead on conducting gender (inc. harmful traditional practices), and GBV analysis and integrate findings into programme design and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) framework and tools. Where possible, engage in inter-agency gender analysis to avoid duplication;
  • In collaboration with the Program Development team, provide high quality technical inputs into the design of gender sensitive and transformative project proposals and concept notes for a range of donors
  • Input into and review all internal humanitarian response strategies, sectoral plans, emergency preparedness and contingency plans ensuring integration of Gender and GBV (inc. PSEA) considerations;
  • Ensure all proposals and concept notes use the Gender Equality Marker or Humanitarian Gender Marker and are scored accordingly;
  • Proactively seek and share information on donor priorities and funding opportunities linking to Country and Area strategies on gender, and support donor engagement and relationship building as needed

Thematic Advisory and Technical Quality Assurance: 

  • Support the development, implementation and evaluation of capacity strengthening plans with CO colleagues and local partners to implement quality gender- sensitive and transformative programs, including mentoring and facilitating high quality trainings via workshops, webinars, etc.
  • Work across sectors to integrate Gender Quality Benchmarks and provide high quality technical guidance on appropriate approaches and methodologies; conceptual and practical frameworks; standards and tools for effective and quality delivery of gender equality programmes.
  • Work closely with the Area-level monitoring teams and project teams to undertake joint monitoring visits to project sites, ensuring projects are implemented in line with Quality Benchmarks and global standards and protocols, and support M&E and operations teams in the identification and implementation of action plans.
  • In coordination with Awards Management team, review project deliverables and donor reports from a gender equality technical quality control perspective 
  • Work with the field teams and Partnerships team in the identification of new partners and relationship building with existing partnerships with civil society and consortium partners, using SC partnership approaches

Advocacy & Representation

  • In collaboration with the Advocacy & Campaigns team, support the design and execution of advocacy strategy to influence policy changes, including producing high quality thought leadership materials
  • Support communications and advocacy teams to promote relevant advocacy messages on gender (inc. harmful traditional practices) and GBV and ensure SCI communications are gender-sensitive and promote gender equality.
  • Lead positioning activities on gender, such as representation at panels, participation in external practitioner events and networks, and internal regional/global Working Groups
  • Represent Save the Children in relevant humanitarian coordination platforms, including within the cluster system and support sector-specific colleagues to identify and advocate in clusters and other forums to address gaps related to gender (inc harmful traditional practices) and GBV;

Evidence, Learning & Innovation:

  • Participate in periodic technical project and programme review meetings and thematic community of practice workshops to internally review progress, challenges, best practices, lessons learnt etc on gender equality
  • Work closely with the Research & Evaluations team to provide technical inputs and guidance on knowledge gaps/needs, study conceptualisation, tool development, report review, the translation of recommendations and findings into actions
  • Distil learnings and evidence generated into succinct and compelling programmatic guidance and thought leadership for internal and external consumption to inform project design, implementation and advocacy
  • Support Country Offices in the design, testing and evaluation of innovations to advance quality gender-transformative programming and building a solid evidence base for the implementation of gender-transformative approaches

People Management and Coordination 

  • Work closely with programme quality and operations teams in a matrix management environment for development and implementation of high-quality projects
  • Support the development of an organisational culture that reflects our full spectrum programming, promotes accountability and high performance, encourages a team culture of learning, creativity and innovation, and frees up our people to deliver outstanding results for children

 


 
 Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Degree in Gender and Women’s Studies, International Development/Relations or related field, or equivalent training/experience
  • 5-7 years’ field work experience implementing, managing, and/or providing technical assistance to programs in developing countries with a focus on gender equality and GBV; focus on child and youth programming desirable
  • Proven experience with gender-transformative child rights programming in areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Livelihoods, Maternal, Newborn and Child Heath, and/or Education, Child protection.
  • Commitment to and understanding of gender equality, child rights, child participation, GBV Guiding Principles, the aims and principles of SC, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the IASC GBV Guidelines;
  • Experience in working as a Gender Equality Advisor in humanitarian contexts is desirable
  • Demonstrated thought leadership expertise such as contributions to academic journals, books, articles; speaking engagements, workshop facilitation, leading conference presentations and panels is an asset.

 


Females are strongly encouraged to apply for this post.

Application, full CV, copy of qualifications and experience certificates should be uploaded directly through the system. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for written test and interviews. Any application after the closing date will not be considered.

Disclaimer: Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents. SCI will be undertaking child safeguarding checks for all candidates. Selected candidate will asked to provide police checking prior to signing contract.









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