Mozambique: Gender Specialist

The Position

AKF(Moz) is seeking a Gender Specialist for its new sexual and reproductive health project, SPARC, in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The Gender Specialist will be responsible to develop and ensure adherence to the project’s Gender Equality Strategy, and ensure that gender equality messaging is being incorporated correctly and sensitively into all activities. This will include reviewing activity TORs, training content, and communications materials to ensure that proper messaging is included into all SPARC activities.

The Gender Specialist will be based in Pemba and will report directly to the SPARC Project Manager. He/she will have the active support of AKF(Moz)’s senior Health programme managers and the organisation’s Gender Coordinator in carrying out their day-to-day work.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities of the Gender Specialist will include:

· Lead technical support to SPARC team (in Cabo Delgado) to ensure implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy;

· Support SPARC programming by ensuring that plans and implementation are gender sensitive and meet AKF and donor requirements;

· Support Project Manager in the review of reports from the programme team, so as to prepare quality consolidated periodic reports on AKF(Moz)’s work on SPARC that are reports are gender sensitive and in line with its Gender Equality Strategy;

· Support Project Manager in documenting and sharing gender equality lessons learned from review processes in order to continuously improve the quality of SPARC project;

· Provide technical support, mentoring and guidance to the AKF(Moz) field teams, particularly building their capacity to support the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy;

· In collaboration with the project team, work with M&E staff to ensure that methodological approaches, data collection and data analysis are gender sensitive, and that the tools successfully monitor implementation of SPARC project gender equality commitments, including the Gender Equality Strategy;

· Support programme staff, administration staff, and consultants carrying out gender focused or integrated research or project activities;

· Ensure that SPARC activities align with and respond to the Sustainable Development Goals for gender equality;

· Verify the level of gender equality integration and the rights-based approach on the plans and project actions;

· Assess the performance of SPARC with particular attention on the verification of progress towards the gender equality objectives and expected results, unexpected results, problems affecting the performance and implemented strategies.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

The successful candidate is expected to have:

• Master’s degree in gender studies, international development or related fields;

• Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment in an international development context, particularly around sexual and reproductive health;

• Demonstrated knowledge of international best practices in gender equality and women’s empowerment as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights;

• Knowledge of effective approaches to mainstreaming gender in religiously / culturally conservative areas, as relevant to the region, particularly in Mozambique, would be a significant asset;

• Proven strong leadership qualities, including the ability to motivate and persuade others;

• Trainer of trainer, and / or workshop development, experience would be a significant asset;

• Capacity to analyse the disparities between men and women, boys and girls in rural areas and to understand the gender equality issues related to SRHR;

• Capacity and ability to analyse gender barriers to accessing SRHR resources, services and opportunities;

• Ability to organise and meet deadlines;

• Proficiency in working with relevant MS Office applications;

• Proficiency in the English; Portuguese language is an asset.

Please forward your CV and cover letter in English to timoteo.chihungule@akdn.org or egas.simbine@akdn.org. Mozambican nationals and particularly women are encouraged to apply. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.