Gender Advisor
Job Description
Title: Gender Advisor
Company Name: Plan International Bangladesh
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters in Social Science, disaster management, development studies, women and gender studies, law or anthropology
Job Context:
∎ Based at Cox`s Bazar
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Take the lead role in developing the gender equality strategy and gender action plan for the consortium with the participation of other agencies. Lead the process to review the strategy based on the context changes.
∎ Indicators for success:
∎ Project Gender Action Plan with clear targets, implementation/mainstreaming sub-activities developed and incorporated in the concerned project Plan
∎ Gender Action Plan's activities are included in Project's details implementation plan of concerned project and reflected in the periodic work plans across the consortium
∎ A base/End line study/ gender assessment/ research/ gender audit/mapping etc. as per project activities conducted, report prepared and shared with concern bodies
∎ Gender Advisor in consultation with gender technical leads of other agencies will review of the project strategy, ensure key tools are gender and disability inclusive.
∎ The Gender Advisor hosted by Plan International will help build the capacity of all agencies on Gender sensitive and gender transformative approaches especial focus on gender in emergency
∎ Indicators for success:
∎ Develop a comprehensive capacity - building package including the provision of staff training with action plan for operations.
∎ Encourage all agencies to allocate budget against plans
∎ Number of TNA (integrated or standalone for GE) conducted as per plan
∎ Report of needs assessment is prepared and available.
∎ Number of curriculums/ modules developed and in place as per plan.
∎ Yearly/ quarterly training plan is in place
∎ Number of training conducted as per plan and partner's staff training developed
∎ Report on capacity development activities is prepared and available
∎ Develop inclusive communication materials specially gender equality messages for men and boys and transgender adolescents for the AHP consortium.
∎ Indicators for success:
∎ BCC/IEC materials, modules are reviewed from gender lens and gender equality inputs provided if needed and as required.
∎ Assist the communication coordinator at the CMU to capture Gender in the consortium communication and advocacy strategy
∎ Networking/Partnership.
∎ Indicators for success:
∎ Coordinate with other technical specialists to identify opportunities for collaboration and making sure there is a cross-Consortium communication and advocacy on gender transformative services
∎ Represent the AHP consortium in all Cox Bazar Steering Committee (CPSC) meetings when invited and other high-level events such as sector meetings, donor visits, NGO platform meetings etc keeping a network spirit.
∎ Monitoring, learning and sharing.
∎ Indicators for success:
∎ Ensuring work with MEAL teams for ensure gender responsive MEAL framework, data quality, accountability and feedback mechanisms.
∎ Producing common, best practice training materials and programs to roll out across Consortium partners and their local partners, ensuring lessons are shared across the Consortium
∎ Effective engagement with the project's global gender equality working group
∎ Joint Field visit conducted as per plan; monitoring reports prepared and shared
∎ Develop monitoring and follow up mechanism for the project and partner organization based on gender monitoring framework prescribed by Plan and consortium
∎ Managing and reporting on their budgets to the Consortium Manager and host agency
∎ Indicators for success:
∎ Budget for gender mainstreaming activities is in place (e.g. Budget for workshop, training on gender transformative approach, SGBC, report publishing, research/study, IEC/BCC materials on gender equality, day observance, network meeting, etc.
∎ Gender Advisor will be responsible for donor reporting on Gender issues by coordinating with gender technical focal points from all agencies. She/he will collect data from program MEAL system ensuring to track progress against outputs and all indicators, report progress to the CMU and highlight areas that require attention or action to support accountability of Consortium partners
∎ Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion
∎ Ensure that Plan International's global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International's Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
Additional Requirements:
∎ 3 to 4 years' experience in working on gender in emergency, gender equality, women's rights, child -youth rights related projects in National and/or International Organizations. Good understanding of the gender in emergency and linking SGBV, Child protection and SRHR issues. Experience of working with Gender in emergency, Gender Equality, Women, Girls child and adolescents Rights. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement gender transformative programs especially using gender mainstreaming tools across project cycles. Excellent written and oral communication skills - able to write clear, engaging copy in plain English. Creative thinking and problem-solving skills. Excellent organizational skills and ability to keep to strict deadlines. Ability to manage and priorities multiple demands and tasks
∎ Analytical skills, able to quickly analyse key trends and development and tie the knots together. Well-developed reporting skills. Excellent presentation skills. Highly computer literate (SharePoint, data base management, social media communications). Ability to communicate with people from different cultures and time zones Functional Competence.
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 17 Apr 2022
Company Information:
∎ 11 Apr 2022
∎ Plan International Bangladesh
∎ Business : Founded 80 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children`s development organisations in the world. We work in 52 countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. In 2015, Plan International worked with 100 million children in 85,282 communities. Plan International is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations but having a vision of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people`s rights and dignity.
Plan International has been operating in Bangladesh since 1994. Plan International seeks to ensure the rights of children to education, health, safe water and sanitation, protection, youth social and economic empowerment and climate change, environmental degradation and natural or man-made disaster hazards throughout the country.
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 17th Apr 2022
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