Deadline: 19 February 2021

Duty station: Gweru

Welthungerhilfe: WFP funded Urban Social Assistance Project

Welthungerhilfe will implement a 12-month project with an overall objective to strengthen the resilience of 3 000 most vulnerable households to climate and economic shocks and their impacts on food security and livelihoods. The proposed project to be implemented in Gweru will be an integral part of WHHs overall urban portfolio building on and deepening our existing work in urban areas, and our relationship with WFP. For over 20 years, WHH has been implementing resilience building and food security projects in rural and urban areas which include but not limited to: Midlands, Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South provinces. Gweru was selected as one of the domains where WHH is currently implementing a cash transfer project and is suitable for demonstrating the humanitarian development nexus approach. Subject to availability of funding, the Project will seek to engage a Gender and Social Inclusion Officer.

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities: Coordinate GESI related capacity building initiatives as per need and demands of the organization, program team members and different stakeholders for integrating gender equality and social inclusion programmatically and institutionally; S/he support to develop and review GESI responsive training curriculum and materials; Facilitate regular community consultations, group meetings, events, roundtable discussions and training sessions at to ensure programming remains gender sensitive and inclusivity are on-track; Develop and deliver series of on-going key trainings on GESI to the URB field team including stakeholders either through continuous learning process or utilizing platforms during ongoing events; Support in developing and delivering series of key trainings on GESI, based on the different gender and power inclusion/exclusion dynamics of each program areas and deliver it to the project beneficiaries; Support Livelihoods Specialist in applying tools such as: women leadership skills, engaging men in decision making tools, roles and responsibilities etc.; Support field program team members to maximize program participation and increase empowerment opportunities for marginalized groups including the Women; Ensure that activity design maximizes participant engagement from the beginning of the program while managing and mitigating risks of cultural disrespect and gender-based violence; Establish current awareness on the importance of GESI programming among target participant groups including village leaders, government officials of municipality, and rural municipality levels including implementing partner organizations’ members; Support Livelihood Specialist to identify and gather social change stories from the field and produce as GESI learning documents.

Qualifications and experience

Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies, Sociology, Development Studies or any other relevant discipline; At least 5 years of experience as development practitioner with 2 years of core experience in GESI; Track record of experience on GESI capacity development of program staff and Stakeholders; Good knowledge on data gathering and analysis with strong community interaction skills; Ability to facilitate and synergize the efforts of a multi dynamic and disciplinary team; Good report writing skills; Experience of working with Local Partners, Local NGOs, government agencies, Development Partners, Civil Society organisations and integrating them into program implementation; Fluency in writing and oral communication; Strong public speaking skills; Strong organization and communication skills; Strong skill on training design and facilitation; Proficiency with Microsoft Office.