Overview
Jhpiego seeks a Gender Advisor will be responsible for implementing ISDA ’s Project Gender strategy as well as work with other staff of the project to ensure that project provides comprehensive sex and age-appropriate clinical post-Gender Based Violence (GBV) care that meets expressed needs of survivors including GBV primary prevention, male engagement and respectful care activities where necessary across all target locations.The ISDA supports the Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH) to contribute to the reduction of infant and maternal mortality and incidence of malaria in Rwanda, focusing on improving the availability, quality and utilization of RMNCH and malaria services and improving the health of women, adolescent, and children under five. Reporting to the Deputy Chief of Party/Technical Director, the Gender Advisor will lead ISDA’s gender work with linkages to community gender and GBV activities and work closely with other members of the Jhpiego gender team to implement Jhpiego-Rwanda’s gender inclusive strategy and in other gender/GBV related program.
Applications will be closed on 20th August 2023.
Responsibilities
Leadership and Planning
- Provide oversight of technical and strategic guidance in planning, implementing donor priorities for gender equality, gender mainstreaming, gender integration, social inclusion, and GBV strategies on the ISDA program.
- Support improved quality of gender/GBV clinical and referral services implementation, and system strengthening based on evidence- based and international best practices across implementing supported districts and ISDA.
- Work with ISDA project teams to participate in Gender/Gender Based Violence (GBV) components of training, job aids, gender indicators, data collection tools and reporting tools at all levels. Conduct periodic reviews and strengthening of program gender/GBV systems.
- Serve alongside other with Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) gender team members as a primary GBV Point of Contact (POC) and a technical thought leader on bringing evidence-based and best practices to GBV prevention, identification and response programming to ISDA project.
- Review the ISDA portfolio and identify opportunities for the integration of GBV, working closely with the GBV team members at Isange One Stop Centers on GBV integration activities.
- Provide GBV technical review of and assistance with inputs on key technical and non-technical documents, such as gender Mapping/analyses design, implementation plans; Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL); knowledge products; and other deliverables
- Support the ISDA technical team on GBV-related inputs into the annual work plan.
- Support and contribute to the Gender communities of practice within Jhpiego and the field.
- Ability to provide technical assistance to ISDA and local counter parts at all levels (MoH/RBC, Ministry of Gender and Promotion, MCCH etc…)
Reporting and Documentation
- Guide gender/GBV reporting processes, consolidate program reports and promote learning and knowledge sharing of best practices and lessons learned in gender programming.
- Lead the strategic Information teams to analyze and report on indicators measuring the outcomes and impact of interventions looking at gender dynamics and gender- based violence in ISDA for improved intervention quality.
- Serve as a point person for GBV-related queries and reporting requirements, including coordinating responses with the sector-specific technical leads on talking points, taskers, briefings, requests for information, etc.
- Other related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- Master Degree in development and gender studies, women studies, human rights, communication, public health, international health, international development or a related field
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience in development of which 5-6 years working experience in the areas gender, women’s health, gender-based violence (GBV) and human rights defence.
- Understanding of the Rwanda social and political context and developments in the area of gender equality mainstreaming, women empowerment and gender-based violence programming
- Strong understanding of empowerment and gender-based violence prevention and response frameworks
- Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with government stakeholders and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, the private sector and donors.
- Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, supervisory and team-building skills.
- Ability to multi-task and proven knowledge and skills in use of Microsoft Office Suite is mandatory
- Ability to coach, mentor and develop technical capacity in national programs and technical staff in gender aspects
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, presentation skills and fluency in English, French and Kinyarwanda languages
- Excellent group facilitation and communication skills; experience in multi-stakeholder consultation, and strategic planning
- Strong knowledge of gender and global development issues, preferably with understanding of USAID approach to gender equality and gender- based violence.
- Excellent group facilitation, multi-stakeholder consultation, and strategic planning skills
- Strong writing skills, both for technical and program reports.
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to work well in cross-cultural teams and under tight deadlines.
- Good strategic and analytical thinking and ability to interpret public health and epidemiological data
- A personal commitment to gender equality and social inclusion.
- Flexibility to travel within the country 40-50%
Preferred Qualifications
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Please apply at www.jobs-jhpiego.icims.com
Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, references, and salary history.
For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Jhpiego does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing, orientation or any other fees
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