JOB VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
GENDER TECHNICAL EXPERT (M/F)
Enabel is the Belgian development agency. It implements Belgium’s governmental cooperation. The agency also works for other national and international donors. With its partners in Belgium and abroad, Enabel offers solutions to address pressing global challenges – Agriculture development and Food Security, Climate Change, Urbanisation, Human Mobility, Peace and Security, Economic and Social Inequality – and to promote Global Citizenship. With 2,000 staff, Enabel manages about 170 projects in twenty countries, in Belgium, Africa and the Middle East.
Its staff members in Brussels and overseas embody the commitment of the Belgian State and other development partners to international solidarity.
The Government of Rwanda is committed to ensuring equal rights between men and women as prerequisite for sustainable development. This is driven by the political will of the leadership of the country as reflected particularly in the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda of 2003 as revised in 2015 which provides for equality between men and women without discrimination of any kind, and at least 30% of women in all decision-making organs. To track progress on Rwanda’s compliance to gender accountability across sectors and at different levels, the Gender Monitoring Office continues to establish accountability mechanisms at different levels including the Private Sector, Decentralized levels and FBOs among others. The Gender Monitoring Office cannot achieve this without strategic engagement with its partners.
In the above framework, the Gender Monitoring Office (GMO) and Enabel collaborated on different areas including the gender audit and production of gender profiles for the Energy and Health Sectors. These two profiles served as advocacy tools that are used by different actors in programming and decision making for gender equality. Following that and in line with Enabel and GMO’s institutional priorities, the two institutions plans to extend its collaboration to ensure that both male and female have equal rights and access to opportunities and greatly contributes to the Country’s transformation journey.
Given the further development of its activities Enabel is currently looking for a Gender Technical Expert (M/F) to institutionalize gender accountability.
Location: Kigali, Rwanda.
Duration of the contract: Fixed term period (12 months) – local contract according to the Rwandan labour law
Expected starting date: April 2023
Salary package according to our salary grids (class 6: Sector & Thematic Expert): From 3.351.622RWF gross salary depending on the number of years of relevant experience.
Function:
Under the direct supervision of the Gender Focal Person at Enabel and in close collaboration with the Executive Secretary at GMO, Enabel will second support a dynamic and self-motivated Gender Technical Expert to lead the institutionalization of gender accountability in different Government/Partners programs/projects while support Enabel in integrating Gender aspects (existing and future) .
In general (s)he will:
- Strengthen GMO staff capacity to effectively monitor accountability to gender equality in different sectors.
- Review and conduct detailed gender analysis of relevant ENABEL’s program documents on the requirements for gender mainstreaming to ensure institutionalization of gender accountability in such programs;
- Initiate and Oversee the process of institutionalizing gender accountability in ENABEL programs;
- Support the Gender Monitoring Office on the gender accountability program at central, decentralized level and Private Sector.
- Develop tools and systems to monitor gender accountability across NST1 pillars.
- Initiate and lead necessary baseline and periodic gender analysis or assessments across sectors to document progress, gaps and areas requiring improvement.
- Contribute to collection of gender data, its management and use to inform evidence-based decision making and programming;
- Undertake resource mobilization to support GMO’s accountability efforts
- Represent GMO and Enabel in different gender related dialogues and events both at decentralized and National levels;
- Based on lessons learnt from previous monitoring experiences, generate new knowledge products for scaling up and replication by different gender equality actors.
- Mutually perform any other task as requested by the Supervising Authority
Key Deliverables:
- Support GMO’s institutional capacities on gender accountability and GBV service delivery.
- Contribute to existing gender mainstreaming & accountability mechanisms at central, Local government levels as well as the Private Sector.
- Positioning gender equality and accountability in existing and future programs/projects being implemented by GMO’s partners including ENABEL.
- Documenting gender accountability achievements as well as good practices across NST1 pillars and advise on Gender Priorities to be featured in the next NST generation.
- Under the leadership of GMO, contribute to the gender review of Enabel’s Country program and advise on future priorities for 2024 Enabel’s new Country program.
- Contribute to research and assessments aimed at enhancing gender accountability across different sectors that are in the interest of Enabel and GMO.
- Support in resource mobilization to support gender accountability efforts at different levels with special focus to decentralized levels.
- Support GMO and other gender machinery institutions to promote the culture of innovation across existing or traditional models of achieving gender equality and women empowerment.
Profile:
qualification and experience
- Rwandan Citizen;
- Postgraduate degree in Gender studies, international development, Economics, Law and other relevant disciplines.
- A minimum of 5 years working in the area of gender equality and accountability.
technical skills
- Thorough understanding of gender context in Rwanda, national, regional and global levels.
- Extensive experience working with government institutions and development partners on assignments relating to gender equality;
- Demonstrated expertise in mainstreaming gender in projects and Programmes;
- Strong programme implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills on Gender accountability;
- Ability to meet tight deadlines, focus on impact and result and respond positively to feedback;
- Evidence/proof of past experience in executing similar assignment and within a multi stakeholder’s framework;
- Evidence/proof of past experience in executing similar positions within a multi stakeholder’s framework.
- Fluency in spoken and excellent writing skills in English (as skills in French will be an asset);
- Strong communication skills;
attitude
- Demonstrated leadership, facilitation and coordination skills;
- Demonstrate proven knowledge in institutional building and strategies development Experience and working experience with international organizations;
- Possess gender analytical skills;
- Capacity to work with multiple stakeholders across a wide range of disciplines;
- Demonstrated networking, team-building and organizational skills;
- Capacity to work under pressure with minimum supervision; High sense of responsibility and integrity;
- Ability to seek and apply knowledge, information and good practices from multiple sectors.
- Adaptability, cultural-gender-age-religion-nationality sensitivity
- High level of rigor and integrity
- Able to fit in a collaborative governance mindset (Self-responsible, accountable, authentic communication …)
Applicants are also required to commit to the vision, mission and values of Enabel (https://www.enabel.be/content/enabel-vision-mission-values) .
Following this recruitment procedure, a shortlist of successful applicants may be constituted which may be sourced in the next three years for similar job openings.
How to Apply
Interested applicants fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria are invited to submit their application documents through Job in Rwanda by “filling out the application form carefully” including detailed Curriculum Vitae (max 5 pages), a motivation letter and a copy of university degree(s). Past and current service certificates also need to be attached to the application (unproven experience will not be considered during the shortlisting). Submit the full file not later than 08th March 2023.
Enabel is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, origin, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability status or any other factor other than competence.
Only successful applicants will be contacted.
Enabel never requests money to be part of any of the recruitment process.
Done at Kigali, 01st March 2023
Resident Representative, Enabel Rwanda
