POSITION: Gender Equity and Inclusion Advisor
WHERE: Reach for Change Ethiopia
COMMITMENT: Full time
DURATION: 3 years Fixed Term contract
REMUNERATION: Basic salary of USD 2000 monthly equivalent in ETB
APPLICATION PROCESS: Interested candidates should apply directly to our career site here
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: April 13th, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
START DATE: as soon as possible upon agreement.
Position Summary Reach for Change Ethiopia is seeking to recruit a Gender Equity and Inclusion Advisor with a focus on Women's Economic Empowerment who can provide strategic support to design and implement gender-transformative women's economic empowerment programs and projects in Ethiopia.
The Advisor is overall responsible for planning, implementing, and managing Reach for Change Ethiopia's women entrepreneurship development programs/projects and mainstreaming gender in all programs and operating systems and will be reporting to the Head of Programs.Furthermore, the Gender Equity and Inclusion advisor will develop a global position paper to help guide Reach for Change as an organization in its work on gender and added value in this field. All the work will be in close collaboration with the program teams located both at the country and global levels.Key Responsibilities Provide strategic planning support to the Country and Global Team related to Gender Mainstreaming and Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) Review and contribute to the global and local strategic planning documents and develop RfC gender policies, frameworks, and best practices and ensure they are in place.
Provide technical assistance on how to build synergies between Gender Equity and Inclusion and other thematic areas.
Review all project scopes of work, training programs, and other written materials in Ethiopia to ensure that gender and inclusion is well-integrated.
Support the Global and local impact team to ensure the RfC M&E system is gender-responsive and includes indicators aimed at capturing the project's gender, inclusion and women's empowerment-related outputs and outcomes;
Support RfC's communication team in the development of key messages and communications tools to help improve knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to Gender Equity and Inclusion.
Design and deliver capacity development programs Design and implement tools and toolkits including gender mainstreaming guidelines and checklists to support gender inclusion and enhance the impact of business services on women both in Ethiopia and at the global level.
Design Business Development Support (BDS) programs for women entrepreneurs and women-led SMEs in Ethiopia.
Develop and ensure the delivery of high-quality business and entrepreneurship training programs (online, in-person and hybrid training) that are responsive to the needs of the targeted women in Ethiopia.
Train all the RfC staff on gender equity and inclusion, and women's economic empowerment, and provide ongoing support.
Coach and mentor entrepreneurship trainers and consultants who work with Reach for Change to improve the quality of gender-related services.
Oversee the delivery of all BDS services in Ethiopia i.e in online, in-person, and hybrid formats for women entrepreneurs.
Manage, supervise, and coordinate consultants and trainers for the implementation of Reach for Change Ethiopia's project activities.
Ensure available and appropriate resources necessary for program delivery for Reach for Change (including curriculum, trainers, materials, meeting space, etc.)
Knowledge Management and Sharing Produce periodic updates and briefs on country development situations with a focus on gender equity, inclusion and women's entrepreneurship development.
Identify and disseminate lessons learnt and good practices in collaboration with Reach for Change country and global program teams.
Coordinate cross-country knowledge sharing of technology and innovation for women entrepreneurship development program.
Develop a position paper on gender for Reach for Change globally Review RfC's best practices on gender equity and inclusion in its previous and current work.
Identify the added value of the organization in this field and recommend the level of ambition (gender-aware, responsive, transformative etc).
Based on the above, develop Reach for Change's global position paper on gender equity and inclusion in close collaboration with the Central Program Team and with sign-off by the Director of Programs.
Perform any other job-related activities as assigned by his/her supervisor.
Competencies & skills we are looking for: Ability to:
Analyze, interpret and evaluate complex information arriving at logical deductions and conclusions.
Produce text in a well-organized, well-structured and grammatically correct manner.
Receive and convey information from and between different target groups.
Network externally and build relationships, both with existing and potential partners.
Leverage different forms of communication to clearly convey messages in a manner well adapted to the receiver and for different target groups.
Project manage and drive processes with multiple stakeholders.
Work sensitively with diverse people, cultures, and communities.
Show passion or interest in social entrepreneurship and innovation.
Approach work with a collaborative "can do" attitude and a desire for continuous improvement.
Willingness and ability to travel within the country from time to time.
Education & experience: We expect you to tick off most of the below:
Minimum of 5 years relevant experience from similar positions in international development with proven experience with adult learning and group facilitation.
A university degree in a relevant field with a focus on Gender equity and inclusion.
Experience from work within the philanthropic/non-profit or business sector.
Qualified experiences in business training and coaching preferably for MSMEs.
Excellent training capacity and report writing skills.
Excellent command of English and Amharic languages.
Experience of working with M&E in projects where the beneficiaries are children, including training and supporting others in M&E.
Proficiency in project management tools and software.
Understanding and experience of project management methodologies and best practices.
Experienced user of Microsoft Office/Google Suite and ability to quickly understand and use web-based applications and platforms.
Reach for Change recognizes that creating the change we want to see around us starts with ourselves, in our own organization. That is why it is important for us to strive to represent the change we want to see in the world. As a team, we strive to be diverse along many dimensions such as ethnicity, gender, language, age, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, beliefs, socio-economic status, physical and mental ability, thinking styles, experience, and education. We believe that the wide array of perspectives results from such diversity and promotes innovation and success. We therefore invite every candidate to bring their unique individual strengths.
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