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• Study, understand and apply the gender equality
  program criteria and support its application to identify and address
  gender inequality and discrimination especially with program
  beneficiaries.
• Support in the development of gender sensitive tools to that support
  project planning, implementation and M&E in line with the project
  documents.
• Work closely with the Gender Equality
  Specialist to develop capacities of the team and partners in gender
  transformative programming
  to ensure that planning and implementation of the project is gender
  transformative.
• Apply gender equality program criteria to
  identify and address gender inequality and discrimination, and to support
  the design and localization of gender sensitive packages and delivery systems at the community level.
• Support in the development of gender sensitive
  indicators for the project and ensure the reporting is based on identified
  gender outcomes.
• Engage communities, traditional and religious
  institutions to change
  cultural norms and practices that negatively impact girls’ realisation of
  their SRH rights and to prevent GBV
• Document and share best practices in behaviour
  change, gender and child protection programming throughout the project.
• Coordinate and closely work with Plan International Uganda’s gender
  taskforce
• Prepare,
  manage and support implementation of regular plans related to the relevant
  components of the project and report as required.
• Ensure
  a gender transformative approach to the Implementation of the SDG WASH
  project through the project life to challenge the belief and attitudes of
  parents in girls’ upbringing, specifically, on WASH issues that impact the
  welfare of girls.

• Adhere to the Child Protection Policy, Code of
  Conduct and reporting any CPP issues;
• Responsible for the implementation of the CPP
  standards as they apply to area of responsibility plus the development of actions to address
  identified gaps and monitoring their effectiveness.
• Ensure that all Plan Partners, Visitors and
  Associates in area of responsibility are provided with and have signed and
  returned a copy of the
  child protection policy. Inform the partners, visitors and associates that
  they must comply with the policy in all contacts and communications with
  children during their visit.
• Ensure that children and families in area of
  responsibility are aware of the child protection policy and applicable local procedures, so that
  they know what behaviors they can expect from Plan staff, associates and
  visitors and whom to report any concerns;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global
  policies for Child Protection (CPP) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) 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.
• Provide support in mainstreaming gender at
  project implementation monitoring and evaluation and documentation of
  success stories

• The
  applicant for the Plan International Gender Equality Coordinator job
  vacancy must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Social sciences, Gender or
  Development Studies
• Three years’ experience in Gender, Development
  and implementation of Gender programs in a reputable organization
• Experience in the implementation of Gender
  programmes in sensitive and transformative programming.
• Facilitating gender capacity building trainings
• Experience in gender mainstreaming
• Capacity to deal with people of diverse
  cultures
• Excellent communication and interpersonal
  skills
• Strong advocacy and lobbying skills
• Hands-on experience in facilitation and gender analysis skills
• Demonstrated skills and experience in proposal
  development, report writing
• Computer literate (Microsoft office)

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