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• The Gender Officer(s) must bring knowledge and
  expertise that considers the context-specific constraints faced by women and girls in both
  refugee and host communities, in order to ensure that gender equity and
  female empowerment issues are being appropriately addressed in day-to-day implementation.
  Girls and women face different hazards and barriers at different stages of
  their life cycle and the Gender Officer(s) to this project must be able to
  effectively support the Senior Gender Advisor in addressing these
  constraints within initial program design as well as support the project team
  in implementing and monitoring this gender framework throughout the duration
  of the project.
• Assist the field team in undertaking a holistic
  a gender assessment that takes into account the differential needs, risks, and opportunities faced
  by women and girls of all ages in both refugee and host communities.
• Assist the Senior Gender Advisor in the
  consultative process to ensure a holistic gender framework (including engaging men and boys),
  strategies, and tools that cover all components of the project
  intervention, including but not limited to: livelihood development,
  nutrition, hygiene, health, and financial and social inclusion.
• Support development of approaches to address gender-based violence concerns,
  access and utilization of reproductive health services, control over financial
  resources, and decision-making.
• Communicate regularly and effectively with
  field team leadership to document
  best practices and lessons learned from the project in terms of effectiveness
  and increased gender consciousness that can be widely shared in
  publications, communication materials, and conferences.
• Report as needed to Trickle Up (TU) and AVSI
  team members in place in Uganda/USA,
  which will provide Gender Officer(s) the appropriate management oversight.

• The
  applicants for the Gender Officer should hold Bachelor’s
  Degrees with a focus on gender and/or social structures, power dynamics and international development.
• Three to five years’ working experience
  supporting the implementation of gender-sensitive program design and implementation.
• Demonstrated experience supporting and
  implementing gender analyses.
• Previous experience working with refugee and
  ultra-poor populations.
• Experience supporting the development and
  adjustment of monitoring and evaluation tools to local context, with specific focus on gender
  components.
• Specific experience with USAID projects is preferably
  desirable.
• Knowledge of livelihood and food security will
  be an added advantage.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people, with varying cultural and educational
  backgrounds.
• Responsible, dedicated, and results-oriented
  worker.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office
  packages (Excel, Word,
• PowerPoint),
  Web Conferencing Applications, information management systems.
• Willingness to be based in rural setting with
  frequent travel within the implementation
  area.
• Excellent written and verbal communication
  skills with ability to
  write reports
• Cultural sensitivity, patience and flexibility.
• Required Language: English fluency with
  excellent oral and writing skills is required. Knowledge of Kiswahili/French and any of the local
  languages i.e. Runyankore, Rukiga, Rutooro is highly essential.

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