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• Develop and rollout gender sensitive
  strategies, guidelines and product models that direct gender mainstreaming
  in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of World Vision
  policies and programs/project in a manner that protect the rights and
  well-being of boys and girls at local and national levels.
• Build the capacity of WVU staff and
  partners in gender analysis skills and gender programming tools to enhance
  gender mainstreaming and programming in programme/ Projects
• Provide Technical support to Gender
  integration in Program Development Designs, baselines, evaluations and
  assessments
• Participate in strategy monitoring and
  reporting
• Coordinate processes of research,
  documentation and regular sharing of best practices and innovations for
  learning and policy influencing at the local, national regional and
  international levels
• Management of global gender dash boards
  ensuring Compliance to WV standards
• Organizational Gender Self-Assessment
  conducted
• Lead and Guide processes of reviewing
  the gender policy, gender score cards & gender alignment by Technical
  programmes partnership standards
• Maintain gender global minimum standards
  maintained as within required standards

• Establish and strengthen partnership and
  collaboration for effective disability inclusion at all levels
• Undertake a capacity assessment on
  disability inclusion and develop a capacity building plan for staff and
  partners
• Formulate strategies for programming and
  mainstreaming disability in projects and Technical programmes
• Support coordination of the
  implementation of the disability related projects including the Wheel
  Chairs for Kids Project & other inclusion projects
• Staff capacity building in gender
  related models

• Build and nurture strategic
  partnerships, networks and coalitions with line ministries, development
  partners, donors, civil society organizations, and private sector to lobby
  and influence gender responsive policies, laws and funding.
• Actively participate in national gender
  networks and forums like Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development
  engagements, The National GBV Prevention Network, the Gender Working Group
  of Forum for Education NGOs, The Adolescents Girls’ Campaign Task Force,
  among others.

• Develop fundable proposals for gender
  and inclusion Projects
• Contribute to development of sector
  based fundable proposals

• Support Projects in implementation of
  gender based requirements
• Develop step by step gender and
  inclusion technical Training manual / curriculum
• Develop and provide annual budget
  guidelines
• Build capacity of Staff in roll out of
  gender and inclusion related activities
• Monitor implementation of gender and
  inclusion in Area Programmes and Grants

• The ideal candidate for the World Vision
  Gender & Disability Inclusion Specialist job opportunity should hold a
  degree in gender and development studies, social sciences or related
  discipline.
• Master’s degree in Gender Studies or a
  related field (Social Sciences, development studies) preferred.
  Qualification in Disability inclusion as added advantage
• Five years of experience in the gender
  programming; most preferably related to food security, livelihoods,
  Health, Education, and child protection
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of
  gender, age, and other socio-cultural factors that influence development
• Demonstrated capacity to lead in the
  collection, gender analysis, and utilization of information from a broad
  range of sources in order to ensure effective integration of gender and
  disability concerns throughout the Programmes/ projects cycles
• Ability to foster commitment and build
  capacity among activity staff and in-country actors on gender integration
  and empowerment, including training and workshop facilitation skills and
  experience
• Previous experience in programming and
  implementing a disability inclusion project is an added advantage
• Excellent communication and
  interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with a diverse and
  multicultural team in a respectful and culturally appropriate manner.

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