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Job Title:  Gender/GBV Specialist – GFFO Project

Organisation: CARE International in Uganda (CARE)

Duty Station: Uganda

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CARE is a global leader within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. We are known everywhere for our unshakeable commitment to defending the dignity of people. CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice. We seek a world of hope, tolerance, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live with dignity and security. We put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. CARE has been working in Uganda for over 50 years. In FY ending June 2020, CARE improved the lives of nearly one million people in Uganda (62% women). Our ambition for the next five years is to reach 5 million people, through lifesaving and gender transformative programs

Job Summary: The Gender/GBV Specialist – GFFO Project is a member of the GFFO funded project senior management. S/he essentially provides technical leadership on gender, GBV prevention, response, and mitigation, as well as on psychosocial support.  The Specialist ensures that gender transformative approaches and psychosocial support are embedded across all project result areas; and that GBV prevention and response activities deliver quality and achieve required outcomes. S/he ensures gender integration in project monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) framework.  The specialist builds capacity for GFFO funded project staff, partners and key stakeholders. The Specialist must be competent with extensive hands-on experience in leading behavioral change communication models including application of SASA! Methodology and the Role Model Men/Boys model.  S/he collaborates with colleagues to implement women’s economic empowerment and advocacy result areas. S/he promotes a human-rights based approach to transform underlying gender norms for refugees both in urban and rural contexts as well as for host communities.  The position will provide technical support to the GFFO funded project and partner staff, manages their performance and reports to the Project Manager. The duty station is Arua  Sub office with travel in the project area of up to 40% of the time.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership for Quality Implementation of GBV Prevention, Response, and Integration/Mitigation to Achieve Required Outcomes (40%)

• Responsible for effective and quality implementation of the GFFO funded project result Areas 2 (prevention) and 3 (response), which includes proposing adaptations or innovations in programming where necessary.
• Conduct needs assessments, build capacity, and provide technical support to CARE Staff and implementing partners for GBV prevention, response, and mitigation/integration as well as psychosocial support including coaching and on-job support.
• Support CARE staff, partners, and project structures to uphold SGBV safeguarding standards for working with women, girls, and survivors, applying ‘do no harm’ principles.
• Conduct periodical assessments for partners and Government service providers to ensure that standards of GBV response services are maintained and provide information on capacity gaps and plans for technical support as well as advocacy.
• Lead on building capacity of service providers e.g. Health, Policy and Justice on GBV case management to contribute to quality response and increased confidence among survivors to report;
• Train GFFO funded project and partners staff in provision of survivor centered GBV case management and referrals based on national protocols and SOPs.
• Implement behavior change communication and programming strategies to reduce GBV tolerance using proven strategies such as engaging men and boys’ methodology and SASA Together! Activism and Collaborate with Raising Voices for technical support on adaptation of the SASA! Methodology and its roll out.
• Develop, test, pilot and/or adapt existing and/or new standard operating procedures (SOPs), tools, manuals, and guidance notes as per the inception phase studies and wider CARE International knowledge products, platforms and networks to ensure robust implementation of result areas 2 and 3 and integration of gender, GBV and psychosocial support in all results areas. This involves monitoring activities, their outputs and lessons emerging from them as well as risks such as COVID 19.
• Develop and support implementation of SOPs that guide case management in compliance with best-practice and international standards of GBV response, including reporting requirements.
• Conduct periodic review of CARE and partner GBV approaches and activities for reducing social acceptance of GBV and enhancing support for survivors in targeted communities and take timely remedial action.
• In implementing GFFO funded project GBV interventions, pay particular attention to ensure Do No Harm (DNH) is consistently integrated in programming, with a focus on result areas 2 and 3.
• Collaborate with gender and GBV specialists in CARE Uganda as well as wider CARE networks, CARE Austria and platforms such as the Gender Cohort and the CARE International Gender Network to ensure that GFFO funded project GBV prevention, response, integration, and mitigation interventions are coordinated and streamlined.
• Develop, adapt and use various media as appropriate to disseminate IEC materials for community engagement on reducing acceptance to GBV, accessing services for survivors, right to a life free from violence; accessing dignified economic opportunities; SASA! Methodology, the Role Model Men and Boys model and GBV Referral Pathways.
• Collaborate with the Gender Justice Advocacy Working Group representatives   to share relevant information/evidence/issues for advocacy with local authorities and service providers
• Lead in organizing activities for commemorating international days in line with project interventions.
• Coordinate with the women’s movement, youth and refugee led organisations on approaches to effective GBV prevention, response, integration, and mitigation.
• Develop effective and appropriate GBV psychosocial programming, including individual and group counselling as well as psychosocial support and self-care sessions for case workers and community-based structures that do referrals and basic counselling.
• Work closely with the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to ensure that GBV Incidences received, and cases managed by GFFO funded project or its implementing partners are reported into the national level GBV Database (NGBVD) as required.

Technical leadership to ensure gender transformative approaches and pathways are an integral part of the project (35%)

• Lead on integration of gender transformative approaches across all result areas with regular and comprehensive reference to CARE tools and conceptual frameworks such as the Gender Toolkit, which includes the Gender Marker, the Gender Equality Framework (GEF) and the Gender Continuum. . The Specialist is expected to draw on CARE international knowledge resources, such as publications, webinars, tools, and networks such as CIGN, to the greatest extent.
• Support all GFFO funded project Specialists e.g. for MEAL, SRHM specialist, and Advocacy to apply gender transformative models, approaches, curricula and tools in V/YSLAs, delivery of multi-purpose cash transfers, advocacy and all activities.
• Lead gender and GBV capacity building for CARE, implementing partner staff and community agents of change on essential skills and tools including Gender, Equity and Diversity; PHSEA, PSS and Gender in Emergencies.
• Lead on integrating gender in all analyses including rapid gender analysis (RGA), research and disaggregated reporting for the baseline, midterm, and end line evaluations.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) 15%

• In collaboration with the MEAL team and CO stakeholders, support establishment of an M&E system and database that is harmonized with the NGBVD and the GBVIMS.
• Monitor the quality and impact of integration of gender transformative approaches and GBV in all project platforms such as V/YSLAs, livelihoods, women and risk groups and advocacy.
• Support MEAL Team to ensure the project M&E Framework is gender, equity, diversity, and context sensitive.
• Support MEAL Team to implement the M&E system and the learning agenda.
• Collaborate with GFFO funded project team to establish effective complaints, feedback, and reporting (CFR) mechanism that is accessible to project beneficiaries and particularly the most vulnerable women and girls at the highest risk of SHEA.
• Participate in generating and documenting lessons learnt and knowledge in the integration of a gender transformative approach in GFFO funded project and specifically on GBV prevention, response, integration, and mitigation.
• Participate in routine planning, reviews, and reporting.

Team leadership and people management related to result 2 and 3 CARE and partners staff (5%)

• Directly supervise assigned GFFO funded project staff such as GBV Officers while supporting development of annual performance objectives and proactive performance management through day-to-day guidance, coaching, mentorship, and guiding staff to achieve personal and professional development objectives.
• Actively participate in building teamwork, staff motivation, cohesion, respect, promoting mutual accountability and infusion of CARE Core values of transformation, integrity, equality, diversity and excellence.
• In collaboration with the project Manager, conduct ongoing identification of staffing needs, recommend changes to staffing structure and develop or adapt job descriptions as needed for supervised positions.

Promote Gender Equity and Diversity & Safeguarding Practices (5%)                                                              

• Practice a behavior that is consistent with CARE’s core values, and promotion of gender equity and diversity goals.
• Plays a leadership role in identifying and implementing initiatives that enhance CARE’s commitment to gender and diversity.
• Ensure that CARE Safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to by all and the staff that S/he works with both directly or indirectly
• Ensure that staff and related personnel under your jurisdiction are familiar with the following organizational policies and procedures and can identify when needed how these may have been breached, The CI Safeguarding policy, Protection from Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse and Child Abuse, The anti-discrimination and harassment policy, The code of conduct and the organizations Values.

Others: Any other duties assigned (5%)

• Participate in business development activities, proposal writing and concept development in areas of professional competence.
• Represent CARE and GFFO funded project in relevant fora as authorized.
• Perform any other duties incidental to the function of Gender and GBV Specialist.

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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Women and Gender studies, Adult Education, Social Sciences, Social Work and Social development, Community Psychology, and relevant Post graduate qualification
• Five years of hands-on professional experience in gender programming, particularly GED (including working with various cultural backgrounds, understanding their culture, breaking taboos in conversations, ability to discuss sensitive topics such as masculinity and sexuality in a sensitive but direct way) with experience implementing gender transformative programs a must.
• Advanced knowledge and five years of proven practical experience technically supporting gender transformative approaches and GBV prevention and response interventions.
• Experience working with large, cross cultural teams with multiple deliverables is desirable.
• Strong inter-personal communication and facilitation skills.
• Excellent teamwork, networking, communication, and collaboration skills especially among the GFFO funded project team members as well as work closely with CARE Austria on a number of deliverables, project needs
• Experience/ knowledge of international development and humanitarian work, preferably in Uganda
• Ability to network, build relationships and establish collaboration with different partners, agencies local and international networks.
• Unshakable commitment to gender equality and proven experience in SASA training and other Gender Transformative approaches like Role Model Men and Boys, Household dialogues etc.
• Proven experience and certified GED trainer or an equivalent
• Working knowledge in M&E with strong report writing and documentation.

Competencies

• Excellence: Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; successfully completes assignments; sets standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed; ensures interactions and transactions are ethical and convey integrity.
• Integrity: Maintains social, ethical, and organizational norms; firmly adheres to codes of conduct and ethical principles inherent to CARE.
• Communicating with Impact: Diplomatically, logically and clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the recipient / audience and helps them understand and retain their message.
• Facilitating Change: Supports and manages the change process at CARE Uganda by developing a culture affirmative of change; encouraging others to seek and act upon opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; critically analyzing evolving and fluid situations; facilitating the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace; actively engaging with resistance to change.
• Strengthening Partnership: Identifying and utilizing opportunities within and outside of CARE Uganda to develop effective strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas/departments/units or external organizations to achieve CARE’s objectives.
• Management Excellence: Makes the connection between values and performance. Influences the performance of others, and ultimately, the performance of the organization. Sets direction, coaches & develops, promotes staff wellness & safety, practices & promotes compliance, models gender equity & diversity, communicates effectively.
• Developing Teams: Using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to help build a cohesive team; facilitates the completion of team goals.
• Diversity – Promoting, valuing, respecting and fully benefiting from each individual’s unique qualities, background, race, culture, age, gender, disability, values, lifestyle, perspectives or interests; creating and maintaining a work environment that promotes diversity.
• Adaptability- Expected to well adjust with the country, the Cooperating environment and with the Project team to function effectively and efficiently
• Coaching – Ability to demonstrate to enhance skills and capacity of staff working in the field and office for them continue to serve CARE in the future program activities

How to Apply:

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Deadline: 13^th October 2022

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