Gender Officer UNEP Project Jobs – National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)

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Job Title:     Gender Officer 

Organisation: National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)

Duty Station:  Mbale, Uganda

Funding Source: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Project Name: Promoting Integrated Landscape Management approach for conservation of the Mt Elgon Ecosystem in Eastern Uganda

Reports to: Project Manager

Job Ref: PILM/ADV/EXT/012/2023

 

About US:

The National Environment Management Authority (hereinafter called “NEMA”) was established under the National Environment Act, Cap.153 in May 1995 and continued under the National Environment Act No.5 of 2019 as the principal agency for environment management in Uganda charged with regulating, supervising and coordinating all activities relating to the environment.

 

About UNEP Project:

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has on behalf of Government of Uganda received financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for a project on “Promoting Integrated Landscape Management approach for conservation of the Mt Elgon Ecosystem in Eastern Uganda”.

 

The Goal of the project is to “enhance conservation of ecosystems that provide critical goods and services for rural livelihoods and food security in the Mt. Elgon landscape” while its objective is to “transition the Mt. Elgon landscape to a sustainable, biodiverse, climate-resilient, integrated landscape with efficient coffee and staple crops (maize, beans, banana and Irish potato) value chains.”

 

Job Summary:  The Gender Officer will support the project in promoting gender equality and women empowerment. Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, the Gender Officer is responsible for day-to-day implementation of project activities on mainstreaming gender into project activities and promoting gender equality and women empowerment.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Mainstream gender issues at all stages of the project cycle, from planning to monitoring and evaluation;
  • Assist in the inclusion of gender in all project activities, ensuring gender balance in project trainings, and beneficiaries;
  • Assist in developing indicators to monitor the gender impact of project supported activities using the Gender Marker System;
  • Assess the potential gender impact of proposed sub-projects, review impact of on-going sub-projects and propose mitigating measures;
  • Participate in operational missions and the drafting of project documents in order to enhance the level of gender analysis of the project;
  • Work with Field Officers to develop innovative approaches to gender stand-alone operations;
  • Collect and make available to the Project Management Unit gender-related information on each of the project outputs in form of output level Gender profiles;
  • Develop studies and any preparatory documents related to gender for the purpose of project formulation, supervision and post-evaluation;
  • Support the Project Manager in the development of Terms of Reference for knowledge products related to gender assessments and analysis;
  • Liaise with key gender-related NGOs, national and regional institutions and any relevant stakeholders of the project for purposes of partnerships, information sharing, networking and potential operational collaborations;
  • Perform other duties as assigned by the Project Manager.


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Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • An Honors Bachelor’s Degree in the relevant field of Gender Studies, Social Science
  • A Master’s degree in the relevant field of Gender Studies or Social Science.
  • At least three (3) years of professional experience on gender and social inclusion in the development space and experience in project management
  • Demonstrated experience in private sector development, entrepreneurship and support to women SMEs;
  • Demonstrated and strong communication and organization skills, dealing with various stakeholders with different backgrounds and capacity to perform in complex situations;
  • Ability to build effective working relationships in a diverse multicultural environment;
  • Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, with a good working knowledge of the other language;
  • Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint); knowledge of SAP is desirable.

 

How to Apply:

All potential candidates should download an application form, Download Here, and fill the form and attach “O” and “A” level certificates, Bachelor’s and Postgraduate Degree Transcripts and Certificates, Professional certificates where applicable and Employment letters in one pdf file named: “Position-Name of Applicant”.

 

The one pdf file should be submitted to projects@nema.go.ug

 

Applications not in one pdf file and those arriving after closing time will not be considered.

 

Deadline: 12th May 2023

 

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