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Job Title:   Gender, Inclusion and Safeguarding and Officer

Organisation: Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Senior Program Officer Systems Strengthening

About US:

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), established by ten Vice Chancellors in 2004, is a consortium of universities in Africa. As of December 2022, membership stands at 170 universities in 40 countries. RUFORUM is registered as an International NGO (FORR78950) in Uganda and coordinated by a Secretariat hosted at Makerere University in Kampala. RUFORUM is registered as an International NGO (FORR78950) in Uganda and coordinated by a Secretariat hosted at Makerere University in Kampala. The organization evolved from its predecessor, the Forum on Agricultural Resource Husbandry (FORUM) program of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Job Summary:  The Gender, Inclusion and Safeguarding Officer will be based at the RUFORUM Secretariat. He/she will support the Senior Program Officer, System Strengthening in overseeing design and provision of welfare services, including psychosocial support, gender responsiveness and inclusivity in program implementation, as well as broad inclusion initiatives including refugees, and persons with disability. The office bearer will also support institutional systems strengthening with a focus on compliance to safeguarding and gender responsiveness of established policies, frameworks and processes. This may include gender inclusiveness in recruitment of students participating in TAGDev 2.0 and other RUFORUM programs, continuous professional development as well as programs that enhance institutions’ capacities to address teaching, learning, knowledge translation and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion at participating institutions.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Master’s degree in development studies, gender, education, law, social administration, psychology and related fields
• At least 7 years working experience in a multi-generation, multi-cultural institutional environment.
• Experience working with vulnerable young women and men (including refugees and those with disabilities) and with institutions of higher learning in Africa.
• Strong knowledge of and experience with safeguarding standards and safe programming considerations for vulnerable young women and men (including refugees and those with disabilities) in Africa
• Flexibility in working schedules and willingness to travel at short notice

How to Apply:

All candidates should send their applications with detailed curriculum vitae (in pdf form), certified copies of certificates, transcripts, names of three referees and the applicant’s daytime telephone contact should be sent online to our E-mail with the subject Appointment in RUFORUM followed by the Job title “Appointments in RUFORUM: state the post you are applying for”

Deadline:  7th June 2024

NB: Any form of canvassing will lead to disqualification. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

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