Gender Specialist Jobs – Edukans

Job Title:   Gender Specialist

Organisation: Edukans

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Edukans is an international NGO with headquarters in the Netherlands and country offices in Malawi, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. We provide marginalized children and youngsters around the world with basic education and vocational training. With over 30 years of experience, we built a solid theory of change that is guiding our work for quality education. Our mission is to create opportunities enabling children and young people to shape their futures with confidence and our vision is to pursue future proof quality education through a collective effort focusing on a safe learning environment, dedicated school management, quality trained teachers and home support by parents and community.

About LIT Project:

EDUKANS International Uganda will be implementing the Leaders in Teaching program supported by Mastercard Foundation in a consortium led by Luigi Giussani Foundation (LGF). Leaders in Teaching (LIT) initiative aims to transform secondary education across Africa by strengthening the capacity of teachers and school leaders to enable young people to acquire skills, knowledge, and competencies necessary to gain dignified and fulfilling employment. EDUKANS is a downstream partner under the TRAIN pillar led by British Council which will lead efforts in innovation, competency-based curriculum, gender-responsive pedagogy and career guidance.

Job Summary:   The postholder will be responsible for:

• Leading and advising team of technical experts under the LIT programme in customizing a training package on gender-responsive pedagogy (GRP) for teacher educators.
• Analyzing existing curricula to identify areas of improvement and integrating gender responsive pedagogy entrepreneurship and financial literacy curriculum.
• Providing technical support to teacher educators in gender-responsive pedagogy as a powerful strategy for achieving quality education that is gender-equitable and transformative.
• Providing technical support and coordination in project design, research, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and documentation for gender responsive pedagogy in teacher training and education.
• Facilitating Institutional readiness and commitment at the teacher training institutions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:   

• Review the pre-service teacher training curriculum by assessing the extent to which GRP is integrated and being delivered. Tasks under this objective include the following.
• To examine the level of knowledge, attitudes and pedagogical competencies teacher educators possess to deliver GRP content through the existing courses or modules.
• To analyze gaps and existing best practices in the integration of GRP in colleges of education and schools and provide recommendations on how to strengthen such practices for improved pre-service teacher training outcomes in Uganda.
• To develop and validate the training materials/modules including initial piloting in the targeted teacher training institutions.
• Integrate Gender responsive pedagogy in higher education institutions teacher training institutions.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Relevant degree/ Master’s degree in Gender or Education with strong bias in teacher education and curriculum development, or related field;
• Practical work experience in capacity development for teachers in the gender equality and gender mainstreaming, gender responsive pedagogy in education;
• Demonstrated work experience in executing educational research, development of education sector policies and frameworks and policies particularly in teacher education.

How to Apply:

A cover letter (1 page) including qualifications as well as salary expectations. Concise and accurate CV (maximum 3 pages) and copies of Academic certificates sent by email to This vacancy has closed — applications are no longer acceptedApplications closedSee open jobs at Edukans → with a subject line indicating the job title ”. Qualified Females are encouraged to apply.

Deadline: 10th June 2025 by 04:59

NB: We thank applicants for their interest in the position. However, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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