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• Provide
  leadership and daily oversight for planning and implementation of Apolou’s
  gender and youth integration strategy and suggest ways to improve on same.
• Lead
  sectorally-focused gender and youth integration and refresher trainings
  for all team members, consortium and partner organization staff.
• Support
  all assessment activities to ensure that team members apply a gender
  analysis and youth perspective in the collection, analysis, use and
  reporting of data.
• Coordinate
  gender and youth activities with team and sector leads during regular
  planning and coordination sessions.
• Identify
  the need for and supervise the implementation of activities designed to
  promote greater access, inclusion and empowerment for traditionally
  excluded groups (Karamajong traders, adult women, young males, adolescent
  girls, the elderly and people living with disabilities) in sector work,
  including development, maternal and child health, WASH and governance.
• Manage
  a team of three gender and youth officers based in Kotido, Kaabong and
  Amudat and build their capacity to engage in high quality gender
  integration work with teams and communities.
• Formulate
  quarterly work plans and ensure that gender and youth integration
  activities are implemented on time, on budget and on scope.
• Make
  quarterly budget projections, oversee procurement processes, review budget
  versus actuals and realign as necessary to support Apolou’s gender and
  youth integration work.
• Provide
  substantive input into the design and implementation of Apolou’s gender
  and youth behaviour change communication strategy, GBV, youth and
  adolescent work.
• Support
  team to identify and address barriers to recruiting and retaining female
  staff and to maintaining a gender-friendly work environment.

• Provide
  ongoing mentorship to team leads on data collection processes for
  completeness, accuracy and timely submission.
• Work
  in liaison with the project team leads and the M&EL team to ensure Apolou
  meets Mercy Corps’ Gender Minimum Standards, and that SADD and gender
  –sensitive data is regularly analysed and used to inform program
  decisions.
• Conduct
  regular field visits to ensure that program activities are gender
  sensitive and aligned with the gender strategy.
• Support
  and mentor community partners on data collection and use.

• Support
  and help coordinate visits from district and sub-county government,
  regional and HQ based staff and external visitors, such as donors and
  media, in collaboration with the Gender Advisor and sector teams.
• Assist
  the Gender Advisor in coordination of field activities with other NGO and
  local government partners to avoid duplication of services and support an
  enabling environment for social change.
• Build
  and maintain a productive working relationship with the local Government
  and Sub-Counties, and in particular with District CDOs and youth
  representatives, to ensure strong collaboration and the development of
  complementary joint monitoring, evaluation and adaptive management
  structures where possible.

• The
  ideal candidate for the Mercy Corps Gender and Youth Team Lead career
  opportunity should hold a Bachelor’s degree in international development,
  women’s studies, gender or a comparable area of study
• Five
  years of experience in youth, gender and development work, with a minimum
  of three years in field postings
• Substantial
  professional background and experience in conducting gender training, gender
  mainstreaming, GBV prevention and response and youth focused work
• Previous
  experience working in Northern Uganda a must
• Karamoja
  language skills strongly preferred
• Experience
  working in large scale, complex programs and challenging environments
• Proficiency
  with Microsoft Office

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