CARE International need Gender and Inclusion Specialist Jobs 2024

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A vacancy has been published in the daily newspaper Classified Source on dated 03 January, 2024, for a qualified candidate in the CARE International department.

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Vacant Positions: Gender and Inclusion Specialist

• GENDER AND INCLUSION SPECIALIST

Currently, the CARE International Islamabad is now searching for a Gender and Inclusion Specialist   to join their team

JOB Description: Gender and Inclusion Specialist

The overall objective of the position is to assist the SFtW project team and partner in analyzing the roles and needs of women and men, vulnerable groups and addressing any gender inequalities so that women and men, as well as members of vulnerable groups can equally access, equally participate in activities, and equally benefit from the resources, services, capacity building and other activities offered by the SFtW. Furthermore, the Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist will assess and categorize the project’s potential to integrate gender dimensions and social inclusion aspects and contribute to the advancement of social justice. The incumbent will work with implementing partners to design the training to meet the specific needs of women and men, as well as persons with disabilities, representatives of ethnic and religious minority communities, and collect disaggregated data to track gender equality and social inclusion results and assess potential gender and social impacts. Moreover, s/he will be responsible for building capacity within the project team and among stakeholders to ensure gender-responsive and socially inclusive implementation and the continued integration of a gender and social perspective within the sector/area of interventions. In addition, s/he will provide gender-related support to all humanitarian and development projects in Pakistan.

Technical Responsibilities (60%)

• Promote the mainstreaming of gender and social inclusion issues at all stages of the project cycle, from planning of the initiative through their evaluation.
• Support the inclusion of gender and social issues in all projects activities.
• Lead Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) for the emergency projects.
• Develop guidelines, including a checklist, for partners in mainstreaming gender and social equality into strategic development to enable effective implementation of the SFtW Program.
• Assist in developing SMART indicators to monitor gender impact, diversity and social inclusion.
• Assess and identify potential gender-differentiated impacts as well as diversity and social equality aspects of identified potential initiatives.
• Review the project documents and gauge the impact of intended results on power dynamics, diversity, social inclusion and gender equality.
• Systematically coach the CARE Team and implementing partner on diversity and inclusion and gender mainstreaming issues and social inclusion aspects of activities during the design, implementation, and monitoring/evaluation stages of the program.
• Lead training of the projects on gender mainstreaming for staff and partners and submit a report summarizing the outcomes of the training in gender-related issues.
• Provide input to project donor Reports by developing the gender, diversity and social inclusion-related chapter.
• Develop and implement training modules for the project team/implementing partners in principles of diversity and social inclusion, gender mainstreaming and its practical application in the project setting on a need-basis.
• Support the Monitoring and Evaluation unit and the project team in the collection of disaggregated data that could be used to monitor potential gender, diversity and inclusion impacts.
• Under the leadership of ACD-P promote the gender thematic programming of CARE Pakistan.

Reporting and Coordination (15%)

• Prepare timely transparent honest and accurate reports according to the requirements of the donor and internal deadlines; reflecting all project progress challenges lessons learned and other relevant details withholding information pertinent to the project for any reason.
• Provide regular updates on project implementation in particular through updated and accurate weekly or monthly reports as required by CARE -an accurate and up-to-date project database and share updates in weekly/monthly SLT/All staff meetings.
• Prepare quality case studies related to gender programming.
• Prepare reports according to government requirements and requirements of the donor.
• Attend coordination meetings to report on any project challenges to Coordination as requested; pro-actively raise foreseen issues challenges and delays to line manager and Country Director in advance to maximize risk mitigation.

Resource Mobilization (15%):

• Contribute and provide insights into fundraising efforts related to the scope of gender and inclusion.
• Regularly coordinate with donors and conduct monthly and quarterly meetings with the donors for project updates, challenges, solutions and support required
• Regularly coordinate with partners, visit partner office and project site on monthly basis (additional visits as essential) and conduct partners’ review meetings on a quarterly basis.
• Proactively identify new funding opportunities and interact with donors where possible.
• Support in new program designing and technical write-ups

Any other task as assigned by the supervisor. (10%)

• Any other tasks or responsibilities based on organizational and programming needs as assigned by the Line Manager.
• Safety and Security is everyone’s responsibility within CI through full compliance and accountability (as per Principle of the CARE International Safety & Security Principles).

III. Problem Solving

Levels one and two of problem-solving apply to the incumbent. The incumbent will be involved in daily routine activities, s/he also uses interpolative skills to pick and choose the right solution to address given problems.

How to Apply?

Interested candidates should submit their CVs (together with the necessary documentation, as specified in the linked adverts) by the Closing Date: 18 January, 2024. The applicant is needed to include the job title in the subject line of the email in which they apply for the position. CARE International ensures that all equally competent candidates, are given the same opportunity.

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