GENDER ADVISOR ,

CARE is a leading humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting poverty and social injustice with a special emphasis on women and girls.  CARE Tanzania is part of CARE International, whose vision is to seek a world of hope, tolerance, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and security.  CARE International is a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty.  We are known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people.  CARE Tanzania and partners contribute to the empowerment of the most marginalized and vulnerable rural women and girls to exercise their rights. 

Job Summary: 

With gender inequality being one of the underlying causes of poverty and social injustice and with gender mainstreaming being one of key intervention strategies to fight poverty and defend dignity, gender is integral part of the program quality and learning (PQL) function at CARE Tanzania. Whereas the primary responsibility of the PQL function is to promote reflective learning leading to program quality and evidence of program impact, the primary responsibility of the Gender Coordinator (GC) is to coordinate CARE Tanzania’s efforts to better mainstream gender at work place and in its Mwangaza Program work. Accordingly, and guided by the Mwangaza program document, the PQL Strategy, and the Gender Policy and/or Strategy, the GC shall have the responsibility and authority for efficient, effective and harmonious integration of gender transformative approaches/strategies in CARE Tanzania’s work, building of staff and partner capacities in gender mainstreaming and transformative approaches, facilitation of reflective sessions on gender work, and facilitation of CARE Tanzania’s participation in strategic gender forums, networks and alliances. 

The GC reports directly to the Program Quality & Learning (PQL) Director and is one of the senior program leaders at CARE Tanzania. S(he) is first of all responsible and accountable to the PQL Team to provide expert knowledge in gender mainstreaming or transformation within and through the team. Secondly, s(he) is responsible and accountable to the Senior Program Management Team (SPMT) to actively participate in their team activities. 

Key Responsibilities and Tasks 

Job Responsibility #1: Coordination of Gender-transformative Programming at CARE Tanzania 30% of time 

• Facilitating the promotion of CARE Tanzania’s gender policy/strategy as guided by the Mwangaza Program and CARE USA Gender Policy and coordinating its implementation.

• Providing technical advice in mainstreaming gender in the preparation of concept notes and proposals and leading the development of mission-level gender program initiatives.

• Assisting and guiding gender Focal Point Persons (FPPs) on mainstreaming gender in the work of program initiatives and of program offices.

• Managing CO’s gender program initiatives budget, ensuring the maintenance of appropriate budgetary discipline and institutionalization of financial control mechanisms as advised by the CO and donor policies.

• Supporting and coordinating CO access to relevant gender technical assistance. 

• Facilitate and lead the process of gender assessments/analysis in new and ongoing MWANGAZA initiatives.

• Support CO staff and partners to implement programme activities on women’s empowerment and in particular on Engaging Men and Boys.

• Support CO staff and partners to raise and leverage funds for promoting women’s empowerment and gender equality through the design of quality concept notes and proposals.

• Coordinate and document CO initiatives activities and contributions to commemorate international events, e.g. International Women’s Day and 16 Days of Activism.

Job Responsibility #2: Coordinate CARE Tanzania’s gender capacity building efforts                                         25% of time

• Lead the development of quality standards for gender transformative programming, including tools for UCP/V and gender/power analysis and gender audits and train CO staff and partners to carry out these analyses.

• Plan for, and conduct gender capacity assessment of CO staff and partners, identify capacity gaps both in terms of designing gender transformative programming and addressing issues of masculinity and engaging men and boys in promoting gender equality and equity.

• Design and provide tailor-made gender capacity building training and coaching to CO staff and partners 

• Facilitate the PO gender focal point function and ensure necessary training and capacity building for gender focal points.

• Help initiatives on packaging and disseminating best practices on women’s empowerment to different audiences and for different purposes.

Job Responsibility #3:  Contribute to organizational learning, knowledge sharing and impact measurement     20% of time

                                                                                                                                                                   

• Sharing innovative tools, approaches, and good practices with other actors locally, regionally and internationally, and ensuring improvement on ways of doing gender transformative programming and promote learning.

• Support CO staff and partners and facilitate reflective learning practice among CO and partners’ staff network, particularly around  women’s empowerment, men engage and gender.

• Facilitate generation, documentation, coordination and management of knowledge on gender/women and girls empowerment approaches across MWANGAZA and support establishment of mechanisms for effective learning and sharing of experiences.

• Contribute to the development of CO impact measurement and knowledge management system, leading on the development of appropriate impact indicators and reflective learning systems related to gender/women and girls empowerment program (building on the ongoing impact measurement initiative at the CO) aiming at demonstrating the evidence of impact of CO programs addressing gender issues.

• Support CO staff and partners to identify and operationalize program approaches and interventions that demonstrate high impact on empowering women and girls.

• Participating in the facilitation of program quality assessment sessions in the CO, using the Program Quality Assessment Tool.  

• Familiarizing program and program support staff with CI programming principles and program characteristics and CI core values and supporting them to access information on and apply relevant minimum sector and/or technical standards (e.g. SPHERE for emergencies, etc) and to develop them when required.

Job Responsibility #4: Provide strategic support to coalition building and policy engagement                    20% of time

• Facilitate CO and partners’ staff representation and participation in national, regional and international networks promoting women’s empowerment, gender equality and Men Engage. 

• Provide guidance CO on policy analysis of all relevant laws and policies having an effect on women and girls and lead the monitoring process of new gender related laws and policies.

• Support and facilitate CO staff and partners to generate evidence from CO programs for policy engagement and advocacy with allies and coalitions.

• Support and facilitate implementation of CARE International Gender Policy and CARE US GED strategy within the CO

Job Responsibility #4: Promote gender equality (including)                                                               All the time

• Practice a behaviour that is consistent with CARE’s core values and promotion of gender and diversity goals.

• Play a leadership role in identifying and implementing initiatives that enhance CARE’s commitment to gender and diversity.

• Support the organization to attract and retain qualified and committed staff especially women;

• Create environment to all staff to have opportunity to contribute to a variety of ideas for effective decisions making and innovation

• Foster and encourage relationship built upon trust and put in place systems and structures that support trust building ;

• Build the ability and willingness of CARE Tanzania staff to learn from each other, to respect, value, and fully capitalise on diverse people, perspectives, knowledge and innovation

• Contribute CO’s efforts on implementing CARE US Gender and Diversity (GED) strategy and capacity building and  on GED as a part of GED Task Force

Job Responsibility #4:  Perform other duties as assigned (including)

5% of time

• When applicable, participate in emergency response and recovery efforts in the event of an emergency in his/her program area

Competencies

• Excellence: Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; successfully completes assignments; sets standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed; ensures interactions and transactions are ethical and convey integrity.

• Respect: Behaves in a manner that reflects a true belief in and appreciation for the dignity and potential of all human beings. Gaining other people’s confidence and setting an environment of trust and openness.

• Diversity: Promotes, values and respects each individual’s unique qualities, background, race, culture, age, gender, disability, values, lifestyle, perspectives or interests; creates and maintains a work environment that promotes diversity.

• Communicating with Impact: Diplomatically, logically and clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the recipient / audience and helps them understand and retain their message.

• Facilitating Change: Supports and manages the change process at CARE-Tanzania by developing a culture affirmative of change; encouraging others to seek and act upon opportunities for different and innovative approaches to addressing problems and opportunities; critically analyzing evolving and fluid situations; facilitating the implementation and acceptance of change within the workplace; actively engaging with resistance to change.

• Strengthening Partnership: Identifying and utilizing opportunities within and outside of CARE Tanzania to develop effective strategic relationships between one’s area and other areas/departments/units or external organizations to achieve CARE’s objectives.

• Adaptability: Effectively manages changing environments in the organization; maintains effectiveness when dealing with multiple and conflicting priorities across different cultural settings or during emergency and crisis situations. 

• Information Collection and Monitoring: Sets up ongoing procedures to collect, review, and synthesize information needed to manage a function, or the work within a function.

• Planning and Organizing: Establishes courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently and effectively in accordance with CARE’s core values.

• Building Commitment: Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; modifies one’s own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations, and individuals involved.

• Contribute to Team Success: Actively participates as a member of a team or work unit to move the team/unit toward the completion of shared goals

• Initiating Action: Takes prompt action to accomplish objectives; takes decisive action to achieve goals in times of uncertainty or in fluid contexts; is proactive

Qualifications (Know-How)

Education/Training

Required

• Advance degree in Social Science/Sustainable Development/Gender  

• Extensive gender-related training experience, including training expatriate and local personnel in gender and other relevant skills

Desired: 

• Masters degree in Social Science/Sustainable Development/Gender

Experience

Required

• Minimum 5 years of work experience in gender work with an International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO) at Management level; 

• Strong experience in strategic planning and policy formulation 

• High level of conceptual, strategic thinking; 

• Experience in popular mobilisation and policy advocacy at national level and alliance and partnership building;

• Strong experience in lobbying and media work;

Desired

• Knowledge on community development, human rights, land rights, project planning and management, administration

Technical Skills

Required:

• Very good understanding of gender issues at the level of Policy influence in the national scene;

• Able to provide technical assistance in the area of gender and women’s empowerment to ensure that programmatic strategies are addressing unequal power relations;

• Highly conversant with Civil Society and Social Movement approaches on gender work at national level; 

• An approach to mirror our core values: commitment, accountability, respect, effectiveness and diversity;

• Ability to work and communicate with a range of stakeholders including policymakers and government officials, NGOs, the media, community representatives;

• Strong ability to engage with communities and capability in being proactive to organize community outreach activities

• Strong writing, editing, and communications skills. Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email, Internet usage;

• Ability to thrive in team environments, with a strong understanding of diversity and other cultures

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with a fluent writing style and good knowledge and practical use of both English and Kiswahili 

Our diversity is our strength; we encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences, particularly women, to apply

MODE OF APPLICATION: Apply through hrm@co.care.org to Country Director by 08 April 2014 with a motivation letter, detailed CV with 3 Referees