A project in Rwanda is seeking a qualified gender specialist to support the integration of gender equality and women’s empowerment into project activities. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of the SPIU Coordinator and collaborate with project managers, implementing partners, and other stakeholders to ensure that gender considerations are addressed throughout project implementation.
The role focuses on gender analysis, stakeholder engagement, gender action planning, and monitoring activities designed to promote equality and respond to the needs of women, men, and vulnerable groups. Experience with donor-funded projects and gender equality and social inclusion in water resource management is an added advantage.
Job Responsibilities
The Gender Specialist will perform the following duties:
- Assist the VCR and CND project managers in identifying drivers of change and gender dynamics necessary to achieve programme adaptation and mitigation objectives.
- Ensure that gender aspects are properly integrated into project activities implemented by different implementing partners and executing entities.
- Use participatory approaches that involve both women and men in assessments, consultations, and discussions.
- Monitor the implementation of Gender Action Plans based on project logical frameworks, identifying opportunities and entry points for addressing gender-related risks and considerations.
- Support gender-responsive activities and outputs that promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.
- Conduct or coordinate comprehensive gender assessments and analyses and develop Gender Action Plans aligned with World Bank and Green Climate Fund (GCF) policies.
- Conduct desk reviews and stakeholder consultations, including focus group discussions, key informant interviews, baseline surveys, and other engagement activities.
- Assess livelihoods, benefit-sharing arrangements, and other gender-related issues to inform project activities and ensure compliance with applicable World Bank and GCF requirements.
- Organize gender-responsive stakeholder consultations that encourage the participation of women, men, and vulnerable groups.
- Identify the different needs of women and men in relation to project interventions and promote their meaningful participation.
- Identify and design specific gender-related components to be incorporated into programme activities.
- Assess communities in project intervention areas, focusing on project impacts, risks, and access to and control over resources by women and men.
- Consider intersecting factors such as age, social status, ethnicity, and marital status when analysing gender-related risks and opportunities.
Required Qualifications and Experience
Candidates should hold one of the following qualifications and have the corresponding relevant professional experience.
| Academic qualification | Required experience |
|---|---|
| Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology | 5 years |
| Bachelor’s Degree in Gender and Development | 5 years |
| Master’s Degree in Gender and Development | 3 years |
| Master’s Degree in Sociology | 3 years |
| Master’s Degree in Social Sciences | 3 years |
| Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science | 5 years |
| Master’s Degree in Gender Dynamics and Development | 3 years |
| Bachelor’s Degree in Gender Dynamics and Development | 5 years |
| Master’s Degree in Economics and Business Studies | 3 years |
| Master’s Degree in Gender Equality and Women’s Rights | 3 years |
| Bachelor’s (A0) Degree in Gender Equality and Women’s Rights | 5 years |
| Bachelor’s (A0) Degree in Economics and Business Studies | 5 years |
Applicants should ensure that their academic qualifications and relevant professional experience meet the requirements specified in the official vacancy announcement.
Required Competencies and Technical Skills
The ideal candidate should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Accountability and a results-oriented approach.
- Ability to work effectively in a team.
- Digital literacy skills.
- Knowledge of Rwanda’s gender sector.
- Ability to identify field-level and policy issues related to gender mainstreaming.
- Knowledge of gender analysis and the underlying causes of gender inequality.
- Understanding of gender-related public policies, gender mainstreaming, and women’s empowerment.
- Understanding of gender issues at different levels of policy influence.
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