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NGO Job Vacancy – Focus Nepal – Senior Gender Officer and Others

Vacancy Announcement

Forum for Community Upliftment System Nepal (FOCUS-Nepal) Dhading, a non-government organization working in diversified field in Dhading, District. Currently, it is looking for recruiting highly qualified, committed and motivated candidates to fill in the following vacant position.

1. Job title: Senior Gender Officer

About project

Purnima is a five-year programme funded by UK Department for International Development (DFID). The objective is long-term positive change in the lives of people in earthquake-affected regions of Nepal. To achieve this goal, Purnima has ambitious targets for transformative change of women and adolescent girls (TCWAG). Transformative change is an approach to promote women as change agents, empower them to raise their voice and address gender inequality. It is a process of challenging and changing unequal power relationships, tackling discriminatory social norms, and engaging with political structures, actors and ways of working to transform the lives of women and girls.

Job purpose: 

To lead in implementation of transformative change for women and adolescent girls project in project operation areas. Under guidance of Executive director, the post holder plans, implements and monitors transformative change for women and girls related program at field level.

Reporting Lines 

Post holder reports to: Executive Director

Staff reporting to this post: Gender assistant

Key responsibilities

• Lead and Implement transformative change for women and adolescent girls’project activities.
• Take lead to organize district- community level training, workshop and meetings.
• Participate as organizational representation and coordinate with relevant inter agency to agree and develop coordinated framework and mechanism within the field location.
• Prepare & submit the final concept notes, monthly report and progress reportby coordinating with the Gender Assistant.
• Supervise and provide technical support to Gender Assistant and reflect facilitators for the implementation of the activities
• Work closely with Oxfam to ensure planned activities are achieved in time and report as required.
• Mentor and coach the office teams in gender and take session on gender and protection as per required.
• Frequent field visits and support Gender assistant to conduct meeting with community groups to build awareness on the issue of citizenship and legal documents.
• Ensure the proper implementation of the activities and target fulfilment.
• To ensure that gender specific indicator and activities are developed in all programs
• Take lead to organize exhibition and mobile camps at community and mobilize the community resources
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor process and outputs ensuring that all opportunities for gender empowerment are being taken and prepare field visit reports as per the standard.
• Sex, age and caste based disaggregated data are collected and documented.
• Perform other tasks as necessary in agreement with reporting manager as required.

Qualification, Skills and competence

• Bachelor degree ( preferably Masters)  in social science / gender studies  with 3 years of experience in gender and social sector
• Experience and understanding of community mobilization in relation to gender and women empowerment activities.
• Have sound knowledge on gender and legal rights issue.
• Proven experience of successful capacity-building of field staff and team.
• Strong planning, analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Self-management skills with the ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, Good levels of spoken and written English.
• Travel frequently to program locations; sensitize sector agencies on gender and women legal rights. Mobilize the project staff, related stakeholders and beneficiaries to fulfil the intended objectives according to project document.
• Ability to work in multi-cultural team across different geographical locations, including providing remote support to field teams/ when required.
• High level of adaptability and initiative.
• Represent organization at different levels of meetings, workshops, and other forum as and when necessary.

2. Job title: Gender Assistant

Job purpose: 

Under the guidance of Senior Gender officer, the post holder implements and monitors Transformative change for women and adolescent girl’s project related activities at field level

Reporting Lines 

Post holder reports to: Senior Gender Officer

Staff reporting to this post: Reflect Facilitators

Key responsibilities

• Take lead in implementation of TCWAG activities in close coordination with Senior gender officer
• Assist reflect facilitators to run community discussion centre effectively through REFLECT approach
• Work together with gender officers to prepare concept notes, monthly report and progress reports on timely basis.
• Supervise and provide technical support to reflect facilitators for the implementation of the activities
• Work closely with team to ensure planned activities are achieved in time and report as required.
• Work closely with senior gender officer for activity planning / budgeting and updating beneficiary’s data.
• Support Gender officer to form/revitalize Reflect Circles and identify Reflect Facilitators
• Support and assist gender officer to organize exhibition and mobile camps at community and mobilize the community resources
• Conduct capacity building needs of Reflect members to promote their leadership
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor process and outputs ensuring that all opportunities for gender empowerment are being taken and submit the report to line manager.
• Assist senior gender officer in facilitating trainings at community level.
• Ensure sex, age and caste based disaggregated data are collected and documented.
• Other tasks as necessary in agreement with reporting manager as required.

Qualification, Skills and competence

• +2 level ( preferably Bachelor)  in social science / gender studies  with 2 years of experience in social sector
• Experience and understanding of community mobilization in relation to gender and women empowerment activities
• Have sound knowledge on women rights, legal rights and gender issues.
• Strong planning, analytical and strategic thinking skills
• Good social mobilization, motivation and community sensitization skills
• Good communication, reporting and documentation skills
• Self-management skills with the ability to manage conflicting priorities
• Ability to work independently as required.
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of disadvantaged population particularly women and children
• Written  and spoken skills in English and Nepali
• Ability to work in a team

The emolument shall be as per organization/project rules. Interested Nepali citizen with suitable skills are requested to submit an application letter along with updated CV through E-mail to [email protected] on or before 5 pm of 10th May, 2020.

Telephone inquiries shall not be entertained and any other direct or indirect solicitation may lead to disqualification of the candidacy.