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Catholic Relief Services Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
Closing: May 31, 2022
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SUMMARY OF KEY FUNCTIONS
The Program Officer-Gender and Youth Empowerment will steer gender and positive youth development approaches in Habitat for Humanity programs in Uganda. S/he will be responsible for developing and implementing gender and youth strategies that ensure inclusion of women, youth and persons with disabilities in project and intervention design. S/he will develop the capacity of program teams and local partners to become Gender and Youth Champions, and conduct household dialogues around gender and intra-household decision-making. Will work with the program, resource development, communications teams to understand, initiative and nurture Habitat volunteer’s structure both at the national and community level while identifying opportunities of meaningfully engaging these groups in Habitat’s housing value chain. S/he will support the Head of Programs to establish partnership agreements where appropriate and promote shared learning and collaboration between partners by facilitating partner networks and meetings. The Programme Officer will also ensure all HFH-Uganda safeguarding issues and other policy guidelines are taken on board.
Education:
A Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Gender, Human Rights, Public Administration or other related Behavioral or Social Sciences; A master’s degree will be an added advantage.
Experience:
1. At least two years of proven professional experience in working with youth with focus on employment, innovation hubs and leadership of young/women and gender equality;
2. Two years of experience in programming in national and international agency contexts in Uganda, with demonstrated skills in the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of youth development projects is highly desirable;
3. Solid experience in providing technical support and strategic coordination with a myriad of stakeholders and partners, including government, civil society, international organizations, donors, grassroots organizations and interagency committees;
4. Previous experience in providing capacity development or providing guidance to project counterparts would be an asset;
5. High level of proficiency in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and experience in handling web-based management systems;
6. Familiarity with national youth policies and programmes; the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); Beijing Platform for Action; gender equality initiatives; human rights frameworks; major youth issues in Uganda.
SUMMARY OF KEY FUNCTIONS
The Program Officer-Gender and Youth Empowerment will steer gender and positive youth development approaches in Habitat for Humanity programs in Uganda. S/he will be responsible for developing and implementing gender and youth strategies that ensure inclusion of women, youth and persons with disabilities in project and intervention design. S/he will develop the capacity of program teams and local partners to become Gender and Youth Champions, and conduct household dialogues around gender and intra-household decision-making. Will work with the program, resource development, communications teams to understand, initiative and nurture Habitat volunteer’s structure both at the national and community level while identifying opportunities of meaningfully engaging these groups in Habitat’s housing value chain. S/he will support the Head of Programs to establish partnership agreements where appropriate and promote shared learning and collaboration between partners by facilitating partner networks and meetings. The Programme Officer will also ensure all HFH-Uganda safeguarding issues and other policy guidelines are taken on board.
Education:
A Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Gender, Human Rights, Public Administration or other related Behavioral or Social Sciences; A master’s degree will be an added advantage.
Experience:
1. At least two years of proven professional experience in working with youth with focus on employment, innovation hubs and leadership of young/women and gender equality;
2. Two years of experience in programming in national and international agency contexts in Uganda, with demonstrated skills in the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of youth development projects is highly desirable;
3. Solid experience in providing technical support and strategic coordination with a myriad of stakeholders and partners, including government, civil society, international organizations, donors, grassroots organizations and interagency committees;
4. Previous experience in providing capacity development or providing guidance to project counterparts would be an asset;
5. High level of proficiency in the use of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and experience in handling web-based management systems;
6. Familiarity with national youth policies and programmes; the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); Beijing Platform for Action; gender equality initiatives; human rights frameworks; major youth issues in Uganda.
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