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Overview

The Gender Specialist will be the lead advisor in identifying gender-based constraints facing women and men in the targeted communities within the lower Zambezi, Luangwa, and Nyika (ZLN) Corridor and steering Z4ABC project activities to address these issues directly. In addition, the specialist will engage with all areas of the Z4ABC project implementation to ensure mainstreaming of gender practice.

Duties and responsibilities

• To develop an overall gender action plan and budget for the Z4ABC project.
• To integrate gender and youth considerations and mainstream the interests of vulnerable groups in project activities.
• To support the design and implementation of project activities that address the unique challenges women, youth, and vulnerable groups face in their communities.
• To manage and coordinate overall project gender objectives and policy influence at the national level.
• To support project management with recommendations for improving processes to achieve gender related and overall project activities.

• Develop new and sustain existing partnerships and attend meetings to promote CIFOR-ICRAF and Z4ABC project interests.

• Coordinate gender monitoring and evaluation and establish mechanisms to track the implementation of initiatives.
• To develop a mechanism for identifying, documenting, and disseminating gender best practices for learning purposes.
• To ensure that progress reports and other publications are compliant to gender considerations.

• Facilitate gender awareness raising for CIFOR-ICRAF staff, Z4ABC project partners, service providers and communities.
• To assist in capacity building of the Z4ABC project implementation team regarding gender mainstreaming.
• To conduct gender awareness events for CIFOR-ICRAF staff, partners and Z4ABC project beneficiaries
• To produce gender publications for dissemination to target audiences.

• To author and co-author articles for publishing in science journals, policy briefs, conferences, and other forums.

• To participate in writing project proposals for resource mobilization at the CIFOR-ICRAF country office.
• To ensure that all written proposals adhere to all gender considerations.

Requirements

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• A first degree in gender, social sciences or related field is required. A master’s degree is an added advantage.
• At least Five (5) years of experience in programming gender.
• Experience in Zambia is required.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate gender into development programming successfully.
• Experience working with international organizations and EU-Funded projects is preferred.
• Fluency in English is required; knowledge of local languages in the ZLN corridor is an advantage.

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Education, knowledge and experience

• A first degree in gender, social sciences or related field is required. A master’s degree is an added advantage. At least Five (5) years of experience in programming gender. Experience in Zambia is required.

Terms and conditions

• This is a Locally Recruited position. CIFOR-ICRAF offers competitive remuneration in local currency commensurate with skills and experience.

Application process

The application deadline is 05 Jul-2023
We will acknowledge all applications, but will contact only short-listed candidates.