Gender Officer at Project Hope

• The Gender Officer will work with the Gender and Community Relations Advisor as well as work with other staff of the project to ensure that Project provides comprehensive sex and age-appropriate clinical post-GBV care that meets expressed needs of survivors including GBV primary prevention, male engagement, and respectful care activities where necessary across all target locations.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBIITES:

• Guide gender / GBV reporting processes, consolidate program reports and promote learning and knowledge sharing of best practices and lessons learned in gender programming.
• Work with MEL teams to analyse, and report on indicators measuring the outcomes and impact of interventions looking at gender dynamics and gender- based violence in RMNCAH+N (G-ANC) for improved intervention quality.
• Support improved quality of gender / GBV clinical and referral services implementation, and system strengthening based on evidence- based and international best practices across implementing states and programs.
• Conduct periodic reviews and strengthening of program gender / GBV systems.
• Serve alongside other team members as a primary GBV Point of Contact (POC) on bringing evidence-based and best practices to GBV prevention, identification, and response programming to RMNCAH+N (G-ANC) project.
• Provide GBV technical review of and assistance with inputs on key technical and non-technical documents, such as gender Mapping / analyses design implementation plans.
• Support the RMNCAH+N (G-ANC) technical team on GBV-related inputs into the annual work plan.
• Support and contribute to the Gender communities of practice within Project HOPE and the field.
• Provide technical assistance to RMNCAH+N (G-ANC) and local partners remotely.
• Conduct Frequent Virtual interphase through collaborative software such as Teams and share-point for task setting.
• Other related duties as assigned. 

Educational and Professional Experience Requirements:

• Advanced degree in development and gender studies, women studies, human rights, communication, public health, international health, international development, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in development of which 3-5 years working experience in the areas gender, women’s health, gender-based violence (GBV) and human rights defence.

• Understanding of the Nigerian social and political context and developments around gender equality mainstreaming, women empowerment, and gender-based violence programming.
• Strong understanding of empowerment and gender-based violence prevention and response frameworks.
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with government stakeholder and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, the private sector, and donors.
• Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, supervisory, and team-building skills.
• Ability to multi-task and proven knowledge and skills in use of Microsoft Office Suite (Word processing, Excel, and PowerPoint) is mandatory.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, presentation skills and fluency in English language.
• Excellent group facilitation and communication skills; experience in multi-stakeholder consultation, and strategic planning.
• Strong knowledge of gender and global development issues, preferably with understanding of USAID and BMGF approach to gender equality and gender- based violence.
• Excellent group facilitation, multi-stakeholder consultation, and strategic planning skills
• Strong writing skills, both for technical and program reports.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work well in cross-cultural teams and under tight deadlines.
• Good strategic and analytical thinking and ability to interpret public health and epidemiological data.
• A personal commitment to gender equality and social inclusion.
• Able to undertake frequent travel.

OTHER ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS 

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within Project HOPE and among beneficiaries served by Project HOPE. 

Compliance & Ethics 

• Promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout Project HOPE. 
• As applicable to the position, maintain a clear understanding of Project HOPE' and donor compliance and ethics standards and adhere to those standards. 
• Conduct work with the highest level of integrity 

Competency 

• Strong writing and presentation skills. 
• Proven capabilities in leadership. 
• Strong negotiation, interpersonal and organization skills. 
• Ability to read, writes, analyze, and interpret, technical and non-technical in the English language. 
• Ability to effectively present information and respond appropriately to questions from senior managers in the field and HQ, counterparts, senior government and rebel leaders and other related regional players. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Project HOPE employees work in the global health field and may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship”. 
• Travel for extended periods by air and other modes of transportation. 
• Must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment and must be able to communicate in verbal and written form. 
• Typical office environment with exposure to a minimal noise level.