Anticipated Start Date: July 2013
Work Location: International
Expected Travel: up to 10%
Language Requirement: English
Employee Duration: Full Time
Type of Post: Accompanied - Spouse only
Funding: THIS POSITION IS PENDING DONOR APPROVAL
Description
CARE Zimbabwe seeks a Technical Advisor, Gender for an
anticipated, five (5) year Title II food security program in Zimbabwe. The
program development objective is to sustainably increase food security among
vulnerable populations in Zimbabwe. The program will focus on 1)
increasing households and micro-enterprise productivity and income through
market-oriented approaches; 2) improving nutrition among women of reproductive
age, pregnant and lactating women, and children under five; and 3) increasing
household resilience to shocks. The program must address both the root
causes of chronic food insecurity as well as chronic malnutrition, with an
integrated nutrition approach.
SUMMARY
The Technical Advisor, Gender will provide leadership,
direction, and coordination to integrate gender, ensuring that women, men, boys
and girls will have their different needs analyzed and addressed with respect
to the improvement of food security and nutrition in households in dry, arid
regions of Zimbabwe. The Technical Advisor, Gender will undertake gender
analysis and develop tools to enhance and expand on existing gender analysis to
better understand the context and dynamics at play related to gender, food
security and nutrition in Zimbabwe. In addition, the Technical Advisor, Gender
will lead development and coordination of trainings for project staff,
government officials, traditional leadership and community actors to raise
awareness and provide tools for dialogue and communication and action to
improve gender relations. The Technical Advisor, Gender will work closely
with the Chief of Party and the project staff to ensure gender is fully
integrated into all program activities.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Master’s
Degree in International Development, Women’s Studies, Agricultural or
related field or Bachelors and additional 5 years field experience.
- Background/qualifications
in gender transformative programming & gender analysis
- Minimum
of 5 years of experience working in food security and/or gender
programming in a developing country, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe preferred.
- Demonstrated
ability to collaborate with diverse teams and effectively communicate new
or sensitive topics
- Knowledge
and experience with participatory planning methodologies that promote
learning and social change
- Strong
conceptual skills
- Excellent
interpersonal and team work skills
- Superior
written and oral skills in English are essential
POSITION SPECIFICS:
- Number
of Positions: 1
- Location:
Harare, Zimbabwe
- This
position is a local CARE Zimbabwe opportunity.
- Zimbabwean
nationals preferred.
Please be aware that there may be job advertisements and
offers that falsely state that they are from CARE. CARE does not charge a fee
at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting,
processing, training, or any other such fees).
