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JOB SUMMARY: 

CARE seeks to engage a Gender Officer for its anticipated Bloomberg funded Women Economic Development Program to alleviate living standards of economic marginalized women and girls in Bauchi state, Nigeria. This will be a 1-year pilot program aimed at increasing capacity, strengthening women’s networks, enabling access to finance and gender equitable access to financial products and services leveraging CARE’s signature VSLA model. 

The Gender officer will lead the implementation of project’s gender interventions and will work with the Bloomberg Project team to ensure the activities are well integrated in the overall project. S/he will provide guidance and technical input where necessary, especially on gender analysis, social analysis and action, gender transformative approaches, impact assessments and wider gender mainstreaming. S/he will work with all departments and partners to ensure that CARE’s gender equity and diversity principles are incorporated into all processes and activities within the Bloomberg Project.

The officer will ensure project stakeholders’ participatory consultations take gender into consideration and that the needs of women and girls, men and boys are prioritized. S/he will act as resource person in capacity building, knowledge sharing events and other relevant activities. This will include developing, reviewing and updating gender training modules to ensure they are of high standards and monitor implementation. The position will develop and maintain relationships with state and local authorities coordinating joint efforts and trainings in consultation with the supervisor.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Job Responsibility #1: Lead implementation of project gender related activities                                                                             

• Ensure gender integration in the day-to-day project activities.
• Provide support to all project activities related to specific to gender mainstreaming, with particular emphasis on helping relevant staff analyze program implications for men and women in various communities and ways to address issues.
• Ensure that the gender checklists are used and should be able to work with project coordinator on revising and revisiting the gender sensitive indicators for improved mainstreaming.

Job Responsibility #2:  Capacity building of project stakeholders at the community level 

• Conduct capacity needs assessments for project stakeholders and organize all training logistics with the support of program support colleagues and project manager.
• Design and implement trainings for project staffs and community structures on gender related topics including, including but not limited to gender mainstreaming, gender and power analysis and GBV risk mitigation to move toward more efficient and inclusive organizational culture.
• Provide support, training and technical assistance to partners on gender and related topics.
• Train, support and coordinate field project teams on all gender related activities.
• Develop Social Analysis and Action (SAA) training and monitoring materials in conjunction with the Gender and Protection Sector Manager.
• Identify and build the capacity of community-based support groups/committees to provide community-based support and facilitation on CARE’s gender transformative models including Social Analysis and Action.

Job Responsibility #3: Reporting and documentation                                                                                                                         

• Develop bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on gender project activities carried out.
• Prepare and share human interest stories and case studies related to project impact for learning.

Job Responsibility #4: Representation and networking at project level

• Participate in gender-related events (meeting, workshops, conferences) and network within the project locations in-order to stay updated about gender related developments.
• Represent CARE in all gender related external meetings at the state level.
• Provide ongoing coaching and mentorship to community structures including leaders, project volunteers e.t.c on community reflections on gender and social norms, power dynamics and social change for impact.

Resource Mobilization                                                                                 

• Contribute to CARE’s resource mobilization efforts

Other Responsibilities as Assigned         

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS

Required

• Degree in Social studies, Counseling and/or psychology Social sciences.
• Minimum 3 years of Gender experience with a reputable agency; experience working with survivors of violence preferred.
• Clear understanding of Gender, power relations, and issues surrounding violence against women
• Able to maintain apply all GBV guiding principles, counseling ethics and uphold the rights of the survivors at all times.
• Positive, highly motivated, innovative, with strong organizational and inter-personal skills.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Strong report writing skills.
• Strong knowledge of computer applications, including MS Word and Excel.

Competencies:

• Approachability                                 
• Building Effective Teams 
• Customer Focus 
• Integrity and Trust 
• Drive for Results 
• Comfort around Higher management 
• Business Acumen 
• Negotiating 
• Organizational Agility

Qualified Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

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JOB SUMMARY:

CARE seeks to engage a Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) Coordinator for its anticipated Bloomberg funded Women Economic Development Program to alleviate living standards of economic marginalized women and girls in Bauchi state, Nigeria. This will be a 1-year pilot program aimed at increasing capacity, strengthening women’s networks, enabling access to finance and gender equitable access to financial products and services leveraging CARE’s signature VSLA model. 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Job Responsibility #1: Activity Planning, Implementation and Reporting     

• Prepare a detailed VSLA implementation plan and ensure the partners understand well and properly implement.
• Ensure physical target achievements are as agreed; and review regularly the progress and maintain regular update of the workplan and track outputs.
• Facilitate and ensure establishment of VSLAs, the target communities.
• Lead and provide technical guidance on financial inclusion interventions and strengthen the engagements between the VSLAs and the private sector players.
• Identify technical capacity and challenges for the project participants and VSLA facilitators skills /knowledge on VSLAs, Business Management, etc. and plan for the relevant capacity trainings.
• Oversee and regularly monitor as well as provide technical support when the VSLAs are conducting the share purchase, social contributions and borrowing and repayment of loans to ensure proper documentation.
• Facilitate stakeholder, traders, and financial services providers engagements as part of establishing strategic linkages for VSLAs.
• Document lessons learned and capture stories of change on VSLAs.
• Consolidate/compile monthly, quarterly, and annual activity reports and special events showing achievements, lessons, constraints, and recommendations and submit to supervisor on agreed time.

Job Responsibility #2: Capacity Building/ Technical Support   

• Review and adapt basic business, financial and relevant technical training material.
• Conduct VSLA training for the partners, VSLA Facilitators and monitor step down training.
• Facilitate peer-to-peer support and ensure social cohesion within VSLA.

Job Responsibility #3: Coordination and Representation   

• Participate in CARE Community on Financial Inclusion activities.
• Represent the CARE on coordination meetings at LGA, community and wards

Resource Mobilization 

• Contribute to CARE’s resource mobilization efforts.

Other Responsibilities as Assigned

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS

Required

• University degree in Agri-business Management, Economics, Business Management, or any related field.
• Minimum 4 years of work experience in VSLA programming.
• Ability to write reports of high quality.
• Sound knowledge of entrepreneurship and value chain development related activities.

Desired

• Previous experience with INGOs or NGOs. 
• Advanced computers skills (MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to establish priorities, plan, coordinate and organize own work plan.
• Knowledge of local languages spoken in Bauchi State.

Competencies:

• Approachability                                 
• Building Effective Teams 
• Customer Focus 
• Integrity and Trust 
• Drive for Results 
• Comfort around Higher management 
• Business Acumen 
• Negotiating 
• Organizational Agility

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