Save the Children Gender Equality Officer Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs

Save the Children Gender Equality Officer Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. Save the Children Nigeria looking for “Gender Equality Officer”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 29 October 2022.

Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organisation for children. We work in around 120 countries. We save children’s lives; we fight for their rights; we help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children strives to achieve a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. We work to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. Across all of our work, we pursue several core values: accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity and integrity.

Save the Children Gender Equality Officer Jobs 2022

The Save the Children has published a job vacancy announcement on 18 October 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Gender Equality Officer to be based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Recruiter	Save the Children
Position	Gender Equality Officer
Location	Abuja, Nigeria
Country	Nigeria
Total Vacant Post	N/A
Qualification	University degree
Experience Required	Minimum 2 years
Application Deadline	29 October 2022

Save the Children Job Vacancy 2022

Job Purpose:

• The Gender Officer will support the Gender Equality Specialist to provide technical support to the humanitarian mission to ensure the vision of Save the Children where all girls and boys can hold diverse hopes and dreams for their futures, and have equal opportunity to make these come true are met.
• The Officer will support the Gender Equality specialist to provide technical support to mainstream gender, equality and disability inclusion across programmes in the humanitarian response in NE Nigeria.
• She/he will ensure gender is integrated into the results based management frameworks, strengthening and supporting gender equality strategies and facilitating gender equality capacity strengthening for field teams and partners via training and tool development.
• She/he will not only ensure programmes are gender sensitive but aim to provide support to make such programmes become gender transformative.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Support the Gender Equality Specialist to develop a gender mainstreaming strategy for SCI humanitarian programmes.
• With support from the Gender Equality Specialist, formulate key gender messages and targets from lessons learned, assessments, research and evidence gained through project implementation.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of project objectives and initiatives, both short and long term, encompassing a wide range of issues with a gender lens.
• Support the Gender Equality Specialist to ensure that voices of children disaggregated by sex and age form the basis of all key organizational strategies.
• Acquire information and understanding of key gender issues in the country particularly in the north east focusing on boys and girls (e.g GBV, Early Child Marriage, SRHR etc) and adapt strategies as necessary.
• Support to build the capacity of key programme staffs and volunteers including CS on gender, equality and diversity inclusion.
• Develop good knowledge of state and national government structures, parliamentary and political processes and key decision making structures and how to influence them working with the Gender Equality Specialist and the advocacy team.
• Provide inputs into systems for research, analysis and documentation that underpin evidence for gender based programming and influencing at state and national levels.
• Write regular progress reports for activities implemented, as well as support gender related programme reports as directed.
• Maintain a strong relationship with other Gender related staff across SCI
• Develop and maintain a network of external contacts with key individuals in the government, NGO sector, civil society and the media particularly working on gender issues and participate in gender working group meetings, which may include providing oversight.
• Participate in improving partnership development quality
• Perform other tasks, as required, to ensure the smooth running of the organization.
• Knowledge of the policies, functions, structures and decision-making processes of key national institutions with regard to Gender.
• Team player with strong leadership skills
• Local language skills – ability to communicate in Kanuri will be an advantage.

Qualification & Experience:

• University Degree or equivalent in Social Science, development studies, gender & development or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience
• Minimum – 2 years post NYSC experience
• Proven experience working on normative change for gender equality and adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sensitive contexts
• Proven experience in supporting the designing, implementing and evaluating gender-transformative social and behaviour change communication interventions.
• Experience in supporting the implementation of gender-transformative approaches in humanitarian context.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team setting with minimal supervision
• Specific knowledge of international development and gender equality issues; experience engaging children and other community members on gender equality issues desirable.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Fluent in English
• Computer literate
• Local language skills – ability to communicate in Hausa

Other Details

• Contract Type: Full Time
• Selection Process: Interview
• Salary: negotiable
• Application Process: Online

How to Apply Save the Children Gender Equality Officer Jobs 2022

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The Closing Date: 29 October 2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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