Gender Officer

Job Title         : Gender Officer

Post                 : Diocese of Mutare, Zimbabwe

Reports to      : PROGRAMMES MANAGER

Caritas Zimbabwe is celebrating 50 years as the official Catholic Agency for humanitarian and development work in Zimbabwe. Having been established in 1972 the organisation has continued to provide a beacon of hope for hundreds of thousands of women, men and children in times of hardship and contributes to the development of social justice in times of peace. Caritas Zimbabwe is registered in Zimbabwe as a Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO 25/2014) in terms of subsection (5) of section 9 of the Private Voluntary Organization Act (17:05).The organisation is a member organisation of Caritas Internationalis (CI) (http://www.caritas.org), an international confederation with a network of more than 165 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations in over 200 countries and territories. working to build a better world, especially with and for the poor    regardless of their religion, race, gender or ethnicity.

Duties And Responsibilities

The GENDER OFFICER reports to the PROGRMMES MANAGERand give technical support and strategic direction in the following areas

• Reviews project documentation and develops an action plan that is responsive to the project needs in relation to Gender and Protection.
• Assist in development of or provide technical review for Social Protection concepts notes, proposals and ensure that proposed activities align with the best practice in the Social Protection.
• Create appropriate Gender Action Plans, tools and frameworks for the project.
• Follows up on project specific material on Gender and Protection to project staff, partners and stakeholders.
• Provides ongoing technical support on Gender to project staff, partners, and stakeholders to ensure adequate capacity development.
• Produces weekly, monthly and bi-annually progress reports and submits to the Programmes Manager.
• Perform any assigned related task by the Caritas Mutare management.

 Qualifications

• Degree in Social Science/ Gender Studies/Development Studies/Policy Studies 2-5 years’ experience with development programs working on Gender- and protection. Experience on gender and protection in humanitarian preparedness & response is an added advantage.

Please submit your applications by Friday the 13th of October 2023at the following email address: jobscaritasmutare@gmail.com / admin@caritasmutare.org

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. 

Caritas Zimbabwe is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding of vulnerable adults and children. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening and checks which can include criminal records. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of, and consent to, this recruitment process.