Gender Officers

Gender Officers x 2

• • Field Based,, Buhera and Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe
  • Contract

Company Description

Nutrition Action Zimbabwe a locally registered PVO operating in Zimbabwe. The organization’s primary focus is combating malnutrition in all its forms, through effective implementation of quality programming for both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programming. NAZ seeks to recruit for two gender officers to support the Sustainable Roots Program (SRP).

The Sustainable Roots Program is a nutrition promotion program funded by The Light Foundation implemented in Buhera and Tsholotsho districts of Zimbabwe for a 5-year period.

The program seeks to support rural communities to increase nutritional status of women, children, and their households by promoting production and consumption of traditional and local foods. The program will apply regenerative agriculture, soil and water and sustainable use of forest products to meet dietary and health needs. The SRP program will support communities with improved access to water for domestic and productive use and will work closely with Government Departments to ensure appropriate and synergistic implementation.

The program is implemented by a consortium led by CARE Zimbabwe and implementing partners - Organization of Rural Associations for Progress (ORAP) and Nutrition Action Zimbabwe (NAZ).

Job Description

The Gender Officer will support the implementation of gender interventions for the project across the consortium in the specified district of operation. The Officer will ensure that gender equality and social inclusion are integrated into all aspects of the Nutrition project. The position will contribute in the designing and implementing gender-sensitive strategies to empower women and girls, promote gender-equitable access to resources, and address gender-based vulnerabilities. The officer will work closely with community members, local authorities, and other stakeholders to identify and address gender-specific barriers to nutrition and food security.

Main Duties:

Key Result Area 1: IMPLEMENTATION OF GENDER ACTIVITIES

• Conducts on-going coaching and mentoring of partner staff and stakeholders on gender programming as aligned to the project outcomes – including training to field staff based on ongoing assessment of staff capacity gaps and needs related to gender programming.
• Conducts and supports gender trainings for the project, working closely with other project field staff.
• Compiles and submits monthly reports with analysed data on gender at district level.
• Ensures gender is adequately integrated in monthly and quarterly project reports
• Contributes the gender aspect into quarterly and annual report writing processes in liaison with the Nutrition Specialist and Gender Specialist
• Participates and supports the Gender Analysis processes for the SRP project.
• Participates and contributes to the Gender Action Plan and Strategy development processes.
• Supports the process of Information, Education and Communication materials development on gender for the project.

Key Result Area 2: MONITORING AND EVALUATION

• Supports process monitoring of gender activities and provides constant feedback to Specialists.
• Identifies emerging issues in training results and implementation and follows up on agreed deliverables.
• Provides inputs into the learning agenda by assisting with the identification and documentation of case studies and most significant change stories.

Key Result Area 3: STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION

• Provides support at district level to partner field staff in stakeholder coordination as needed.
• Shares weekly and monthly project activity plans with his/her supervisor and in liaison with the Nutrition Specialist and Gender Specialist.
• Develops and maintains district database of key project stakeholders

Key Result Area 4: PLANNING

• Plans weekly, monthly and quarterly project activities

Policy compliance – Mandatory Reporting Policy (MRP):

• Comply with all NAZ policies.
• Assist where necessary in undertaking activities that aim to prevent the occurrence of sexual abuse and exploitation of beneficiaries by NAZ and other humanitarian workers.

Confidentiality:

• Ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of NAZ acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organization without authority, except in the normal execution of duty

Note:  The role of the Gender Officer cannot be limited to the specific duties and tasks detailed herein.  The success of NAZ’s mission is the highest priority and all issues which arise must be addressed accordingly. Therefore, the Nutrition Specialist will be required to manage all unforeseen issues and circumstances and remain flexible to perform other duties, as and when required.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Requirements

• Degree in Gender, Development Studies, Protection, Social Work or relevant field of study.
• 3 years’ experience in gender and women/girls’ rights and empowerment programming, community development and training/facilitation, education and/or child protection.
• Demonstrated training and facilitation skills.

Desired skills:

• Should be able to work with minimal supervision
• Should be computer literate (Microsoft word and excel).
• Ability to work in a remote area
• Team player
• Good interpersonal and writing skills
• Good organizational capacity
• Good facilitation and training skills
• Good knowledge of the local languages and culture

Additional Information

NAZ does not tolerate Fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

Applying

Kindly use this smart recruiters platform link to fill in your application and attach any relevant  supporting documents not later than 25th of October 2024: Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. This is a rolling and urgent recruitment and candidates will be shortlisted as they apply.

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