UGAMA/CSC Gender Specialist Job Vacancy in Rwanda

UGAMA/CENTRE DE SERVICES AUX COOPERATIVES

• Provide technical expertise in the areas of
  gender mainstreaming, policy formulation and advocacy
• Ensure that gender is appropriately integrated
  in the organization and programming of cooperatives
• Work in collaboration with cooperatives to
  enhance their capacity to address gender issues and to formulate gender
  policies
• Offer advice and guidance to cooperatives on
  how to better integrate gender sensitive policies within cooperative activities
• Contribute to MAMA annual work plans,
  strategies, recruitment policies and budgeting to ensure gender
  sensitivity
• Work with UGAMA staff to elaborate and
  finalize its gender policy
• Liaise with UGAMA staff and partners to better
  integrate gender sensitivity within activities and policies
• Develop indicators fur assessing progress in
  gender mainstreaming
• Conduct gender-disaggregated data collection
  as well as monitoring and evaluation that measures results against a
  baseline (through gender analysis, focus group sessions and assessments)
• Analyze and interpret collected data, report
  on findings and present gender-related best practices to UGAMA and partner
• Conduct training sessions and workshops in
  gender sensitivity, family planning, female, well as other themes such as
  HIV/AIDS
• Work with interested cooperatives to help
  forts gender committees
• Work with cooperative partners to promote an
  increased participation of women in the production of higher valued crops
  and specific income generating projects within cooperatives
• Work with partners ,to promote a fair gender
  balance representation in cooperative governance and management positions

• Knowledge of gender issues at the community
  level
• Understanding of gender dynamics at the
  household level
• Knowledge and experience in the collection of
  gender disaggregated data (both qualitative and quantitative)
• A Bachelor´s degree in Gender and Development
  or a similar field is preferred
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda and French (fluency in
  English is an asset)
• Technical expertise in the areas of gender
  integration, gender mainstreaming, policy formulation and advocacy
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working in
  community gender issues and developing gender programming
• Experience in facilitating group learning and
  training sessions (preferably in gender sensations, HIV/AIDS, family
  planning etc…)
• Knowledge in community participation
  methodologies
• Familiarity with preparing donor reports
• Understanding of cooperative development in
  Rwanda
• Knowledge on Rwandan national policies and
  frameworks on gender is an asset
• Experience and knowledge on women´s
  participation in co-operatives and agriculture in Rwanda is art asset
• Willingness to travel frequently to different
  districts of Rwanda to conduct cooperative site visits
• Formal computer skills (Microsoft Office)

• CV
• Cover letter
• Copy of academic certificate (degree)
• 3 references