Regional Technical Advisor – Gender at WaterAid International

Regional Technical Advisor – Gender at WaterAid
Job Type: Contract
Location: Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda (Onsite)
Job Description
Regional Technical Advisor – Gender.
Fixed Term Contract – 2 years, Full Time
Location: WaterAid, East Africa Region.

About WaterAid:
Want
to use your skills, knowledge and experience in gender programming to
play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene
normal for everyone everywhere?
We
need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be
encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we
will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as a Technical
Advisor – Gender to change normal for millions of people so they can
unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives
for good.

About the Team:
The East Africa Region
comprises 4 established Country Programmes in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
and Ethiopia. This is a shared role to be located in one of the
countries where WaterAid has operations and will report directly to the
Country Director (CD) of the location where the role will be based. The
CD will line manage and co-ordinate the role on behalf of the other
countries

The role will support gender equity and social
inclusion integration and strengthening work across the 4 Country
Programmes and provide advice to the Senior Management Teams in the
countries and the regional leadership team comprising of all Country
Directors and the regional team.

About the Role:
The
purpose of this position is to provide technical support to the WaterAid
East Africa Region’s Country Programmes (CPs) (Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda
and Ethiopia) and the Regional Office and WA partners in integrating
and strengthening gender equity and social inclusion (GESI) in all our
programming. This includes support in strategy and programme design,
budgeting, implementation, influencing and advocacy, impact assessment
and learning and documentation of good practices. Drawing on your own
expertise, experience and deep understanding of the topic, you will help
CP and partners understand and implement WaterAid’s Equity, Inclusion
and Rights (EIR) framework and its most recent global strategy
commitments to gender equality, rights and social inclusion in WASH.
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About You:

• Post
  graduate degree in gender studies, social sciences or any other
  relevant discipline from a Higher Education recognised institution
• At least 8 years of (proven) experience at a middle or senior level in gender & development.
• Deep
  understanding of GESI dynamics in the East Africa context, including
  understanding and experience in working on social norms and attitudinal
  changes required to make progress on gender and equity.
• Proven
  experience in using and embedding gender equity/transformation
  frameworks and tools in programmes and/or policy influencing.
• Demonstrable technical expertise in inclusive programming.
• Experience in networking and alliance building with local rights-groups focused on gender equality and social inclusion.
• Experience in facilitation of trainings and workshops.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills in English

Although not essential, we also prefer you to have:

• Understanding of the concepts of gender-sensitive and inclusive WASH as it is related to climate and health services
• Knowledge of and interest in behaviour change communication, ideally hygiene-related behaviour.
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring, and evaluation etc.
• Good report writing skills

How to Apply and Closing Date: To see the full job pack and JD, please click on ‘Apply’.

Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format to EArecruitments@wateraid.org

Applications will close at 23:59 on 26th June 2024.
Shortlisting and interviews may take place on a rolling basis and the
application process will close if a suitable candidate is found prior to
the advertised closing date.

Pre-employment screening:
To
apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility
to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be
carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective
countries. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and
Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.

Our Commitment
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable
water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere.
WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and
shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community
with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring,
stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people
first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their
voice and truly live our values.

Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are
dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and
inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds,
beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not
limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation,
religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or
social situation.
Go to our Homepage To Get Relevant Information.

Safeguarding:
We are also committed
to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a
zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our
global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination,
abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people
and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working
on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities
extremely seriously.