Winrock International is looking for Gender Integration Specialist 2021 in Bangladesh
PROGRAM SUMMARY:
Winrock International is seeking Deputy Chief of Party candidates for the USAID/Bangladesh Multisector Integrated District Development Activity (MIDDA) proposal. The purpose of the activity is to strengthen resilience in host communities affected by the Rohingya refugee crisis through fostering economic and social prosperity.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conduct different gender-awareness training sessions and refresher workshops for MIDDA project staff, focusing on gender-based constraints and opportunities in the different regions and in relation to the different resources or livelihood activities, using own resources or outside expertise;
- Advise and mentor staff (headquarters, regional and site level) to sensitize them on how to integrate gender equality and female empowerment in activities and assist them in challenging gender discrimination and overcoming gender-based constraints;
- Visit site-level offices and selected communities to gain adequate knowledge of potentials and constraints, and the work environment, to be able to better monitor, support, and supervise gender integration;
- Work with Monitoring and Evaluation in the development, application, and monitoring of gender-sensitive indicators and the consistent use of sex disaggregation in reporting to better measure gender-related impacts and outcomes;
- Help identify gender-sensitive questions and useful sex disaggregated information in survey questionnaires/formats and provide gender-awareness training for staff who will conduct surveys, using own resources or outside expertise
- Review and assess effectiveness of gender mainstreaming in MIDDA policies and in activities through reports, field visits, and surveys;
- Work with the Grants Management to ensure that small grants applicants include gender issues;
- Work with the Communications Manager to integrate gender content into communication materials.
Winrock is a recognized leader in U.S. and international development with a focus on social and environmental issues. As a mission driven, field-based organization, we believe that sustainable development is inclusive and that complex challenges require integrated solutions.
Location:
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Eligibilities
Qualifications
Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:
- Master’s degree in a relevant field
- Five to seven years of relevant experience in gender integration into development projects
- Experience working with USAID-funded projects is an advantage
- Demonstrated and proven record to work in a multidisciplinary team
- In depth knowledge and work experience in the natural resources sector in Bangladesh;
- In depth knowledge and work experience in gender issues in natural resources;
- Ability to work in a team, including effectively contributing to joint planning and implementation of trainings, workshops, and other program activities;
- Excellent organizational skills;
- Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills;
- Required computer proficiencies: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet;
- Language skills: English- fluent spoken, written.
