Technical Advisor – Gender & Youth, CUSP Non-profit Careers – GIZ
Job Title: Technical Advisor – Gender & Youth, CUSP, Governance and Civil Society Programme
Organization: GIZ
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head of Component
About US:
The Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is owned by the Federal republic of Germany with International operations in Uganda, GIZ Implements commissions for the German government and other national and international, public and private sector clients within the framework of the international Cooperation between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of Uganda.
About BMZ CUSP Programme:
The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has commissioned the Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) with the Programme “Strengthening Governance and Civil Society in Uganda”, co funded by the European Union. The main objective of the programme is that selected state and civil society actors in Uganda are in better position to work towards the compliance with human rights and governance principles (transparency, accountability, efficient and effective management and political participation) in their respective areas of responsibility. Structurally, the programme focuses on 3 main areas: 1) Strengthening External Audit 2) Strengthening Human Rights and 3) Strengthening Civil Society in Uganda Support Programme (CUSP). The third area is substantially co-funded by the European Union (EU).
Job Summary: The Technical Advisor on Gender and Youth will be responsible for;
- Mainstreaming of Gender in all projects of CUSP and within the CUSP team
- Promoting needs of women, youth and minorities in all three components.
- Advancement of a mentoring programme for women and youth
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategic conceptual work:
- Support a strategic alignment of the components to gender equality as a cross-cutting issue.
- Support development of gender focused organisations and women’s associations.
- Support institutional capacity development together with other team members.
- Advise and support a leadership programme for youth and women
- Advise on strengthening CSO engagement with regards to gender and youth in different sectors (governance, water, energy and agricultural sectors) at
- GIZ advisor for HIV and gender mainstreaming in the country office Communication:
- Ensure timely and smooth communication between programme partners and within the programme.
- Support internal and external representation of the programme in coordination with the line management.
- Close coordination within all relevant actors of the programme.
Administration and Reporting:
- Support programme activities, outputs and outcomes.
- Support the reporting according to EU standards.
- Good communication, presentation and reporting skills.
- Contribute to M&E as well as reporting requirements.
- Take over administrative tasks for a smooth implementation of the programme.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant for the GIZ BMZ Project job placement must hold a University Degree in a relevant field, preferably in Law, Political Science, Social Science, Development Studies, Gender Studies.
- At least three years of professional experience in gender and youth within civil society.
- Experience from governmental structures and their interaction with the civil society.
- Experience from CSO networks and/or formal/informal participation processes is an asset.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work under tight schedules and to multi task/fast-track appropriately.
- High level of integrity, honesty and professionalism.
- Analytical, judgmental and effective listening skills.
- Supervisory, coaching, mentoring, monitoring and evaluation skills.
- Experience in qualitative and quantitative research, data collection and data analysis.
- Very good knowledge of English, knowledge of German is an added value.
- Excellent people skills and ability to negotiate between different stakeholder groups.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and Powerpoint.
- Self-drive, creativity, and problem-solving capacity are required.
- Able to work independent, responsible and target oriented.
- Competencies: Campaign planning and execution; Public policy formulation and analysis skills; Research and analytical skills; Policy analysis and formulation skills/ knowledge; Interpersonal skills; People management skills; Building and nurturing social movements, networks and coalitions; Critical writing and oral communication; Negotiation and mediation; Self-driven, innovative and result oriented; Extensive relationship management
How to Apply:
All interested and suitably qualified candidates should send their applications with detailed CVs (max. 3 pages) and a cover letter (max. 2 pages) addressing the applicant’s motivation by email to: recruitment-uganda@giz.de. Please note: Only those applications with the subject heading “Technical Advisor – Gender & Youth, CUSP, Governance and Civil Society Programme” will be accepted. Application and CV should be in one document.
Deadline: 7th June 2018
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