Gender Mainstreaming Manager at GeezJobs (Recruitment Department)
Position Title: Gender Mainstreaming Manager
Employer: GeezJobs (Recruitment Department)
Employment: Full-Time | Permanent
Place of Work: Around Bole Medhanialem, Addis Abeba - Ethiopia
Posted date: 9 months ago
Deadline: Submission date is over
On behalf of our client, a consulting firm collaborating with various partners including NGOs, UN agencies, and others on the setup of socio-economic and development projects, we are seeking a motivated and skilled Gender Mainstreaming Manager to join their dynamic team.
About the Project
For Ethiopia to achieve full and productive employment, decent work, and economic growth as outlined in the SDGs and GoE’s strategic plan, new and sustainable jobs need to be created in the economy. One of the job creation strategies is building a vibrant local private sector by revamping the current support to M&SMEs with a special focus on high-yield sectors, effectively supporting high-potential and high-growth MSMEs, and improving the quality of business development services. Two main areas of intervention;
- Supporting the creation and growth of new e-commerce ventures
- Enabling the growth of existing e-commerce platforms and building the capacity of local actors (such as SMEs) to participate in e-commerce.
This project aims to recruit, train, and provide seed funding for 100 startups (50 early-stage and 50 growth-stage startups) by the end of 2027 and ensure that 52,920 jobs are created. It will also contribute to building an ICT-based entrepreneurial ecosystem where the country’s digital economy is positively impacted.
Scope of Work
The Gender Mainstreaming Manager will closely work with the core project team (Community Manager, BDS Experts, M&E Lead, Communication Lead, and Project Manager) to implement the activities set out to reach women participation targets (Outreach and Youth in Work).
The expert's expected scope of responsibilities for this project are:
- The Company aims to create 56,000 jobs by the end of 2025, with 70% of these employment opportunities designated for women. Currently, the participation rate of women is below 30%, falling significantly short of the target. To address this gap, the Gender Expert is tasked with developing a comprehensive strategy and implementing outreach initiatives and youth employment programs specifically designed to engage and empower women participants.
- Establish and manage partnerships with women-focused institutions.
- Support the project team for general coordination of tasks and activities related to women's outreach and youth in work targets.
- With the support from the team, manage safeguarding intervention activities. As part of the safeguarding intervention, the expert will also draft safeguarding reporting and response mechanisms and execute the activities related to it.
- The coordinator will consult startups on gender inclusion on a demand basis.
- The Gender Expert will be responsible for providing information for quarterly partner reports.
Specific Requirements
As per the above-mentioned general scope of work, the Gender Expert will have the following specific requirements. However, S/he might be required to take on other responsibilities as the project expands and more requirements are set by the partner(s), if any.
- Project Management: the expert is required to strategize, plan, and implement the outreach and youth-in-work (job creation) activities set out by the project team.
- Partnership management: the expert is required to identify potential partners that are women-focused institutions (AWIB, CAWEE, etc) and identify collaborative work.
- The expert is required to coordinate events and come up with ad campaigns or awareness creation activities that increase the participation of young women in Addis and regional towns.
- S/he is required to gather some information and identify challenges that young women have that keep them from the job market (gig or wage employment). This can be used to develop a success story or best practices or can be an input for a study.
- Support the communication team with women-focused content for online outreach.
Profile Requirements
- University Degree or professional qualification related to Social Work, Gender Studies, Sociology, or other related fields.
- At least 5 years of experience directly managing gender related project implementation activities
- Strong communication, presentation, and writing skills.
- Ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision.
- Teamwork and networking skills combined with the talent to think conceptually and analytically.
- Sensitivity towards, or experience with, approaches to gender equality.
- Fluent in English and Amharic.
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