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Gender Officer

Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Ethiopia
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Role description

Position: Gender Officer1. Core Technical Delivery
  • Familiarize with the objectives and scope of HRNS-Ethiopia’s program and its specific activities in targeted areas to support effective implementation.
  • Provide overall leadership on HRNS-Ethiopia’s gender strategy to ensure gender mainstreaming across design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
  • Develop and submit a gender action plan with clear activities, timelines, and expected outcomes.
  • Design tailor-made training materials and organize gender-focused training workshops for stakeholders.
  • Conduct awareness creation programs on gender for YAIGs, cooperative members and union leadership.
  • Train and coach youths, rural coffee farming households to enhance women’s economic participation and promote systemic changes in labor and business practices.
  • Review and update the gender strategy based on assessments of women’s and men’s roles along the project farm products value chain.
  • Design and implement communication campaigns to increase women’s participation in cooperative membership and leadership positions.
  • Provide technical assistance to HRNS-Ethiopia staff and partners on gender monitoring and impact assessment tools.
  • Deliver in-house gender sensitization sessions for HRNS-Ethiopia staff.
2. Monitoring & Supervision
  • Work closely with the MEAL Officer and Country office MEAL team to ensure accurate data collection and documentation aligned with standard guidelines.
  • Regularly monitor project activities to ensure gender considerations are effectively integrated and structured to maximize women’s participation while minimizing risks of conflict.
3. Reporting and Visibility
  • Prepare activity progress reports, quarterly reports, and annual reports based on the set schedule
  • Assist in compiling and preparing reports and documentation for submission to donors, government entities, and partner organizations.
  • Record and document success stories, challenges, lessons learned, and recommendations related to gender interventions.
4. Compliance & Stakeholder Coordination
  • Communicate and coordinate regularly with the Field Office Coordinator and Development Agents on ongoing and planned activities.
  • Collaborate with development agents and implementing partners in executing gender-related communication campaigns and field-level interventions.
  • Responsible for carrying out any project-related assignments assigned by the line manager,
Job RequirementEducation
  • Requires degree in sociology and related fields.
Experience
  • A minimum of 2 years of experience in the field.
  • Good communication skill and ability to prepare progress reports.
  • Oral and written English communication skills.
  • International NGO experience is an asset.
Communication