German Donor Program Officer

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The purpose of the Regional Gender Advisor is to creatively lead and support the regional office and national office to ensure that gender is appropriately mainstreamed in all organizational business processes and field programs with a focus on enhancing the contribution of WV to sustainable wellbeing of children in East Africa


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide leadership in development and implementation of gender strategy in East Africa Region (EAR) and 9 national offices.
• Provide support to Regional Office (RO) and 9 National Offices(NO) to conduct gender capacity assessments and develop appropriate plans to address identified gaps.
• Work with RO and NO program effectiveness teams to ensure gender is appropriately mainstreamed in all Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (DME) processes of new/ongoing programs
• Provide on-going support, coaching and mentoring to national office gender contact persons
• Lead the process of identifying strategic partners WV needs to work with, support NOs to develop partnership engagement plans and monitor the effectiveness of those partnerships. Continuously conduct research, identify and promote promising practices to enhance gender programming in EAR

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

REQUIRED:
• A first degree in gender and preferably a masters degree in development studies, demography, social sciences or any other field related to gender and development
• Minimum 5 years providing leadership in planning, management, monitoring and evaluation of community development assistance programs
• Strong networking experience (ability to influence WV national offices and partners) to promote equitable gender programs, policies and business processes
• Excellent communication skills (great writing and facilitation skills)
• Travel: 35% Domestic/international travel is required.
  
  PREFERRED:
• A master's degree in development studies

German Donor Program Officer