Technical Advisor on Gender and Youth- CUSP – GIZ

Key Responsibilities.
The 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
*The Technical Advisor on Gender and Youth performs the following tasks:*
B. Specific Tasks **

1. Strategic conceptual work:
§ Elaborate a strategic alignment of the components to gender equality as a cross-cutting issue.
§ Advise development of gender focussed organisations and women’s associations and or networks.
§ Develop institutional capacity development for CSO Partner Organisations in collaboration with other team members
§ Advise and support youth and women leadership and mentorship programme
§ Advise on strengthening CSO engagement with regards to gender and youth in different sectors (governance, water, energy and agriculture sectors) on national and district level.
§ Ensure gender mainstreaming within the CUSP team and cooperate with the GIZ advisor for HIV and gender mainstreaming in the country office

2. 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.
3. Administration and Reporting:
§ Support programme activities, outputs and outcomes.
§ Support the reporting according to EU standards.
§ Contribute to M&E as well as reporting requirements.
§ Take over administrative tasks for a smooth implementation of the programme.

Other duties/additional tasks.
§ Performs other duties and tasks at the request of line manager/management.**
C. Required qualifications, competences and experience Qualifications.

Qualification
§ Master in a relevant field, preferably in Law, Political Science, Social Science, Development Studies, Gender Studies.
Professional experience.
§ Minimum of 7 years professional experience in gender and youth within civil society, relevant experience in the area of mentoring is an added asset.
§ Accelerates processes through high motivation and experience.
§ 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 multitask/fast-track appropriately.
§ High level of integrity, honesty and professionalism.
§ Supervisory, coaching, mentoring, monitoring and evaluation skills.
§ Experience in qualitative and quantitative research, data collection and data analysis.
§ Very good working knowledge of English (written and spoken); knowledge of German is an added value.
§ Excellent people skills and ability to negotiate between different stakeholder groups.
§ Good communication, presentation and reporting skills
§ 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.

How to Apply
All interested and qualified persons are strongly encouraged to apply online, on www.futureoptions.org or by email: tracy@futureoptions.org. Applications and the CV shall be in one document and a maximum of 6 pages only. Please include name and contact of three references in the CVs. No other attachments is required at this stage.
Please note: This is a national position. Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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