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Gender And Protection Manager

 


Specific Objectives (Not Complete)

With the support of the Gender and Protection HQ Expert, and in close collaboration with the Mozambique program and operation teams, the Gender and Protection Manager is responsible:

  • To support the DCD Programs to ensure, monitor and evaluate the effective implementation of gender mainstreaming in the various projects, sectors and departments of the ACF Mozambique field office and leading the mission’s progress towards a gender sensitive and transformative approach;
  • To support the DCD Programs to ensure, monitor and evaluate the effective implementation of protection mainstreaming in the various projects, sectors and departments of the ACF Mozambique field office and leading the mission’s progress towards a protection integration approach.

Mission 1: Support the DCD Programs on the design, development and implementation of gender-sensitive or transformative approaches and protection mainstreaming and integration across all projects 

The Gender and Protection Manager is responsible for:

  • Supporting the DCD Programs for its gender and protection contribution to the country strategy and the ACFIN sectoral strategy;
  • Supporting the DCD Programs for its gender and protection contribution to the definition and quality of the Gender and Protection Country sectoral strategy document in agreement with the ACF International and national frameworks;
  • Supporting the DCD Programs for its gender and protection contribution to the development of a strategy in terms of human and budgetary resources of the Gender and Protection department at the mission level;
  • Supporting the DCD Programs for gender and protection integration of with other technical sectors (WASH, FSL, MHPSS, Nut-Health) in the Gender and Protection strategy;
  • Supporting the DCD Programs for monitoring the implementation of the Gender and Protection mission strategy, its revision, and its accountability;
  • Supporting the DCD Programs regarding the learning process on Gender and Protection sector at the mission level, centralizing it and bringing it back to DCD (technical developments, pilot projects, innovative or poorly documented approaches, operational methods that can serve as a reference for the ACF network, successes/failures, etc.);
  • Supporting the DCD Programs to ensure lessons in Gender and Protection are documented, shared and integrated at a strategic level in the design of projects and technical plans and at an operational level in day-to-day decision making, by ensuring to share it with DCD and program teams;
  • Supporting the DCD Programs to ensure that Gender and Protection findings feed into key internal forums, including country strategy meetings, coordination meetings, project kick-off meetings and project close-out meetings;
  • Upon request of DCD, external prospecting of any Gender and Protection initiative likely to be of interest to the strategy or its operationalization, experience sharing with MEAL sector actors in the country and the region, and exploration of technical partnership modalities;
  • Represent externally ACF, upon request of DCD Programs, on Gender and Protection (consortiums working groups, technical working groups, clusters etc.).

Mission 2: Coordinate the identification of gender and protection needs, the formulation of gender and protection components of project proposals and the internal and external reporting related to them, with the support of the DCD Programs 

The Gender and Protection Manager is responsible for:

  • Supporting the DCD Programs to identify the approaches/activities and resources required by Gender and Protection according to the nature of the project and the intervention context, formulate and budget them in support of the bases and ensure the final technical validation;
  • Formulation of Gender and Protection parts of project proposals in accordance with donor formats and deadlines, actively liaising with other relevant program departments, and the field implementation team;
  • Validation or creation of the narrative and budgetary Gender and Protection components in case of contractual amendment of a project;
  • The validation or writing, within the deadlines, of the Gender and Protection parts of the internal and donor reports, as well as the amendments of the projects with the contribution of the teams.

Mission 3: Conduct gender and protection analysis to provide localized and operational recommendations to program team 

The Gender and Protection Manager is responsible for:

  • Ensure secondary data review;
  • In collaboration with the HoD MEAL, create the methodological framework (sampling methodology, questionnaires, FGD guides, individual interview guides, ToR including timeline, budget, material needs, transportation needs, enumerators needs) in collaboration with the mission and the Gender and Protection Officer HQ France;
  • Ensure the training of the teams in charge of data collection with the support of the HoD MEAL;
  • Ensure a pre-test of the questionnaires in the field and make any necessary modifications following the pre-test with the support of the HoD MEAL;
  • Supervise data collection in the field and ensure compliance with the methodology;
  • Review all data collected on a daily basis in order to provide feedback to the teams and determine the need for remedial action in the field;
  • Create the data entry mask (if not using tablets) with the support of the HoD MEAL;
  • Ensure the quality of the data entry work on a daily basis;
  • Clean the database;
  • Analyze the data qualitatively and quantitatively, including tables and graphs to be used in the report with the support of the HoD MEAL.;
  • Ensure report writing which must include, in addition to an analysis, operational recommendations specific to the given context and project;
  • Ensure the restitution of the results and recommendations of the analysis internally, and externally upon DCD request.

Mission 4: Support the DCD Programs to operationalize gender and protection recommendations and ensure their effective implementation, monitoring and evaluation  

The Gender and Protection Manager is responsible for:

  • Organize internal workshops and facilitate them along with the DCD Programs, to design and prioritize operational recommendations;
  • Create a recommendations tool follow-up and ensure an accurate monitoring and evaluation of the recommendations operationalization;
  • Contribute to design the agreed activities/ tools /processes/ training modules etc.;
  • Contribute to budget the different activities and ensure a budget follow-up with field teams;
  • Develop (or adapt to the Mozambique context) training modules and ensure that all key staff are trained on gender and protection;
  • Collaborate with the HoD MEAL to ensure that information and data related to gender and protection are integrated into the MEAL plan and the various data collection tools and are regularly collected and analyzed to inform decision making;
  • Support technically the Gender and Protection Officers to conduct the activities.

Mission 5: Manage functionally the Gender and Protection Officers 

The Gender and Protection Manager is responsible for:

  • The functional management of the Gender and Protection officers;
  • The development of Individual Action Plans, in collaboration with the Field Coordinators or Deputy Field Coordinator, for each of the Gender and Protection officers;
  • The evaluation of the technical performance of the Gender and Protection officers, in collaboration with the Field Coordinators  or Deputy Field Coordinators;
  • Ensure the recruitment when necessary of his team, and support the recruitment process of all Gender and Protection officers of the mission according to the HR guidelines in force;
  • The development of the Gender and Protection skills of the mission, in particular by ensuring the creation of a training plan and its follow-up, and the animation of training and workshop.

Mission 6: Contribute to ACF Mozambique accountability and safeguarding processes 

The Gender and Protection Manager is responsible for:

  • Acting as Linea Verde focal point, ensuring internal and external coordination regarding received feedbacks and complaints (including providing answers to plaintiff upon request of Field Coordinator of Country Director), until this responsibility if handed-over to MEAL HoD;
  • Providing training internally and externally on safeguarding, until this responsibility if handed-over to Safeguarding Expert.

Skills Required

Training

  • Master’s degree in social sciences, gender studies, international development, human rights, public health or related field.

Experience

  • Demonstrated at least 2 years of experience in the humanitarian sector, minimum 3 years of experience working on gender and/or protection issues, gender and development, gender equality, gender and/or protection mainstreaming;
  • Experience in protection and inclusion of vulnerable groups;
  • Demonstrated experience in gender analysis, gender planning and gender mainstreaming in projects and programs;
  • Experience in operationalizing cross-cutting protection, protection risk analysis;
  • Several experiences of organization and animation of training;
  • Project Management Experience is a plus;
  • Experience in writing project proposals (narrative & budget), donor reports would be a plus;
  • Experience working in insecure environments is a plus.

Technical skills 

  • Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis;
  • Excellent writing skills, synthesis, creation of follow-up tools;
  • Excellent command of computer tools and the Office pack (Excel, Outlook, Word, PPT).

Cross-cutting competencies 

  • Strong analytical and research skills, including the ability to process large amounts of information, extract critical analysis and disseminate it appropriately;
  • Good autonomy, strong proactivity and ability to work under pressure;
  • Organizational skills, sense of priority management and thoroughness;
  • Ability to work in a difficult security environment & under pressure;
  • Sensitivity to interculturality, good communication skills;
  • Strong interest in teamwork & especially in programmatic integration;
  • Strong interest in working on compliance (fraud and corruption risk management) and safeguarding;
  • Personal commitment to promoting gender equality in humanitarian work;
  • Sensitivity to policies of prevention against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse;
  • Demonstrate attitudes, values and actions that are in line with the principles of equality and equity and promote a work culture in the office as well as in the communities that fosters respect for others, inclusion and diversity, and the transformation of gender norms;
  • Fluency in Portuguese – mandatory;
  • Good writing & speaking skills in English – mandatory.

Benefits

  • Health insurance including partner and children (providing certificates); 2 days per month paid leaves;
  • Remuneration: 2,071,824.00 Mtn (Gross Monthly Income) and 13th Month paid in December (prorata depending on the starting date).

How to Apply

Composition of the file: CV, Letter of Motivation, NUIT, BI, certificates. To be sent specify in the email the title of the position. Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.

Procedure: Selected candidates will be contacted by telephone for a technical test.

Note: The dossiers received will not be returned. Any application submitted after this deadline will not be considered.

Contract duration: 6 months

Receiving base: Mozambique

Availability: imediatly

Special conditions: C2 English (Proficient)

To apply for this job email your details to recruitment@mz-actioncontrelafaim.org until 27/02/2023

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