Under the technical leadership of the Gender and Youth Coordinator, the SPIR II WV Gender and Youth Officer will provide technical assistance and capacity building on gender and youth development to the RFSA implementing field offices and stakeholder staffs in the WV operational areas in West Hararghe. The position holder will support and coordinate gender analysis and support and lead studies with Youth Livelihood and Education Officer on exploring employment opportunities for the youth. Proactively and/or upon direction provided by the technical coordinator, s/he will identify gaps, consolidate best practices in the field and share lessons to all concerned bodies. The Officer will ensure that standard quality training, guidelines and tools are adopting consistently without major deviations in all RFSA technical themes to ensure gender, women empowerment and youth priorities are integrated uniformly. In consultation with the advisor, the officer will support and contribute to formative research in implementation areas to identify key issues, social norms and barriers and to make recommendations on how to address gender and youth related concerns and challenges.

Qualifications: Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

The following may be acquired through a combination of formal or self-education, prior experience or on-the-job training:

• Qualification required: BA/BSc Sociology, Gender studies, Social works, and other related social science field of studies
• Experience: More than 2 years of on youth development, gender, community empowerment and capacity building issues in NGOs or government office in the rural setting
• An experience of working in NGO environment in a rural setting
• Other: Exposure to food aid programs in the country, knowledge of outlook, Excel, MS Word and MS Access, PowerPoint is added advantage
• Experience of working with government office and knowledge of government capacity gap areas
• Experience of working on PSNP and emergency response programs is an added advantage
• Speaking in Afan Oromo is a requirement

Applicant Types Accepted : Local Applicants Only