Senior Gender Advisor at Crystal Recruit

Responsibilities

• Advise the Commander and represent the organization on all gender and associated issues and activities.
• Develop a gender policy which articulates the organization's commitments towards gender equality and provides a framework for institutionalizing gender, women, peace and security (WPS) into all organization's activities and programmes.
• Work as part of an integrated team, collaborate with colleagues on common activities within the Human Security portfolio, and build cordial working relationships with external interlocutors, partners, UN/AU PSOs, and troop/ police contributing countries.
• Provide senior level technical expertise and leadership on gender and human security programming to relevant partners and mission components.
• Oversee implementation and monitoring of the organization's gender policy towards full institutional mainstreaming of gender and the WPS agenda.
• Design, develop, administer and deliver gender and associated activity training materials for the organization and its partners across Sub-Saharan Africa, including within PSO missions.
• Adhere to the organization's policy and programming whilst conducting the appropriate administrative action to ensure the smooth delivery of gender and associated courses.
• Routinely input into the organization's report and returns process.
• Oversee and input to the monitoring and evaluation process.
• Ensure all gender and associated activity are captured within the organization's communications policy and outputs.
• Contribute to the lessons learned and lessons Identified process for continuous improvement.
• Deliver internal gender training to the organization's personnel to maintain organizational competencies.
• Line manages other members of the gender team.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Master's degree in gender or in a related discipline.
• Experience as a gender officer, preferably working in a civ-mil-pol environment with mission experience with the UN/ AU and other international stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of UK gender policies, strategies and programmes including prevention of sexual violence initiative (PSVI), WPS and the international development (Gender Equality) Act 2014.
• Broad experience of developing and delivering training, including integrating gender into training and other activities across Africa.
• In-depth knowledge of gender issues including WPS, conflict related sexual violence, children and armed conflict and protection of civilians.
• Experience of working in Sub-Saharan Africa, including the Horn of Africa, preferably with African militaries.
• Strong communication skills and ability to present information clearly in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Experience of using monitoring and evaluation tools.
• Strong administrative skills and ability to prioritize and multitask.
• Flexibility. Significant regional and international travel is expected.