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Position Title: Senior Officer Gender Roles Equality And Transformation (GREAT)
Organization: Save the Children
Primary Location:Gulu
Education Level: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Experience : 3 (Years)
Job Type : Full-time Employment
Closing date: 20 Jun 2014
Brief Company Profile:
Save the Children is the world’s leading independent organization for
children and has program presence in
over 120 countries in the world. Save the
Children envisions a Uganda in which every child attains the right to survival,
protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire
breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate
and lasting change in their lives. We strive to create impact for children by
delivering our Programmes through partnerships, by being innovative, by acting
as the voice for and of children, and by achieving results at scale. In Uganda,
we implement programmes in six thematic programme areas of Child Protection,
Child Rights Governance, Education, Livelihoods & Food Security, Health, Nutrition
and HIV/AIDS in development and emergency contexts. Save the Children delivers
programs in over 36 districts in the North, Rwenzori, North-Eastern and Central
regions of Uganda, Currently, Save the Children has a staff complement of over
200 persons. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them
fulfil their potential. In 2013, we reached over 143 million children through
our work around 52m directly and 91 million indirectly around the world.
Save the Children seeks to fill the following vacant positions and
applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced Persons for
the humanitarian/emergency response operations.
Senior Officer Gender Roles Equality And Transformation (GREAT) (1
Position); Gulu
Job Purpose:
The job holder contributes to Save the Children’s capacity to implement the
Gender Response Equality and Transformation project Scale up phase as a means
of expanding innovation to improve Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health/
HIV/AIDS Interventions in northern Uganda.
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Planning actions to increase the scalability of the innovation;
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Increasing the capacity of the user
organization to implement scaling up;
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Assessing the environment and planning actions to increase the potential
for scaling-up success;
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Increasing the capacity of the resource team to support scaling up;
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Making strategic choices to support vertical scaling up
(institutionalization);
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Making strategic choices to support horizontal scaling up
(expansion/replication);
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Determining the role of diversification;
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Planning actions to address
spontaneous scaling up;
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Finalizing the scaling-up strategy and identifying next steps;
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Providing technical Assistance to the User Organization in integrating and
rolling out the GREAT innovation. The Senior Officer may be called upon as and
when necessary to support the emergency team in cases of humanitarian crisis.
Academic back ground, Experience & Person Specifications;
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Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in
a Health related field or Development Studies or related field.
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Minimum of 3 years working
experience in Gender programming, Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS, related
programming in Uganda (preferably with an International NGO).
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Accrued working experience, in
Adolescent sexual Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS programming, adolescent
programming SRH, gender, GBV, knowledge of behavior change communication and
promotion is desired. Postgraduate training in Reproductive Health , Gender
related field, Population Studies or Management is of an added advantage.
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Experience and knowledge of
working in Northern Uganda is a plus.
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Experience in project monitoring,
training and mentoring (excellent analytical skills)
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General specifications applicable
to all positions;
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Thorough understanding of Save
the Children working principles and approaches of Child Participation, Child
Rights Programming, Partnership, Child Safeguarding, Zero Tolerance, Monitoring
and Evaluation, Programme Integration etc.
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Demonstrable financial, planning
and budget management skills a MUST. Highly developed cultural awareness and
ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse
backgrounds and cultures
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Demonstrated knowledge of
international and local policies and frameworks relating to their thematic area
is a must.
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Ability to intervene with crisis
management or troubleshooting as necessary.
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Highly developed interpersonal
and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
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Excellent time management and
planning capacity
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Excellent planning, coordination
and reporting skills, with the ability to organize a substantial workload
comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
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Computer literacy and excellent
documentation skills are a must.
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Availability and willingness to
work extra hours during times of humanitarian responses as called upon.
Mode of Application:
Application letters with detailed CVs indicating 3 referees, two of whom
should have been direct supervisors should be submitted to:
The Director of Human Resources & Administration
Save the Children
Plot 68/70, Kira Road
P O Box 12018 Kampala
Or on email: uganda.recruitment@savethechildren.org
Important to note:
Testimonials/certificates should
not be attached to applications that are submitted online.
The closing date for receiving
applications is 20th June 2014.
Candidates are therefore encouraged
to apply at the earliest opportunity.
We work with children, communities and governments all over the world and
we believe in the right person for the job regardless of where you come from
and how you identify yourself.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our
commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children
are considered for these posts.
All successful applicants will
therefore be required to complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child
Safeguarding Policy and organizational Code of Conduct.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer, persons with
disabilities and female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Job ID: #667593
Career categories: Management
Theme:
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Gender
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Health
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HIV/Aids
