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Samaritan's Purse International NGO Jobs - Program Development and Gender
Equality Advisor
Position Title:Program Development and Gender Equality Advisor
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Organisation: Samaritan's Purse
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
Job ID: 1260
Application Deadline:23rd January 2015
About Samaritan's Purse:
Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization
providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since
1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war,
poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing
God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church
worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
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Write concept papers, proposals,
and project in support of the Country Director/Deputy Country Director.
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Work closely with and engage the
SP Technical Team in program and proposal development.
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Actively monitor and be aware of
upcoming agency “calls for proposals” and proactively inform the Program
Development Officer and other selected colleagues of upcoming opportunities.
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Review and copy-edit project
reports.
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Train and support Program
Managers with proposal development and report writing.
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Keep the CD/DCD informed of
project status, information, needs, and concerns. Provide and maintain a
monthly project tracking and status report on all assigned programs, projects,
and initiatives.
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Provide advice and expertise to
best practices of gender equality aspects into SP programs and projects.
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Build capacity of SP staff on
gender equality.
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Develop gender project resources
for implementation.
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Provide professional
representation of SP at meetings with government, community members and civil
society partners for collaborative programming and/or gender related topics.
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Actively participate in problem
solving and come up with creative approaches for gender related programming.
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Visit SP projects in Uganda in
order to more effectively understand and communicate SP programs/projects to
donor agencies.
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Provide project oversight into
gender programs or projects as applicable.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
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The Program Development and
Gender Equality Advisor should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science,
Gender Study, Sociology or related fields. Possession of a Master’s degree is
preferable.
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Possess skills of managing or
working on gender/GBV programs.
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S/he should be able to analyze
documents, develop training/instruction resources and facilitate trainings.
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S/he should have sound and up to
date knowledge of development concepts, methodologies and techniques, including
participatory methodologies and gender approaches.
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S/he should have strong writing
and presentation skills in English and the ability to write concept notes and
full proposals, and produce good quality reports.
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S/he will be based in Kampala
with a need to travel to the field (approx. 20-30%).
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All applicants must be strong
Christians and agree with and uphold the values and objectives of the
organization to be considered for this position.
Mode of application:
All suitably qualified candidates should send their applications by
clicking on this link.
Please upload the following in your application; an updated CV / resume
should include your contact information and three work related references and a
one page statement describing your suitability for the role should be included.
Deadline: 23rd January 2015
