Summary
Date Posted: Monday, February 03 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Key Responsibilities
• Implement AKF's Gender Equality Strategy and action plans in alignment with national policies.
• Serve as the focal point for gender equity across AKF Tanzania's programs, providing strategic direction and technical expertise.
• Ensure AKF’s Gender Equality Scorecard is effectively implemented and reported on.
• Collaborate with Partnership teams to contribute to resource mobilization towards gender equality initiatives.
• Design and deliver gender-responsive activities integrated across all programs, including education, civil society, and climate resilience.
• Ensure gender-sensitive practices are embedded in project design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Collaborate with thematic leads to mainstream gender equality into all programming areas.
• Identify gender capacity gaps among AKF staff and partners; design and deliver tailored capacity development plans.
• Provide ongoing training and mentorship to staff, government counterparts, and civil society partners on gender mainstreaming.
• Build and sustain relationships with government, civil society, AKF Regional and Global Teams and AKDN sister agencies to foster collaborative efforts in gender equity. Collaborate with M&E teams to ensure tools and systems enable gender-disaggregated data collection and analysis
• Facilitate gender audits, assessments, and learning reviews to refine strategies and document best practices.
• Prepare and share regular progress reports and impact assessments.
• Ensure gender learning are effectively integrated and communicated in all relevant AKF learning events.
• Advocate for gender equity within AKF and among external stakeholders.
• Lead on developing and reviewing communication materials to highlight AKF's gender-related achievements and impact.
• Represent AKF in national and regional forums on gender and women’s empowerment.

The requirements
Qualifications and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field (master’s preferred).
• Minimum of five years of experience in gender equality programming, with a strong record of implementing impactful, evidence-based interventions.
• Expertise in gender mainstreaming within multi-sectoral development programs, especially in education, civil society, or climate resilience.
• Evidence of developing and delivering high quality gender capacity development and learning opportunities, both internally and externally.
• Strong understanding of Tanzania's gender policies, frameworks, and socio-cultural dynamics.
• Proven ability to design and deliver capacity-building initiatives for diverse audiences.
• Excellent analytical, written and oral communication, and interpersonal skills, with proficiency in English and Kiswahili (preferred).
• Commitment to child protection, safeguarding, and ethical practices.

Core Competencies
• Strategic thinking and leadership in gender equity.
• Effective collaboration across multicultural teams and stakeholders located across multiple offices, organisations, and geographies.
• Understanding of the changing country context and the opportunities and challenges it offers to advancing gender equality.
• Proactive problem-solving and adaptive management in dynamic environments.
• Strong ICT skills and familiarity with gender-responsive tools.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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