Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, March 25 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
The FORLAND project is recruiting a Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Expert who will be responsible for the following duties:
• Reviews GEDSI related policies, strategies and conventions of GoT and GoF;
• Reviews and update the GEDSI and HRBA policy of the Project;
• Develops GEDSI implementation strategy and monitoring plan for project interventions;
• Develops training packages for HRBA and GEDSI and integrates GEDSI as a cross-cutting objective to other training events;
• Preparation of community-level training modules linked to natural resource management for local government officers, as well as training sector partners who are responsible to carry out these trainings;
• Trains project staff, district staff, stakeholders, and relevant committees and beneficiaries;
• Identifies and supports campaigns to promote gender equality and non-discrimination at village level;
• Implements and monitors the progress based on the GEDSI and HRBA indicators;
• Undertakes reviews of the progress on HRBA and GEDSI interventions;
• Works in close coordination with FWITC, PO-RALG at Region and District levels, , and other relevant agencies
• Supports the monitoring system to improve and maintain disaggregated data;
• Supports project management to include GEDSI in all project reports;
• Development, coordination and monitoring of GEDSI related programme/activities;
• Building of behavior change capacity in municipalities;
• Other duties as assigned by Chief Technical Adviser

Qualifications required
• Minimum bachelor degree in gender studies, sociology or relevant field;
• Experience in field to incorporate GEDSI as a cross-cutting objective in development programme;
• Knowledge on natural resource management and local governance;
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Swahili.

Professional experience required
• Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience;
• Experience of working with rural communities in issues related to natural resource management, gender equality and social inclusion including persons with disabilities
• Training and facilitation skills;
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, managing, and evaluating behavior change interventions;
• Demonstrated experience using theory and evidence to design, monitor, and evaluate behavior change interventions and action related to discriminative social norms;
• Excellent social skills, ability to work and communicate in communities of diverse cultures;
• Experience in cooperation with development partners;
• Experience in HRBA and social development related issues;
• Good communication and report writing skills in English and Swahili.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 120

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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