Senegal: Gender Specialist - Senegal WASH

Aug 12, 2023 | Blumont
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Blumont 

Blumont is a global organization working with local communities to design and implement innovative approaches to building infrastructure, delivering lifesaving humanitarian assistance, and bridging the gap from early recovery through long-term stability and development. Blumont serves underserved populations, refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of conflict, and tackles development challenges through programming tailored to local contexts and needs in order to empower communities from relief and recovery to sustainable resilience.  

Job Description

Blumont is looking to identify a Gender Specialist for future work in Senegal. The anticipated 4-year program is funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The goal of the program is to support the increase of sustainable access to sanitation services in Senegal, with a focus on small towns and peri-urban areas.  

The Gender Specialist will assist the Social Behavior Change Specialist in the implementation of the program’s gender commitments. S/he will increase women’s leadership within the WASH sector and enhance their decision-making power within the household for WASH products and services. S/he will also support the Social Behavior Change Specialist in the overall implementation of the program 

Job Requirements

  • Support the technical and program staff to develop: gender inclusive, performance based management approaches for household sanitation. Improved, gender responsive, and scalable public sanitation infrastructure models 
  • Lead the strategy and implementation to increase gender equity and inclusion in household sanitation decision making through program interventions 
  • Consult with women’s associations, beneficiaries and staff to ensure women’s needs are addressed in project activities 
  • Inform project monitoring reports 
  • Develop women’s capacity to manage household water and support capacity building activities for community management of operation and maintenance of public toilets 
  • Provide support and contribute towards the preparation of gender mainstreamed operational guidelines, grievance dispute resolution mechanism including gender-based violence referrals, asset management and corporate business plan 
  • Other duties as assigned.  

Qualifications and Skills

  • Master’s Degree required in social sciences, human rights, gender/women’s studies, International Affairs, International Development, or related discipline 
  • Minimum of 5 years of professional experience implementing international development projects, preferably in the fields of water supply and sanitation 
  • Knowledge of and familiarity with USAID program requirements, and their policies and regulations is required, previous experience on large-scale USAID funded projects is preferred 
  • Experience in Senegal is preferred 
  • Strong negotiation and presentation skills and ability to build strong relationships with host governments’ institutions, local and international NGOs, and donors 
  • Strong oral and written communication skills in French and English are required, 
  • Senegalese citizens are encouraged to apply.