Zimbabwe: Gender Specialist, Harare, Zimbabwe

Nov 13, 2023 | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Organizational Setting

The main aim of the FAO country offices is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors, and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner. For the period 2022-2026, the FAO Office in Zimbabwe is supporting Government efforts through the Country Programme Framework (CPF) which is based on three pillars: (i) Promotion of inclusive and sustainable agrifood systems to address food security and nutrition; (ii) Building resilience to climate change, agricultural threats and crisis; (iii) Sustainable management of natural resources and environmental protection.

Reporting Lines 

The Gender Specialist will work under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Zimbabwe, the direct supervision of the AFAOR-Programme. The Gender Specialist will receive technical guidance from relevant technical units in the region and at headquarters.

Technical Focus

  •  Programme quality assurance and monitoring
  •  Information management, analysis, report writing
  •  Knowledge sharing
  •  Advocacy/Advancing a policy-oriented agenda

Tasks and responsibilities

  • Fosters a gender-responsive organizational environment and ensure that gender dimensions are adequately integrated in all institutional processes and functions, including strategic planning, project design & implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation, staff learning and human resources management
  • Ensures that program activities are carried out with cultural sensitivity while promoting gender equality and inclusion of marginalized groups
  • Leads and conduct gender analyses, technical studies, and assessments on gender in relation to FAO’s mandate
  • Develops targeted gender interventions where the gender gap is particularly wide
  • Ensures programmes and projects target women, and/or focus on the promotion of gender equality
  • Plans and implement the GALS gender and women empowerment approach in specific projects where applicable
  • Provides technical guidance, monitoring and reporting on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse
  • Ensures that project data is gender disaggregated, and data collection enables the measurement of women’s empowerment and youth participation
  • Serves as the country focal point for gender mainstreaming, women’s empowerment and youth and social protection issues, identify and follow-up on opportunities to address specific issues to enhance women’s and youth contributions to food and nutrition security and income generation
  • Proactively represent FAO and participate in gender and social protection working groups
  • Contribute to resource mobilization efforts
  • Perform any other duties as specified

Candidates will be assessed against the following: 

Minimum Requirements

  •  Advanced university degree in Gender Studies, Community Development and Population Studies, Social Science or other related fields of study
  •  7 years of relevant experience in the field of gender, population and development
  •  Working knowledge (Level C) of English
  •  National of Zimbabwe

 FAO Core Competencies 

  •  Results Focus
  •  Teamwork
  •  Communication
  •  Building Effective Relationships
  •  Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement 

Technical Skills

  •  Good knowledge of corporate information systems
  •  Good analytical and writing skills
  •  Good communication and advocacy skills

For Additional Information, visit the original job posting.

FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

How to Apply

  • To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO and complete the online profile. The FAO strongly recommends that an applicant’s profile is accurate, complete and includes employment records, academic qualifications, and language skills
  • Candidates are requested to attach a letter of motivation to the online profile
  • Once the profile is completed, please apply, and submit the application
  • Candidates may be requested to provide performance assessments and authorization to conduct verification checks of past and present work, character, education, military and police records to ascertain any and all information which may be pertinent to the employment qualifications
  • Incomplete applications will not be considered
  • Personal information provided on the application may be shared within FAO and with other companies acting on FAO’s behalf to provide employment support services such as pre-screening of applications, assessment tests, background checks and other related services. Applicants will be asked to provide their consent before submitting their application. Applicants may withdraw consent at any time, by withdrawing their application, in such case FAO will no longer be able to consider their application
  • Only applications received through the FAO recruitment portal will be considered
  • The application will be screened based on the information provided in the online profile
  • The FAO encourages applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.

If an applicant needs help or has queries, please create a one-time registration with FAO’s client support team for further assistance: https://fao.service-now.com/csp

FAO IS A NON-SMOKING ENVIRONMENT

Closing date: Sunday, 19 November 2023

Job Posting: 06/Nov/2023

Closure Date: 20/Nov/2023, 10:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit : FRZIM

Job Type: Non-staff opportunities

Type of Requisition : NPP (National Project Personnel)

Grade Level : N/A

Primary Location: Zimbabwe-Harare

Duration : 12 months renewable

Post Number : N/A

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of the personal device

  • FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
  • Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
  • Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
  • FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination
  • All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
  • All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality