ECW MYRP Gender Advisor at Plan International

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian non-profit organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood, and enable children to prepare for - and respond to - crises and adversity. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion, and discrimination.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: ECW MYRP Gender Advisor

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Type of Role: Fixed Term

The Opportunity

• The Gender Advisor will work alongside all Education thematic leads to ensure the successful delivery of a quality gender transformative program that tackles the root causes of inequality, responds to the needs of women and girls, men and boys in all their diversity, and challenges discriminatory gender norms and harmful practices.

About You
We are looking to recruit person (s) with:

• Master’s Degree in relevant discipline in a field related to Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Humanitarian and/or equivalent experience gained.
• A minimum of 5-7 years experience in gender work with a humanitarian organization.
• Solid knowledge base and practical experience in gender mainstreaming, community-level gender transformative approaches, protection and inclusion/disability.
• Experience of managing the program cycle, including assessments, proposal, and report writing, monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience in mainstreaming gender issues into education programs specially to realize high learning outcome in schools for girls
• Experience in working in an insecure and politically sensitive environment
• Strong technical background and experience in education/EiE programming.
• Experience working in a consortium a with organizations such as NRC, UNICEF and SCI.
• Possess the capacity to strengthen gender in education programming.

Application Closing Date
15th September, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online