Gender Officers at Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE)

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is a registered local NGO with its head office in Abuja FCT. (WEWE) is soliciting for individuals to fill job vacancies for a 5-year USAID funded project called "Local Partners for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (LOPIN)" Project for Anambra, Imo, Akwa-Ibom and Rivers States.

WEWE is earnestly looking for individuals who are highly skilled, intelligent, hardworking and exceptional in their field. WEWE is currently soliciting for individuals who have God’s calling on their lives to help widows and orphans, individuals who have a passion for vulnerable children and who are ready to join the WEWE family to help WEWE/USAID achieve its project vision ‘To make Anambra, Imo, Akwa-Ibom and Rivers State the best place to live in Nigeria for over 340,000 vulnerable children and 68,000 vulnerable households.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Gender Officer

Location: Abuja

Qualifications and skills

• A minimum of a university degree in any Science or Social Science course
• Ability to design programs to ensure gender mainstreaming
• An understanding of gender norms among children is desirable
• Knowledge of USAID recent gender strategy is required
• Experienced in conducting gender audits and assessments
• Extremely strong computer skills
• Strong analytical skill
• Very strong report writing skills
• Fluency in both written and oral English is required

Application Closing Date
29th October, 2015.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive CV and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MS word document) explaining suitability for the job to: [email protected] Please indicate the title of the post applied for in the subject line of the email.

Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.