Gender and Environment Specialist at Multi-link Sustainability Africa

Multilink Sustainability Africa believes solutions for our world environmental issues needs partnerships and collaboration. In this regard, Multilink is participating in the new phase of Clean Air Africa Project by leveraging our strengths to deliver success. The Project is donor funded and based in Nairobi, bringing young African professionals together to deal with the issues of climate change.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Gender and Environment Specialist

Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• This is an opening for gender professionals with experience in integrating gender with climate programming.

Duties and Responsibilities

• The Africa Climate and Clean Air Project is seeking a Gender and Environment Specialist to integrate gender equality and women’s empowerment into a wide range of climate and environment programming under the SLCP Clean Air Africa Project. The roles of the selected individual will include:
• Provide expert gender-framing support to the house hold energy team of the SLCP project
• Provide technical support for and builds the capacity of SLCP Clean Air Africa Project on how to integrate gender into a wide range of climate, environment, energy, and social programming across the full breadth of the project activities, including with implementing partners and sub national governments.
• Support project partners in integrating gender just climate considerations in their programs
• Contribute to project project outputs
• Stays current with technical advancements in the field of climate, gender, and development

Job Requirements
Education:

• Master's Degree (Second University Degree or equivalent, or higher) in Environmental Science, Sustainable Development, Gender Studies or related field is required

Experience:

• At least three years of experience in integrating gender-just approaches in climate and /or development programs. Other preferred skills include gender advocacy and the advancement of gender policy

Required:

• Experience in the climate, environment, energy, or infrastructure sector
• Experience in gender integration and conducting gender analyses
• Understanding of current climate issues and policy in international development

Desirable:

• Strong interpersonal and diplomatic skills
• Demonstrated flexibility and capacity to adapt to and operate in environments of uncertainty.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to be proactive in problem solving with excellent listening skills
• Demonstrated ability to advance equity and inclusion in leading the work of teams

Competencies:

• Client Orientation: Analyzes complex technical materials (including data) and makes concise, relevant recommendations
• Accountability: Proactively identifies new opportunities and challenges
• Teamwork: Takes ownership of responsibilities
• Communication: Understands, explains and shares information on assigned tasks with accuracy and clarity

Technical / Functional Skills:

• Building Strategic Partnerships: Perform defined tasks. Maintaining information and databases, analyze general Information and select material in support of partnership building initiatives
• Promoting Organizational Learning and Knowledge Sharing: Performs defined tasks efficiently and deepens knowledge of area of work. Researches best practices and poses new, more effective ways of doing things

Job Knowledge / Technical Expertise: 

• Performs defined tasks efficiently and deepens knowledge of area of work. Fundamental knowledge of processes, methods and procedures. 
• Understands the main processes and methods of work regarding to the position. 
• Identifies new and better approaches to work processes and incorporates same in own work. 
• Strives to keep job knowledge up-to-date through self-directed study and other means of learning. 
• Demonstrates good knowledge of information technology and applies it in work assignments
• Design and Implementation of Management Systems - Technical Assistance: Performs defined tasks efficiently and deepens knowledge of area of work. Data gathering and implementation of management systems.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Salary
USD 15,000 / Month.

Application Closing Date
2nd May, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and supporting Documents to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.