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
The Main Responsibilities
- To provide expert advice and support to program staff to ensure that gender and protection issues are consistently and effectively mainstreamed into WEWE Orphans and Vulnerable Children project.
Qualification and Experience
- 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
Not Specified
How to Apply
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]
Note
- WEWE-LOPIN Project will not provide travel allowance to attend an interview. Selected Candidates are expected to be resident within Abuja.
- WEWE LOPIN 2 Project will also not cover the cost of relocation for the final candidates to move to Abuja.
- All applicants are advised to provide functional emails/mobile phone number on CV as well as that of at least three referees with functional emails and phone numbers. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- The advert has no deadline and is therefore on a rolling basis. However, WEWE reserves the right to close this advert at any time once it has found suitable candidates.