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| Gender Officer (Female Only) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Kandahar, |
| Categories | Program, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2024-10-26 | Close Date | 2024-11-05 |
| Vacancy No | KRO-AFG-167 | Gender | Female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | Fixed Term |
| Education | Bachelor degree or Master in the relevant field | Experience | At least 2 years gender and development experiences |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | As per KRO salary Scale |
About Company
About kandahar refugee organization: Kandahar Refugee Organization (KRO) is a national-level, non-political, non-profitable, non-governmental organization working for humanitarian and rehabilitation roots in Afghanistan. Further, KRO is an Afghan organization that is committed to the development of the local economy and building local capacity for sustainable development. Thus, we have an established specialized network in many provinces of the country in order to design, and implement related activities in the field of food security, research, capacity building, disaster management, and placement.
Job Description
Job Purpose:
Gender Officer post is designed to provide overall practical/technical assistance to Kandahar Refugee Organization team members in order to enhance their capacity in the implementation of KRO ongoing projects. And; to work under the direct supervision of line-manager/supervisor.
Major Areas of Responsibility
Overall responsibility of Gender Officer is to ensure gender mainstreaming in the organization, gender technical inputs are given to all programs, ensure that staff have gender capacity to implement their project/program activities in accordance with KRO rules and regulations, provide technical/practical assistance to the involved team members upon the necessity either at site or in the office.
Responsibilities of the Job:
- Ensure gender mainstreaming in the organization considering gender perspectives and gender technical inputs are given to all programs
- Ensure that staff have gender capacity to implement their project/program activities in accordance with KRO rules and regulations.
- Ensure the practical implementation of activities according KRO designed action plan.
- Provide technical/practical assistance to the involved team members upon the necessity either at site or in the office.
- Participate in regular Gender Focal Points monthly/quarterly meetings, KRO staff meetings and trainings.
- Conducting gender related trainings to KRO staff members
- Coordinate Bi-annually assess of the gender policy, recruitment, and the implementation of the project activities and take corrective action where the policy and project activities are not being followed.
- Be part of the recruiting committee to ensure that gender is considered in the recruitment process.
- Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports for submission to your line-manager/supervisor in a timely manner.
- As requested, assist in planning for, and facilitate or participate fully in meetings related to the program activities.
- Ability to perform field assignments and willingness to travel to project sites.
- Any other duties as required
Job Requirement
The following knowledge, skills and abilities maybe acquired through a combination of formal schooling, self-education, prior experience, or on the job training:
Bachelor degree
At least 2 years gender and development experiences
Highly proficient in written and spoken English.
Good knowledge of gender issues.
Experience the integrating gender perspective in the project plans and monitoring.
Ability to work as a team
Familiar with the work of NGOs.
Good command of oral and written English. Computer literacy is an added advantage.
KRO maintains a stringent zero-tolerance policy towards any behavior that contradicts its objectives, encompassing sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse ofauthority, and discrimination. Moreover, KRO is committed to upholding comprehensive child safeguarding principles. Consequently, all prospective candidates will be held accountable to these high standards and principles, necessitating thorough reference and background checks. These checks will involve verifying academic credentials and employment history. Additionally, selected candidates may be requested to furnishsupplementary information to facilitate the background check process.
Submission Guideline
Interested candidates are requested to send their applications along with copies of their CVs (NOT Educational and Work Certificates), to the attention of the Human Resources Department at the following website us on (kro-af.org) and link.
https://kro-af.org/job/Gender%20Officer%20(Female%20Only)/59
Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for an interview. If you are not contacted TWO or FOUR WEEKS after the closing date, please know that your application has not been successful for the post.
Submission Email
https://kro-af.org/job/Gender%20Officer%20(Female%20Only)/59