Organization: EngenderHealth
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 09 Oct 2015
REPORTS TO: Senior Technical Advisor, Gender
LOCATION: New York, NY
DURATION: October 19, 2015 – December 31, 2015 (with possibility of extension)
WORK SCHEDULE: 4 Days (28/29 hours) per Week
EngenderHealth is a leading global women’s health organization committed to ensuring that every pregnancy is planned, every child is wanted, and every mother has the best chance at survival. In 20 countries around the world, we train health care professionals and partner with governments and communities to make high-quality family planning and sexual and reproductive health services available—today and for generations to come.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Temporary Senior Program Associate, Gender/MAP will provide support and backstopping for the gender team. The Temporary Senior Program Associate will ensure effective program design, implementation and evaluation; document best practices and lessons learned; and provide technical assistance to various programs.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Gender Team Leadership
- Support development and implementation of organizational and programmatic gender integration including Gender Strategy and Gender Standards and Practices.
- Represent EH within the professional community, as well as other external audiences when required
- Review and updating of gender programming tools
Technical Assistance to Global and Country Programs
- Collaboratively develops responsive, realistic and high quality plans to build the capacity of EH field staff and constituents.
- Provide TA to global and country programs when required
ME&R and KM
- Contributes to development of indicators and methodologies to measure gender with the Evaluation and Research unit, advises and/or participates on the evaluation of global and country gender/MAP activities and the communication of findings.
Business Development
- Contribute to proposal development and revisions including serving as technical lead when required.
Other duties as assigned.
Key Deliverables:
- Strategy for operationalizing the Gender S&Ps.
- Strategy and plan for systematic capacity building in gender mainstreaming across the organization
- Develop archive of gender tools, curricula, publications developed by EngenderHealth over the last 10 years
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & CERTIFICATIONS:
· Bachelors or graduate degree in public health/related discipline or professional degree in a health-related field. · Five to eight (5-8) years of technical and program experience in gender transformative programming around sexual and reproductive health, HIV and AIDS, and violence prevention.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
· A self-starter with a sense of humor, good judgment, the ability to work in a fast-paced, creative environment, and adapt quickly to changing needs and priorities. · Excellent multicultural, interpersonal, and leadership skills including the ability to facilitate relationships and interact effectively with others inside and outside the organization. · Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to speak and write for a range of audiences and purposes. · Broad based knowledge of gender issues and programming, particularly in Africa and Asia. · Demonstrated strategic planning and program implementation experience. · Demonstrated experience managing and coaching individuals and teams for achieving results. · Competency (R3/S3) in French is highly desirable. · International and national travel may be possible.
How to apply:
Please visit the Careers page of our website, www.engenderhealth.org, and submit an application along with resume and cover letter
EngenderHealth provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment, without regard to race, creed, ancestry, citizenship, religion, color, gender, age, national origin, political belief, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, marital status, disability or any other protected characteristic or status under applicable federal, state and local laws.
EngenderHealth complies with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in the United States in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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