Gender mainstreaming and promotion Coordinator at Good Neighbors International-Rwanda

Background:

Good neighbors International (GNI) is an international humanitarian and developmental organization in general consultation status with UN ECOSOC operating in 40 countries around the world. GNI in Rwanda is legally registered and has endeavored to improve child sponsorship and protection, health, education, WASH, Agriculture& livelihood, Humanitarian assistance, advocacy, and social economy in 19 districts (Gasabo,Kicukiro, Nyarugenge, Kamonyi, Gisagara, Nyamagabe, Nyaruguru, Bugesera, Rwamagana, Kayonza, Ngoma, Kirehe, Gatsibo, Nyagatare, Gicumbi, Rulindo, Musanze,Burere, and Gakenke).

Overview:

In October 2023, GNI signed a partnership agreement build from WFP’s existing initiatives and aligns with the Mastercard Foundation (the Foundation)’s ‘Young Africa Works strategy’ and address the areas of support identified in the Foundation’s Rwanda’s agricultural sector diagnostic study to implement Shora Neza Project.

Shora Neza is a five-years project aiming to create new and strengthen existing employment opportunities for young men and women, while considering their different needs, through strengthened, interlinked, and efficient agricultural value chains.

Specifically, the partnership will focus on contributing to achieving the following outcomes of the project:

1. Market Access: Increased smallholder farmer incomes by connecting them to premium public and private markets for sales at national and regional levels.
2. Post-harvest Management (PHM): Improved quality and reduced post-harvest losses through the promotion of a vibrant, youth-led market for post-harvest (PH) equipment and services.
3. Access to Finance: Enhanced linkages to formal financial products and services by project beneficiaries.

In this regard, Good Neighbors International is seeking applications from competent, dynamic and self-motivated individuals to fill a following position:

1. Gender mainstreaming and promotion Coordinator 1 (Location: Kayonza cluster in Eastern Province)

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Conduct training needs assessment and coordinate trainings in various issues including youth women’s participation, community leadership, adult literacy for farmers, etc.
• Responsible for social mobilization, inclusion and gender, community-based group formation, and community level institutions in field level
• Empowering FSCs, and young farmers with GALS methodology for gender transformation
• Provide guidance and advice to the programs management team on technical issues of advocacy and gender mainstreaming in projects
• Lead assessment and research activities at the community level to gather information and analysis on gender and advocacy issues.
• Lead training workshops for relevant stakeholders, youth, staff and key actors on advocacy and gender related topics
• Track progress and provide data on gender and advocacy issues

• Raise awareness within the community on other community development activities of the project
• To check diverse programs in order to improve community people’s levels of understanding and participation for concepts of community development
• To monitor regular field visits and have meetings with beneficiaries and stakeholders in order for checking, reporting and submitting the procedure and progress of on-going projects to Cluster Managers, Project Manager, and Country Director
• To have proper partnership with local government through improved communication skills and evaluation
• To check efficiency, effectiveness and impacts of programs/projects through regular monitoring and reporting based on written documentations relevant with M&E
• To submit regular activity reports to his/her supervisors,
• To perform additional jobs assigned by the supervisor (Country Director, Project Manager, and/or Cluster Mangers)

Qualifications and experience required

• The candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Social works, Sociology, Gender & Development studies, Rural Development, Business Studies ,Sociology, food science and nutrition or other related field, with at least 3 years’ experience in related field;
• An excellent written and oral command of English and Kinyarwanda languages;
• Good computer skills (Microsoft word, Excel, power point) and report writing skills.
• Honest and transparent
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• It is a field-based He / she should be ready to travel to field to the agriculture farms and cooperatives in the rural areas.

Application Instructions:

• All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, kindly submit the CV as follow;

1. Kindly download and fill in the attached ‘GNI Application form’
2. Kindly rename and save the file as ‘Name, Position’
3. Kindly submit the CV, and GNI Application form well filled through email: gnrwanda.hr@gmail.com, on 30^th September, 2024 not later than 23:59 pm.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Good Neighbors International has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm or sexual exploitation and abuse against any beneficiaries (or program participants). Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s shared responsibility and all GN employees and partners are required to adhere to GN’s Code of Conduct both during and outside working hours. Familiarization with and adherence to the GN Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all employees and partners, in addition to related mandatory training. All applicants interested to work with GNI must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause.

Done at Kigali on 19^th September 2024

Minjung KIM

Country Director

Good Neighbors International