Gender and Protection – Job Description
Company Vision
We seek a world of hope, inclusion, and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live with dignity and security.
Company Mission
CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty, and achieve social justice.
Job Description
1. Ensure Gender and Protection Mainstreaming Across the Project Cycle
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Oversee the overall direction, from proposal development and project design through implementation, monitoring and reporting, and the performance of the gender and protection programme portfolio. Provide technical support and guidance on gender, protection and GBV to the gender and protection team and sector leads.
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Support staff and partners in integrating gender, protection and social inclusion across the project life cycle, in accordance with Sphere Standards.
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Contribute to the planning, development and review of strategies, operational plans and programme/project designs from a gender equality and social inclusion perspective.
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Actively promote equal representation of all genders in decision-making processes, community consultations and leadership structures.
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Participate in the development of detailed project implementation plans and related budgets to ensure that gender considerations are integrated throughout the project life cycle.
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Collaborate with programme support colleagues to ensure that logistics for all training and capacity-building activities are prepared and organized in line with CARE’s and donors’ internal procedures, creating the best possible environment and conditions for participants.
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Support the creation of an environment free from all forms of discrimination, harassment and exploitation, in line with CARE’s zero-tolerance policy.
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Serve as the focal point for coordination with government authorities, NGOs and protection clusters.
2. Ensure the Quality and Timely Implementation of All Activities
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Take the lead in engaging with government actors on programme planning, implementation, monitoring and management.
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Support the Project Manager in planning and scheduling project timelines, tracking project deliverables using appropriate CARE project management tools, and providing regular updates on project progress.
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Ensure the implementation of the work plan within the deadlines established for each activity.
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Support the planning and implementation of field activities and consultation meetings at district and provincial levels with relevant stakeholders.
3. Capacity Building of Staff and Partners
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Learn about existing tools, guidelines and recommendations for integrating gender and social inclusion into CARE’s programmes, and identify how these can be adopted and adapted to the Mozambican context and/or develop new tools, guidelines and resources where appropriate.
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Under the supervision of the Senior Gender and Advocacy Advisor, organize and deliver training for staff and partners on relevant gender and protection-related topics. This also includes supporting staff inductions, orientations and refresher training.
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Participate in relevant communities of practice within CARE, in Mozambique and/or externally, to promote continuous improvement and learning on gender and social inclusion issues, and disseminate lessons learned to others.
4. Support Case Management for GBV and Child Protection Cases, as Well as Other Protection Concerns
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Oversee the quality implementation of GBV and Child Protection case management services, ensuring that case identification, assessment, referral, follow-up, case planning and closure are conducted in accordance with survivor-centred, child-centred, confidential and safe programming principles, as well as inter-agency standards and national guidelines.
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Lead the establishment, mapping, regular review and strengthening of multi-sectoral referral pathways for GBV survivors, children at risk and other vulnerable individuals, ensuring effective coordination with health, psychosocial, legal, child protection, social welfare and other specialized service providers.
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Provide technical oversight and supportive supervision to Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS), Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS) and other community-based protection platforms, ensuring that services are inclusive, age-appropriate, gender-responsive, accessible to persons with disabilities, and effectively contribute to protection risk mitigation, psychosocial wellbeing and community resilience.
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Monitor emerging protection risks and ensure that appropriate prevention, mitigation and response measures are integrated across project activities, including Health, Nutrition, WASH, and Food Security and Livelihoods interventions, to enhance the safety and dignity of affected populations.
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