Position: Technical Coordinator – Gender in Emergencies

Position: 01
Location: Cox’s Bazar Regional Office.
Duration: Duration of the Contract will be up to April 30, 2022 with possibility of Extension 

I. Job Summary:  

CARE is one of the world's leading international humanitarian and development organizations, committed to helping people in poor communities improve their lives and alleviate poverty. Founded in 1945, CARE is working across 104 countries to fight global poverty and marginalization. CARE has been active in Bangladesh since 1949 being one of the largest country offices of CARE. CARE works to help people achieve social and economic well-being, while being among the best in their fields. In CARE, put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. CARE Bangladesh is currently shifting towards a program approach, where it has developed longer-term impact visions to have more sustainable changes in the lives of the extreme poor and marginalized.
Technical Coordinator – Gender in Emergencies will lead integration of gender into CARE Bangladesh- Cox’s Bazar’s humanitarian work and act as a coordination point to mainstream best practices and standards for gender equality in emergencies. She/he will work closely with CARE’s humanitarian team, implementing partners and Women-led organizations and their network.  She/he will have external representation responsibilities particularly with the UN cluster system. This position will also lead the GAC funded GiE project where CARE is piloting Women Lead in Emergencies (WLiE) approach. She/he will support team in terms of program assessments, strategy development, project design, project management and implementation, with major emphasize to monitoring and evaluation of activities, prepare program updates and donor reports, and proposal development as well as budget management. She/he support GAC GiE project team ensuring quality and timely delivery of the projects. Work closely with the relevant agencies of Government of Bangladesh (GoB) as well as all other members of the emergency response team and link development with emergency response activities.
We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further reinforce our mission. If you are an experienced professional who not only shares our core beliefs and is aligned with our values but also wants to make a difference, develop and inspire others, drive innovative ideas and deliver results – then we are looking for you!

II.  Responsibilities and Tasks:  
% of Time
Responsibility # 1: Promote gender transformative humanitarian response
50%
  • Develop gender in emergency sub-strategy, provide oversight of implementation of the gender in emergencies sub-strategies
  • Build and maintain strategic relationship with CARE humanitarian team to ensure mainstreaming of gender in emergencies and efficient use of resources, monitor measures of success and report on progress in strategy implementation
  • Build and maintain strategic relationships with CARE and partner team to leverage and mobilize human and financial resources to support gender, protection and empowerment of women and girls in emergencies.
  • Support Gender and Protection team in proposal writing and ensuring gender transformative approach, good practices and standards for GiE
  • Provide technical and strategic support to other sectors such as WASH, Nutrition, DRR to better mainstream gender in their programming
  • Lead gender analysis/Rapid gender analysis
  • Develop and deliver capacity building plan for CARE staff at multiple levels of the organization and its partners on how to practically integrate gender in emergencies
  • Review strategic documents, reports, guidelines and ensure gender transformative approaches
  • Participate in emergency preparedness planning processes including reviewing emergency preparedness plans to ensure gender mainstreaming is adequately considered and planned for in advance of emergencies, and that capacity gaps can be addressed before an emergency
  • Further deepen our understanding of GBV at an operational level to consolidate experience, test innovations and models, document lessons learned and refine GBV guidance.
  • Help shape CARE’s emergency human resources policies and practices to promote gender equality and the protection, empowerment and voice of women and girls, such as considering gender composition of teams, supporting capacity development of women, training, orientation and codes of conduct.
  • Work closely with MEAL team in gender marker, gender responsive feedback and complaint mechanism, and overall gender responsive MEAL framework
  • Advocate internally and externally for gender transformative approach in humanitarian response
 
Responsibility # 2: Project management- GAC GiE project
40%
  • Provide strategic leadership in developing, planning and implementation of the GAC funded GiE projects
  • Lead overall program management and ensure implementation of project interventions with approved plan, budget and quality standards
  • Regular monitoring of the context dynamics and adapt the intervention and implementation modalities accordingly
  • Ensure budget management and align the budget with CARE, Donor budget lines as per the agreements and FD7.  
  • Prepare projections, review BVAs and ensure timely and appropriate spending
  • Formulate and monitor proper and timely expenditure of the project budget, and efficient management of resources
  • Coordinate with technical coordinators, operational and management teams
  • Prepare quarterly/periodic and annual reports of the projects and ensure timely submission to the management and development partners
  • Ensure that meal systems provide adequate feedback to inform program development and course corrections as necessary
  • Maintaining close liaison with the MEAL sector and fulfil the requirement as required by the sector in alignment with the program needs
  • Promotes identification and synthesis of best practices and lessons learned among project team and partners
  • Field activities monitoring, supportive supervision and documentation of gap analysis and necessary improvement steps for proper implementation of program
 
Responsibility # 3: Internal and external relationship management
10%
  • Represent CARE in GiHA working group, Gender Hub, and coordinate with relevant networks working on gender/GBV and emergencies issues to promote global standards
  • Harmonize role with UN, GoB, line ministry and other agencies and actors to CARE’s technical role
  • Represent CARE Bangladesh-Cox’s Bazar at regional and global coordination platforms
  • Work together with all appropriate CARE groups such as communications, SRH technical coordinator, GBV Technical Coordinator and other sector technical coordinators
  • Coordinate with other sector responses within CARE (GBV, WASH, Shelter, Food, SRH, DRR, etc.) to ensure gender mainstreaming
  
lll   Adhere to and support CARE Bangladesh’s Safety and Security policy and systems

As part of this role, the job holder will be expected to adhere to and support CARE Bangladesh’s Safety and Security policy and systems as part of their day to day duties, and comply, at all times, to safety & security protocols and directives, including reporting. Staff must maintain situational and self – awareness and be aware of the safety – security related consequences of their actions upon themselves, their team and the organization as a whole.
IV. Safeguarding
CARE is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct and expects staff to promote the welfare of children, young people and adults at all times.  CARE expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our Code of Conduct.  We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate this commitment are recruited to work with us.

V. Reporting:  
Gender and Protection Coordinator

VI. Working Condition:  
Cox’s Bazar Regional Office with 60% field visit

VII. Qualifications & Experiences:  
  • 5 to 7 years’ experience in gender programming
  • Master in gender studies, social science
  • Experience of implementing gender program independently working in reputed national or International NGOs.
  • Experience in conducting comprehensive and rapid situational and need assessments and an understanding of gender requirements in emergency.
  • Experience in project management
  • Skills in training, monitoring and evaluation of gender in emergencies
  • Strong writing skills and report writing.
  • Good understanding of MS Office applications.

VIII. Core Competencies:  
  • Leading with vision and values
  • Strategic thinking
  • Operational decision making
  • Communicating with impact
  • Collaboration
  • Dealing with ambiguity
  • Motivating others
  • Team building

Candidates need to be highly motivated and committed to CARE Bangladesh’s vision, mission, and long-term development work to significantly improve the lives of the most vulnerable and marginalized Candidates must be capable of displaying great learning agility, support and encourage knowledge sharing across projects, for the ultimate benefit of all of CARE’s mission wide initiatives.
 
Compensation

Attractive remuneration package will be offered to the really deserving candidate. In addition, CARE offers Provident Fund, Gratuity, Festival Bonus, Leave Encashment, Life and Health Insurance, Working Mother Benefits etc.

Interested candidates meeting the above requirements should apply through CARE Bangladesh’s e-recruitment site: https://career.carebangladesh.org/ on or before September 30, 2021. 

Note:

  • CARE Bangladesh aims to attract and select a diverse workforce ensuring equal opportunity to everyone, irrespective of race, age, gender, HIV status, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion.
  • Only Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
  • Any personal persuasion/phone-call will result in disqualification of candidature. We guarantee an interview to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.
  • CARE Bangladesh has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards discrimination, harassment and abuse. All employees are expected to abide by the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse & Child Protection Policy of CARE Bangladesh.
  • Internal and external applicants shall be treated equally in the entire selection process.
  • To ensure transparent processes during recruitment, internal candidates should discuss potential applications with their Line Managers to ensure endorsement of their applications by respective Line Managers.
  • There is no cost involved with applying for positions with CARE Bangladesh. Any solicitation of job application costs should be regarded as fraudulent.