Gender Advisor (Female)

WaterAid Pakistan (INGO)

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Posted date	12th March, 2025	Last date to apply	25th March, 2025
Country	Pakistan	Locations	Lahore
Category	Program Management
Type	Full Time	Position	1
Experience	5 years

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WaterAid is an international not-for-profit, determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Our strategy seeks to accelerate progress towards our vision of the future.
Since we started in 1981, we’ve remained resolutely focused on tackling these three essentials that transform people’s lives
Without all three, people can’t live dignified, healthy lives. With all three, they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty, and change their lives for good. Children grow up healthy and strong, women and men get to earn a living, whole communities start to thrive. It sounds normal and it should be.

We’re committed to changing normal forever—are you?

About the Role

Place of work:	Lahore, Pakistan with frequent travel to the field.
Reports to:	Project Manager (Health)
Job status and working hours	Full time

Responsibilities

Preparing gender responsive RMNCH strategy aligning with project intermediate and immediate outcomes.
Work with the project team and partners to streamline gender mainstreaming in all project deliverables.
Work with the project team and partners to ensure gender responsive RMNCH and WASH services provision through project interventions.
Ensure gender responsive infrastructure and designs are intact in project interventions.
Develop gender gap analysis and preparing mitigation plan.
Strengthen gender responsive community participation in project planning, implementation and evaluation.
Orient project team and external stakeholders on gender and social inclusion
Lead gender related feedback and accountability mechanism by strengthening users’ participation.
Perform periodic gender responsive services review and evaluation and develop reports for internal and donors’ knowledge.
Extract gender desegregated data and evidence for periodic reports.
Establish multisectoral gender responsive support group at district and province.
Work with the project team and partners to ensure GESI concepts are integrated in project’s fundamental design and are in line with the project outcomes.
Work with partner staff to adapt GESI tools and approaches in their mobilisation processes.
Contribute to regular donor and management report writing.

Key working relationships

Internal: Provincial office team, technical specialists, Programme Quality, Communication, Finance.

External: Relevant government departments including Primary & Secondary Healthcare Department Punjab, HUD&PHED, EPCCD, Sector Partners (UN, INGOs, local NGOs, think tanks, private sector etc), partners, MHM Champions, consultants, sector stakeholders.

Person Specification

Essential

Desirable

· Post-graduate degree in gender studies, social sciences, or any other relevant discipline from an HEC recognised institution.

· At least 5 years of (proven) experience at a middle or senior level in gender & development.

· Deep understanding of gender dynamics in the Pakistani context, including understanding and experience in working on social norms and attitudinal changes required to make progress on gender and equity.

· Proven experience in using gender equity/transformation frameworks and tools in programmes and/or policy influencing.

· Demonstrable technical expertise in inclusive programming.

· Experience in networking and alliance building with local rights-groups focused on gender equality and social inclusion.

· Experience in facilitation of trainings and workshops.

· Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills in both English and Urdu languages.

· Good understanding of Child Protection and Safeguarding principles and no record of child abuse or Safeguarding issues.

· Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office.

a. Desirable knowledge and experience

· Understanding of the concepts of gender responsive RMNCH and inclusive WASH services.

· Knowledge of and interest in behaviour change communication, ideally hygiene-related behaviour.

· Experience in qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring and evaluation etc.

b. Personal competencies

· Commitment to WaterAid’s mission, vision, beliefs & values and its operating policies and procedures.

· Commitment to gender, diversity and multiculturism.

· Positive attitude, team-player.

· Ability to work flexibly to achieve results.

How to Apply

If you are interested in the position and have the right skills and attributes, kindly apply with your curriculum vitae with cover letter. The CV must include at least two professional referees (referees will not be contacted until after the interviews, with permission from the candidate).

Late or incomplete applications will not be accepted.

WaterAid believes in a fair and transparent recruitment process. It however reserves the right to accept or reject any application.

Closing date: 25th March 2025

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Successful candidates will be called for written test and interview. Written test and Interview will be held in the WaterAid Pakistan office in Islamabad or via Teams Application. A second interview may be requested, if required.

WaterAid is committed to welcoming people from the widest possible diversity of backgrounds, culture and experience. We will make any practical adjustments to enable people with a disability to participate fully in an inclusive working environment. Please let us know if you have a disability and require any special assistance in making your application or attending an interview.

Please note: to apply for this role you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in Pakistan.