Vacancy - Gender Equality Advisor

The Embassy of Ireland is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced Gender Equality Advisor to join its Development Team. The Embassy manages a programme of development cooperation in partnership with the Government of Tanzania, multilateral, international research institutions and non-governmental partners. This programme is known publically as Irish Aid. Development cooperation is an integral part of Ireland’s foreign policy and central to the Embassy’s mandate in Tanzania. Ireland’s strong commitment to gender equality and women’s empowerment is reflected in its foreign policy framework outlined in The Global Island, its development cooperation policy, One World, One Future, and in the National Action Plan for the Implementation of 1325. In addition to One World One Future and the associated Framework for Action, Irish Aid’s approach to gender equality is also informed by the Irish Aid Gender Equality Policy (2004) and the Review of the Irish Aid Gender Equality Policy (2010).

The Embassy’s new five year strategy will commence in January 2017 and has a central focus on the empowerment of women and girls in all aspects of the Embassy’s work. The programme will have at its centre a recognition of women’s agency, the importance of political representation, economic empowerment and the need to tackle gender based violence through specific measures and focus of maternal and child health and reproductive rights. In the new strategy, women and girls are explicitly recognised as the core target group.

The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of the gender thematic programmes in line with the Embassy strategy and Irish Aid’s policy priorities set out in One World One Future and the Framework for Action. S/he will also provide technical and methodological support to Irish Aid’s programmes in relation to advancing gender equality and equity programmes. S/he will actively contribute to define strategies advancing gender work across the programme. S/he will be responsible for identifying appropriate research, developing partnership, alliance building and advocacy initiatives. S/he shall provide leadership in cross-learning and knowledge generation for thematic alignment in relation to Irish Aids gender strategic priorities.

Application

Applications should be forwarded by 29 July 2016 before 4.40pm clearly marked “Application for the Gender Equality Advisor position”. Interested candidates should include (i) a cover letter outlining their suitability for this post (ii) a recent Curriculum Vitae and (iii) a sample of written work (maximum 5 pages) and contact details.

Applications can be sent either by email to stephen.simbila[at]dfa[dot]ie

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Alternatively

Applications can be sent by post or delivered by hand or by courier to:

Embassy of Ireland,
353 Toure Drive,
Masaki.
P O Box 9612,
Dar-es-Salaam.

• The Irish Embassy in Tanzania is an equal opportunities employer.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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