Senior Gender Mainstreaming Officer

JOB DESCRIPTION: SENIOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING OFFICER
Job Title: Senior Gender Mainstreaming Officer
Grade:P4
Division: Gender and Social Affairs
Duty Station: Lusaka
Report To: The Director of Gender and Social Affairs

Basic Salary Scale
$58,731-$ 70,654 per annum.

JOB PURPOSE
To promote sustainable institutionalization of gender and women empowerment issues in the
regional integration effort.

To mainstream and promote mainstreaming of gender in all COMESA policies, programs,
structures and systems in the Secretariat, COMESA Institutions, at Member States level and in the public and private sector including Civil Society Organizations.

MAIN DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Under the direct guidance of the Director of Gender and Social Affairs and overall guidance of the Assistant Secretary General (Programmes), the incumbent of the post will perform the following duties;-

Liaise with staff in the Gender Division and the Secretariat Directorates/Units in
mainstreaming gender in all policies, plans and programmes of the Secretariat and
COMESA programmes

Facilitate and coordinate training on gender mainstreaming and providing on-going
support to Directorates, Units and Member States.

Develop and distribute the Gender Mainstreaming Toolkit to the Directorates, Units, Member States and other key stakeholders.

Develop strong relations with gender focal points within the Member States and various stakeholders.

Ensure the generation, collection, analysis and use of gender disaggregated data and
information.

Prepare diagnostic reports, studies and indicators on gender mainstreaming.

Develop mechanisms to promote equal representation of women and men in decision making in Member States, COMESA Structures, and its institutions at all levels.

Conduct missions and participate in helping Member States, employers and workers organisations to formulate and implement policies and programmes to promote gender perspective.

Play a strong advocacy role and disseminate information on gender programmes through publications and press releases. Ensure the Gender website is updated and coordinate the publication of newsletter on key developments in the region every quarter.

Perform any other duties that may be assigned to him/her by the Director of Gender and Social Affairs or the Assistant Secretary General (Programmes) from time to time.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s degree in the Social Sciences and recognized experience in Gender issues

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
A minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in a similar positions in national and/ or regional and international organization

COMPETENCIES
Demonstrated experience in providing technical and leadership skills in Gender
Mainstreaming.

Ability to establish strategic relationships in Gender for programme development.

Ability to make relevant suggestions on good gender practices.

Ability to develop training materials, project proposals, policy and procedural matters and present them at high level meetings.

Ability to take responsibility and supervise others.

Ability to work independently and to cooperate effectively as part of the team.
Experience in leading and conducting research on gender and work-related issues in the countries of the region.

Experience in designing and managing public policies for equal opportunities in the workplace, with regard to poverty reduction and job creation.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

MODE OF APPLICATION
All applications MUST be submitted to the COMESA Coordinating Ministry of the respective member States on the prescribed COMESA APPLICATION FORM which can be accessed at the following COMESA website: http://www.comesa.int/, Opportunities, COMESA Job Application Format.

Note: Applications submitted directly to the Secretariat will not be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted.

FINAL DATE FOR RECEIVING APPLICATIONS BY COORDINATING MINISTRIES

All applications must reach the Coordinating Ministry by Friday 17th June 2022.

FINAL DATE FOR RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FROM COORDINATING MINISTRIES
BY COMESA SECRETARIAT
Both hard and soft copies of the relevant documents of the short -listed candidates by the Coordinating Ministries should reach the address below by Friday 1st July 2022 at least by 18.00 hours Lusaka time.

The Director of Human Resources and Administration
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
COMESA Centre,
Ben Bella Road
P.O Box 30051,
Lusaka
Zambia
Email: recruitment@comesa.int