Company Profile

Plan International is an independent non-profit organization that advances children’s well-being and equality for girls. Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crisis and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We employ more than 9,000 people in programme countries, working with over 85,000 communities. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for almost 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Job Description

Plan International Ghana is looking for a highly qualified, proactive, motivated and resourceful person to fill the position of a Gender Equality Specialist.

Job Summary

• To lead, co-ordinate, facilitate and provide technical support in alignment with Plan International’s Gender Equality Policy and the project Gender Equality Strategy and to provide technical support to the project team, local partners and other stakeholders on mainstreaming gender equality in the implementation and management of the Strengthening Health Outcomes of Women and Children (SHOW) Project. 
• The position is based in Tamale – Northern Region.
• The position reports to the Project Manager.

Key Responsibilities 
Include but not limited to the following:

• Supports the Project Manager and all other project team members to integrate gender equality in the design, management and monitoring of the SHOW project.
• Leads in the development and implementation of the project Gender Equality (GE) Strategy and annual work plans;
• Leads in developing all project audience specific trainings (project staff, partners, government and community stakeholders, health professionals, managers and frontline workers etc.), guidelines, resources and other collateral for the effective mainstreaming of GE in all activities;
• Recommends to the Project Manager gender related activities to be carried out under the SHOW project aligned with the project GE Strategy and annual plans
• Conducts community visits to monitor the promotion of gender equality in the SHOW project activities in the project districts to ensure quality supervision and monitoring leading to improvement in programme delivery and submits reports of such visits;
• Leads periodic reviews, including quarterly, semi-annual and annual SHOW reviews with a gender lens to identify success stories, gaps/challenges relating to gender equality promotion and areas of improvement;
• Provides gender-related inputs to the Project Manager for compilation of best practices and project outcomes as part of contractual reports;
• Ensures that project action plans and budget are gender sensitive and provides assistance to implement them to achieve SHOW project goals and expected results; 
• Provides top quality analysis and integration of gender in all SHOW project documents, promotional materials and other strategic documents;
• Under the direction of the Project Manager, facilitates capacity building of partners; GHS, NGOs, CHVS, Mother Support Groups, VSL Groups, Daddies Clubs, religious and traditional leaders etc. on gender equality and power related dynamics of households, families and communities to ensure quality and timely delivery of the project activities relating to the empowerment of women and girls, male engagement and gender-responsive MNCH service delivery; 
• Facilitates building of partnerships, networks, coalitions and alliances with other stakeholders in the area of gender equality particularly at the project level;
•  Collaborates with other project teams in and outside Plan International Ghana to ensure effective integration of other ongoing sector programmes such as, Health, Water and Sanitation, Child Protection and Household Economic Security Programmes in SHOW project activities, where feasible;
• Ensures gender equality considerations are mainstreamed in the Child protection and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) activities, where applicable; 
• Complies with Plan International’s Child Protection Policy at all times to prevent children from all forms of child abuses;

Required Skills or Experience

• Post-graduate degree in Social Sciences or related field, background in Gender Studies or a related field will be an asset;
• At least 5 years experience in a similar position in an international organization similar to Plan International;
• Demonstrable experience and technical skills of developing and implementing gender transformative and gender integrated strategies and programmes;
• Ability to lead strategic planning, results based management and reporting;
• Demonstrable experience in advocacy, especially around gender related issues;
• A thorough understanding of the Convention of the Rights of the Child, Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and other human rights instruments;
• A thorough understanding of the various tools and techniques for mainstreaming gender in a project cycle including gender analysis, programming, monitoring and evaluation;
• Knowledgeable in the overall  gender and related landscape of Ghana including key issues, policies, programmes and activities;
• Knowledgeable in the relationship between gender and MNCH issues.