CARE Ghana is excited to invite your applications for new job openings in our programs and operations. Not only do we offer exceptional opportunities for career growth for Ghanaians especially women and young people, but we are also proud to welcome talented people such as yourself into the global CARE community where our core values of Transformation, Integrity, Diversity, Equality and Excellence are the benchmarks against which we measure ourselves as leaders and employees
If you share these values and our passion for saving lives, defeating poverty, and achieving social justice, then CARE Ghana is the place for you. We hire and nurture great people from diverse backgrounds, abilities, and identities, striving every day and at all levels to build and sustain an inclusive workplace and a sense of belonging for our teams. Your wellbeing and satisfaction with your job in CARE Ghana matter as much to us as your performance. Our compensation and benefits package are generous, and we offer flexible working conditions to enable you to enjoy life outside of work, and as part of our commitment to equity.
At CARE, we recognize that skills and expertise can come from a range of experiences from work and life, in addition to education or past job titles. As such, we welcome applications from dynamic, curious, and creative Ghanaians with a passion for learning and problem-solving.
Interested? If yes, please see details of the job opening below:
Job Title: Gender Officer | Duty station: Tamale, Northern Region |
The USAID-supported Agricultural Governance, Resilience and Economic Empowerment (AGREE) Activity has the overall goal to ensure responsive governance for improved agricultural sector development in Ghana. In September 2020, the scope of the Activity was expanded to include the Women in Shea (WISH) Initiative to advance women’s economic empowerment. The Activity aligns with USAID’s Country Development and Cooperation Strategy for Ghana in ensuring:
USAID recently extended the conflict component to consider social cohesion, early warning, chieftaincy and natural resource management and media.
The Gender Officer will lead interactions with 30 Women in Agriculture Platforms (WAPS) in 30 MMDAs and 3 regional oversight bodies, to promote their livelihood activities and engagements for the participation of women in peacebuilding. Other targeted constituents are women smallholder farmers and VSLA groups in East Gonja Municipality, whose adoption of farming, environmental and economic development models impact on achieving the objectives of the Women In Shea (WiSH) Initiative. Hence, the incumbent will and use a collaborative learning method to engage community partners to develop, update and implement the project gender strategic plan to work towards gender transformative domains, to drive participation, inclusion, and responsive decision-making at all levels. S/he will support analysis of relevant national and international laws, policies, protocols and strategies for achieving gender equality and women empowerment for holistic social and economic development issues aligned to the project mandate, as well as ensure that gendered MEAL approaches (data gathering and management) are mainstreamed in the MEAL system design and implementation.
The Gender Officer will report directly to the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP). S/he will be based in the Tamale Sub Office in the Northern Region and cover project implementation districts in northern Ghana.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE
Strategic Engagements, Partnerships & Coordination of Gender Activities
Reporting, Documentation, Knowledge management and Learning support
Promote Gender Equity and Diversity and Safeguarding Practices
Coordination, collaboration and networking with internal and external concerns
Knowledge
Experience
Skills
Education
Submit your application (CV and cover letter) via email to hr.ghana@care.org
Include the job title of the opportunity “Gender Officer ” in the subject line.
Submission deadline is Friday, May 10, 2024
Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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ABOUT CARE
CARE is a global leader within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. Our mission around the world is to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice.
At CARE, we know that recruiting and retaining a talented and diverse workforce is critical to achieving our mission of ending global poverty. CARE defines "diversity" beyond the regular classifications of gender, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, age and disability, and includes diversity of perspectives that uphold CARE's Core Values (https://www.care.org/about-us/mission-vision/). Our goal is to create and maintain a work environment that promotes diversity in everything we do.
We are also committed to creating and maintaining a safe work environment for our staff, partners and beneficiaries with specific attention to protection from sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child protection.
OUR DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH
WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS, EXPERIENCES AND ABILITY, PARTICULARLY WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO APPLY.