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Development Worker Supporting partner organisations in gender-sensitive employment promotion and effective gender mainstreaming (Yaoundé)
POSTED BY: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
REF:GIZ 306
Date Published:Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Date of Expiration:Sunday, August 29, 2021 EXPIRED
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| LOCATION OF THIS JOB |
 Cameroon | YAOUNDÉ in Cameroon |
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| Development Agency
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| MAIN JOB DESCRIPTION |
Job-ID: P1533V6023
Location: Yaoundé
Assignment period: 06/01/2021 - 05/31/2023
Field: Governance
Type of employment: full-time
Application deadline: 03/25/2021
ABOUT US
We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative and worldwide operating institution related to development policy. Your competencies and qualifications are demanded on the spot in an interdisciplinary team. You advise governmental and civil society organizations at local or municipal level. The Development Service of GIZ offers a comprehensive service package. It includes a specific technical and personal preparation. The basis for the deployment of specialists in the development service is the German Development Workers Act (EhfG).
Contact
Recruitment and Follow-on assignments Client Portal
+49 6196/79-3200
kundenportal-rueckfragen@giz.de
As a federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government in achieving its objectives in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development.
With the dispatch of qualified specialists as development workers, GIZ contributes to the sustainable improvement of living conditions of people in developing and transition countries.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Gender equality is part of the objectives of all GIZ Cameroon programmes. The effective and high-quality implementation of gender-sensitive and increasingly gender-transformative approaches with the partner structures of the programmes is crucial to achieving developmental impact. The target groups of GIZ programmes in Cameroon include women in municipalities, agriculture and forestry and micro-entrepreneurs. They are to receive specific support, especially in the areas of increasing income, promoting employment and fostering their economic participation.
YOUR TASKS
1. Advising on organizational development and expanding the range of services offered by partner organisations in the Cameroon Women Entrepreneur Network to promote women's economic empowerment approaches in Cameroon
2. Gender-sensitive vocational orientation and education with partner structures of GIZ programmes such as schools, vocational training centres and non-formal qualification providers (Non-governmental-organizations)
3. Strengthening gender-sensitive advisory services in GIZ programmes and partner structures as well as sustainable gender mainstreaming
4. Networking of local actors for sustainable gender-sensitive promotion of private sector structures in Cameroon
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YOUR PROFILE
1. University degree in economics or social sciences, social and cultural anthropology, vocational education or comparable courses of study
2. Several years of professional experience in gender-sensitive programme work, experience in the field of women's economic empowerment
3. Strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as coordination skills
4. Experience in organisational consulting, process improvement
5. Strong intercultural skills, regional experience desirable
6. Experience in creating learning materials and teaching methods and designing participatory processes desirable
7. Fluency in English, German and French
LOCATION INFORMATION
The security situation requires heightened vigilance. Tailored security risk mitigation measures are in place for GIZ staff in country. GIZ staff must adhere to security measures at all times. Please also check the county-specific information provided by the German Federal Foreign Office. GIZ runs a professional security risk management system in the field of deployment. The working environment is subject to special restrictions on the freedom of movement. GIZ does not impose any restrictions on life partners and family members to move with you to the country of deployment. We kindly ask you to inform yourself which forms of relationships are legally and socially accepted in the country of deployment.
For general questions from dependent partners about on-site employment - Feel free to contact us at: map@giz.de.
NOTES
GIZ's Development Service is looking forward to applications of candidates with a professional qualification and / or university degree and at least two years of professional experience. In addition you hold the German nationality or the nationality of a member state of the European Union.
Please understand that we can accept and process in principle only applications via our E-recruiting system. Following the confirmation of your succesful application, kindly check your spam / junk mail folder on a regular basis, since some provider classify emails form our recruiting system as spam.
A prerequisite for the conclusion of the agreement is the lifting of the restrictions currently in force in the company on the possibilities for travel and business trips in order to contain the worldwide spread of the Covid-19 virus.
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