Project Assistant- Gender and MEAL Full Time

Specific Tasks 

• Conducting Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) so as to gather essential information about gender dynamics and different needs, priorities, and opportunities that exist among different groups within the target project area.
• Develop of project level gender equality action plan and strategy ensuring that all project interventions are focused on increasing knowledge and capacity of women, girls, and other vulnerable groups to be actively involved in, have direct access to, and control over project supported livelihood interventions and the associated benefits; including climate-resilient livelihoods (on-farm, off-farm and pastoral), access to inputs/resources, community structures and productive assets.
• Conducting locally-appropriate gender-equality training and awareness raising including training for women and other vulnerable groups on Leadership skills.
• Support development and implementation of community-led gender awareness action plan including development and training of a network of gender champions to support gender awareness at community level.
• Ensure establishment and functionality of Gender equitable community-level project management and advisory committees.
• Mapping of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Referral pathways, including GBV response services available in the local community, the process for referring survivors to these services, and gaps which currently exist in the referral system, designing and implementing a multi-stakeholder support plan to fill the identified gaps
• Define and communicating the Referral Pathway and/or GBV Response Process (including development of appropriate messaging on GBV response services to be shared with the larger community
• Ensuring Locally-appropriate GBV risk mitigation system is established and functioning in each project location Project MEAL Tasks
• Work in collaboration with the Project Officer in the preparation and revision of project implementation plans including DIPs, Annual and Quarterly Work Plans – with specific technical contributions to gender, communications, monitoring evaluation, accountability and learning activities.
• Assist the PO in development, review and actualization of the Project Performance Monitoring Framework (PMF) and tracking project performance by regularly updating the Indicator Performance Tracking Table (IPTT).
• Ensuring that data and information generated through the implementation including gender-related interventions are collected as part of project monitoring activities.
• Assist PO the in-writing project progress reports highlighting achievements, challenges, gender mainstreaming process (extent) and the next steps
• Assist the PO in the drafting of Interim Project Progress Reports and Annual Project Reports, technical and status reports for sharing with the donor, partners and other stakeholders as may be relevant.
• Provide hands-on support to community project advisory and monitoring committees and other stakeholders in the areas of project management and planning, implementation and monitoring of activities, as well as impact assessment.
• Working with project participants and partners in establishing relevant, systematic and regular data capturing and tracking for monthly, quarterly and annual reporting and in particular ensure that gender makers included in the PMF and are also captured Other Tasks xvi. Together with the Project Officer, identify the opportunities and avenues for the development of technical publications, Success stories and other learning products
• Provide support in project communication, to ensure that all stakeholders are informed on an on-going basis about the project’s objectives and activities; overall project progress; and the opportunities for involvement in various aspects of the project’s implementation.
• Formulate, implement and update the organizational level equality strategy and gender mainstreaming plan, including coordinating training for staff and other stakeholders on gender and gender equality.
• Perform other duty as deemed relevant to the assignment and advancement of the project objective by the supervisor

Desired Competencies and Minimum Qualifications 

• Education University degree in Development Studies, equivalent or relevant field; – with additional training in gender and development, project management, and/or communications.
• Experience At least three (3) year experience in project implementation/management, with a focus on gender
• Experience and/or demonstrated skills in assessing and addressing gender-related issues in rural communities in Kenya (particularly among the pastoralists in ASAL counties, such as Turkana).
• Competencies Proven ability to plan, organize and effectively implement activities.
• Proven experience in participatory processes and in facilitating dialogue among and between communities, partners and stakeholders