Gender Advisor

About DANFE

Development through Adult and Non-Formal Education (DANFE) is a local organization dedicated to improving access to justice, education, and social services for vulnerable communities in Ethiopia. As part of our UNODC/EU-funded project, we are expanding our team to implement legal aid and community outreach initiatives. We are currently hiring for the following position:

Key Responsibility

• Knowledge of international and regional standards on women’s rights and gender equality and demonstrated experience identifying gender-based constraints to accessing and claiming legal rights,
• provide capacity development trainings to local partners and beneficiary communities 
• Strong facilitation and training skills on gender and inclusion and ability to present complex information on gender and inclusion to non-specialist audiences so that it is easily understood.
• Experience of undertaking supervised practice-based gender-sensitive research resulting in high-quality analysis and reporting.
• Experience of taking minutes in meetings, revising and contributing to the drafting of substantive policy reports.
• Knowledge and experience of project management, including design, budget development and management, monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• Ability to listen actively to, engage with, and persuade people from varying backgrounds and with a range of political, cultural, and value orientations.
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to manage a varied workload.

Location: Amhara Region, Adiarkay and Tselemt  Woredas, Ethiopia

Employment Type: One year Contact with possibility of extension as of the availability of fund.

Application Deadline: 20/02/2024

Organization: Development through Adult and Non-Formal Education (DANFE)

Category: Project Management / Legal Aid / 

Salary: based on the organization’s Scale.

Qualifications

• University degree  in the field of law, human rights, gender studies, peace & security studies, or any other relevant fields 
• Profound knowledge of human rights as established in the Ethiopian legislation and related to the international human rights obligations.
• Profound knowledge on gender, international & Ethiopian women’s rights movements and initiatives, gender-based transformation and sexual and gender-based violence.

Work Experience

• Minimum 4 years of professional experience in the  areas of gender and human rights with regards legal aid to women and vulnerable communities.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in working in or with CSOs regarding topics of gender, human rights, women and victim associations.
• Experience in elaborating and conducting trainings for partners in gender and legal aid support.
• Experience of documentation women case who got legal aids.

How To Apply

Interested candidates should submit their CV and a cover letter via email to danfeethiopia@gmail.com with the subject line Position Name Application – DANFE by application deadline 20/02/2025. 

Women are encourages to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.