Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Gender and Livelihoods ExpertThe specific duties of the Gender and Livelihood Expert• Under the supervision/guidance of the Regional Project Manager, the Gender and Livelihoods expert shall be responsible that the gender and livelihoods issues in the watershed is properly mainstreamed and integrated so as to enhance sustainability of project impacts on communities’ livelihoods.The specific duties and responsibilities include:• Collect sex-disaggregated baseline data that could be used to monitor potential gender impacts.• Undertake gender and livelihood analys is in the intervention area.• Involve and coordinate activities on food and nutrition security intervention and analysis• Based on gender analysis, develop a plan of action that identifies opportunities and entry points for mainstreaming gender into the project. The plan of action for gender mainstreaming should mirror the project’s log frame and include the development of gender specific project components, gender responsive targets and indicators, timelines, assigned responsibilities, and implementation arrangements.• Identify government agencies, NGOs, community-based organizations, and women’s associations or groups whose work focuses on gender and the specific area of intervention that can be utilized during project preparation and implementation. Assess their capacity.• Participate in the integrated watershed management plan preparation and development of an inbuilt exit strategy and make sure the livelihoods and gender parts are well covered.• Design, plan and implement nutrition security related activities and monitor impacts gained during project implementation period,• In collaboration with relevant departments, Design, plan and implement activities that improve farmer’s way of living (home economics related issues like food preparation, house designs, clothing and etc…)• Involve and coordinate activities in value chain analysis• Involve and coordinate in activities of natural resource governance• Ensure that all interventions are gender mainstreamed.• Design projects that specifically benefit women, youth and disadvantaged groups in a community.• Organize women in credit and saving associations, design bylaws and follow its functionality• Design different income generating activities for women and youth and follow its implementation• Collect data that can contribute gender disaggregated analysis upon monitoring and monitoring and evaluation.• Ensure that data collection in all interventions is gender mainstreamed,• Work with the rest of the project team in intervention design and implementation• Organize or when possible provides capacity building trainings that benefit women and other disadvantage groups,• Organize and submit reports quarterly, semi-annual and annual report.• Carefully document activities/progresses achieved/ before, during implementation and results after intervention for learning and future improvement of project implementation (both pictorially and textually),• Undertake other activities assigned by immediate supervisor and HQ responsible persons,- Duty station is Bahir Dar Town (and/or Kunzila Town) with frequent travel to project sites and HQ at Addis Ababa.- Contract will be one year with possible extension upon performance.- Salary will be as per the project scale.

Master's

Qualification and Experience: The Gender, Equity and Livelihood Expert should have:-
• MSc/MA + 5 years or above, and PhD + 2 years and above experience on Gender and Rural Development, or Livelihoods or Agricultural Extension or Agricultural economics with strong expertise in gender studies and related disciplines, and a minimum of two years coordination and/or research experience on similar research. Knowledge and working experience in the region is an advantage.

5-10 years

• Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above criteria for the different jobs can make online registration by visiting http://wlrc-eth.org/vacancy site and upload all necessary documents including their CV as per the specification in the website before June 20, 2020. For clarification, the applicant can ask by telephone: +251 918 350 939 or send an e-mail to tekeba.t@wlrc-eth.org• Any application that is outside the specified criteria will be disqualified. Those eligible for exam will be notified by e-mail and list will be released through the above website. Cost of application and exam will be covered by the applicants themselves, WLRC will not be responsible for this.