Roles and Key Responsibilities: 

• Conduct gender analyses, risk analysis, and/or other relevant studies to support CP teams in achieving technical excellence in gender and protection programming and gender integration in ongoing programs/projects.
• Provide remote and on-site support to CP teams with technical solutions for strategic planning and  how best to apply standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, and M&E to help ensure  successful and high-quality implementation in gender and protection.
• Support business development, including project design and proposal review to ensure integration  of gender-responsive and gender-transformative approaches and activities, as well as protection  mainstreaming in programs and projects.
• Develop program/project documents and tools, as well as technical manuals or guidance, training  materials, and quality improvement and assessment guidelines.
• Support capacity building initiatives in programming that include protection and gender as a cross cutting aspect for employees and partners by helping to develop learning and training strategies and  agendas and curricula, as well as conducting training and workshops and providing some  mentorship.
• Prepare presentations and coordinate project communication needs through writing and editing  communication resources, such as case studies, brochures, briefs, peer-reviewed articles or reports,  for both internal and external audiences.
• Coordinate and/or perform various activities in support of program/project design and  implementation, including but not limited to needs assessment, strategic planning, program design  and proposal writing, monitoring and evaluation, and technological solutions.
• Collect and disseminate gender and protection related information and resources to CRS staff and  partners and assist with organization, design and coordination of training workshops to support  capacity building efforts. Identify new approaches and methods for online learning.
• Contribute to the learning agenda by researching and analyzing information, conducting literature  reviews, mappings or information gathering from various internal and external sources on assigned  topics. Coordinate maintenance of virtual resource and documentation databases.
• Document gender and protection success stories and lessons-learned and organize periodic learning  events to share lessons with consortium members and other partners.
• Lead CP events / celebrations with the aim of advancing knowledge and impact related to gender  and protection.
• Lead the CP in gender mainstreaming according to agency minimum standards through utilization of  gender audits and gender action planning, including but not limited to training workshops for new  and existing staff in unconscious gender bias, gender-based violence first response, and gender in  human resources.
• Participate in gender community of practice for West Africa, and other gender-related learning  events and training workshops.

Basic Qualifications 

• Masters in international development, gender studies, social sciences, or a field(s) related to gender  and/or protection required.
• Minimum of three years of relevant work experience with an international NGO, with at least one  year of field-based programming experience.
• Additional experience may substitute for some education.
• General knowledge of technical principles and concepts in gender and protection
•  Knowledge of program design requirements and regulations of major donors.
•    Knowledge of project design and proposal development.
• Knowledge of latest technological tools that have the potential to be applied in gender and  protection.
• Strong English writing skills.