Essential Requirements
Experience
• Strong leadership skills and demonstrated team leadership experience.
At least 8 years’ progressively responsible experience of working in the areas of women’s and girls’ voice and leadership,
gender equality, gender transformative programming and gender-based violence, primarily in programme delivery in an
international development context in Africa, Asia or Central America.
• Extensive knowledge and expertise on women’s participation in decision-making, leadership, GBV programming, social
norms change, and application of gender transformative approaches.
• Knowledge of the sector and technical minimum standards, including main stakeholders, particularly donors.
• Proven capacity and experience in the use of programmatic approaches – design, monitoring systems, implementation.
• Excellent analytical and written skills and demonstrable record of writing strategic and technical documents.
• Expertise and experience in facilitating learning and reflection and creating a culture of self-reflection, learning and growth.
• Experience in the application of learning, monitoring and evaluation tools and approaches.
• Experience of supporting research and learning in programmes.
Qualifications:
A post-graduate qualification in a relevant related field
Qualities
• A demonstrated commitment to feminist values and to feminist and participatory approaches to programming.
• A demonstrated interest in and commitment to social justice.
• The ability to build relationships across the organisation and motivate and lead others.
• An ability to be flexible and adaptable to a changing environment.
• Ability to work on one’s own initiative and operate as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Others
• Empathy with the ethos of Trócaire as a Catholic organisation.
• Ability and willingness to travel on a regular basis, including at short notice and to conflict-affected areas.
• Knowledge of French or Spanish is desirable.
• Experience in managing teams.
Safeguarding Programme Participants-Children & Adults