Africa: Gender Justice and Local Government - Gender Links

JOB ADVERISEMENT:

GENDER JUSTICE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGER

Gender Links, a dynamic Southern African NGO based in Johannesburg that promotes gender equality and justice through its media, justice and governance programmes seeks to fill the post of Gender Justice and Local Government Manager on an initial two year contract basis.

Tasks:

* Designing materials and gathering examples of local action plans and campaigns for ending gender violence.
* Training and managing a team of local facilitators in several Southern African countries to support the development of local action plans to end gender violence.
* Designing tools for gathering best practices and evidence of strategies that make a difference.
* Organising an annual Gender Justice and Local Government summit for the sharing of best practices and administering of awards adjudicated by independent panellists.
* Documenting this process and designing monitoring and evaluation tools for tracking over time how concerted local campaigns to end gender violence can make a difference.

Skills:

* At least a bachelors degree in a relevant social science field.
* At least five years experience managing gender justice advocacy campaigns.
* Knowledge of local government and how it works in the Southern African region. Previous experience of working with local government associations would be an advantage.
* Excellent facilitation, team building and training skills.
* Excellent media, communication and IT skills.
* Excellent administrative, logistic and management skills.

General conditions:

GL is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from the SADC region. Competitive remuneration packages will be offered, commensurate with silks and experience. More detailed information on these posts can be found on