Gender and Governance Manager

Gender Links, a dynamic Southern African NGO based in Johannesburg that promotes gender equality and justice seeks to fill the post of Gender and Governance Manager on an initial two-year contract basis.

Tasks:

• Managing a team of country managers in ten Southern African countries to support Centres of Excellence for Gender in Local Government. These include flagship programmes and campaigns for ending GBV.
• Cascading research on gender violence indicators to the local level.
• Strengthening Monitoring and Evaluation and designing tools for gathering best practices and evidence of strategies that make a difference.
• Organising district and country summits for the sharing of best practices and administering of awards.
• Supporting fund raising initiatives at national and regional level for sustaining this process.
• Supporting the institutional growth of GL country offices to support the work, promote ownership and sustainability. Qualifications, experience, and skills
• A Masters’ Degree in governance or a relevant social science field.
• A strong grounding in, and commitment to, gender and development.
• At least ten years’ experience, five of these at management level.
• Knowledge of local government and how it works in the Southern African region. Previous experience of working in or with local government would be an advantage.
• Excellent facilitation, team building, mentoring and training skills.
• Excellent report writing, media, communication and IT skills.
• Excellent administrative, logistic and management skills.
• Excellent fund raising skills.

General conditions:

GL is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from the SADC region. GL will offer a competitive remuneration package, commensurate with skills and experience. Background information can be found by phoning Vivien Bakainanga on 27 (0) 11-622-2877.

Please submit a CV, references, and at least two samples of your work to hr@genderlinks.org.za by 20 June 2014. Late applications will not be considered. Only short listed candidates will be contacted for interviews. GL reserves the right not to make an appointment, should a suitable candidate not be found.