Mercy Corps exists to alleviate suffering, poverty, oppression by building secure, productive, and just communities. Mercy Corps has been present in Zimbabwe since 2002 focusing its interventions on a multi sectoral market systems development portfolio mobilizing communities to promote small scale agriculture and revive local economies. Its current operations focus on helping smallholder farmers increase their incomes and harvests through the power of technology and increasing urban household access to quality, reliable water, sanitation and hygiene services. Zimbabwe continues to experience recurrent environmental, economic and social shocks affecting the well being of its communities and undermining development investments. Mercy Corps puts resilience at core of its strategy to contribute to the well-being of Zimbabweans by building communities’ capacities and strengthening systems and institutions.
The Gender Specialist for the Resilience Knowledge Hub under the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund (ZRBF) will be responsible for leading gender and resilience context analyses, proposing practical contextualized implementation plans, designing the training programmes, developing guides, learning methods and delivering all the required training's and workshops in line with the ZRBF gender strategy. S/he will work closely with ZRBF implementing partners across the country to develop, coordinate, implement and monitor a gender strategy and action plan. S/he will also support the program’s adherence to Mercy Corps Gender Minimum Standards in accordance with our Program Management Minimum Standards, and work to build a supportive team culture.
SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
Reports Directly To: RKH Team Leader
Works Directly With: Regional Resilience Senior Director, Director of Programs, Global Gender Team and partner organizations.
SAFEGUARDING AND ETHICS
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme
By applying for this role an applicant confirms that they have not previously violated an employer’s sexual misconduct, sexual exploitation and abuse, child safeguarding or trafficking policy. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times.
Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct e- learning courses upon hire and on an annual basis. As an applicant, if you witness or experience any form of sexual misconduct during the recruitment process, please report this to Mercy Corps Integrity Hotline ([email protected])