Practical Action
Project Officer – Gender and Advocacy, Kenya
Location: Kisumu, Kenya
The job holder will contribute to delivery of Practical Action’s
energy strategy for the East Africa regional office.
Practical Action is scaling up its work on women and energy
through a three-year project in Kenya.
The objective of the project is to leverage on PA’s extensive previous experience working with women in energy enterprises to further solidify women’s participation in and benefit from energy markets and to increase uptake of energy products and services.
The project further seeks improve the enabling market and policy
environment for gender equality in the energy sector while strengthening
Practical Action’s thought leadership in the theme/sector.
One of the key objectives of the project is to improve the
enabling market and policy environment for gender equality in the energy sector
through enhanced awareness, and gender-responsive actions of public and private
sector actors. Practical Action is looking for a Project Officer who will be
responsible for the advocacy component of the project.
The role will spearhead the delivery of the gender and energy
advocacy and influencing activities including an awareness campaign in order to
deliver high quality project outputs.
The main responsibilities of the Project Officer: Gender &
Advocacy will include but not limited to the following:
Project Implementation, Reporting and Learning (80%)
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Take lead in the planning and implementation of the advocacy
component of the WEEK phase 2 project.
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Take lead in establishing dialogue, sensitizing, lobbying and
support gender mainstreaming in the county energy planning processes including
training of county staff on gender and energy nexus with other sectors.
·
Establish dialogue with community organisations and partners at
local, sub-national and national level to mobilise their support and
participation in the project’s advocacy and influencing agenda.
Strengthening Profile-10%
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Represent Practical Action in the project area to local
government, local communities, NGOs and other actors when requested to do so.
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Participate in local coordination / networking meetings as
required.
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Support effective lesson learning, information management and
sharing in close collaboration with the Communication team.
Achieving Change Ambitions – 10%
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Participate as a member in the organizational Gender and Energy
sub hub and interact with any other organizational Change Ambition Hubs and
working groups, as appropriate and create synergies between our
organization-wide change ambitions and our gender and energy work in country.
·
Apply a gender focused lens to analyse the nature, causes and
scale of the problem we want to address, using a systems approach.
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Support development of fundable project ideas and proposals to
raise funds for scaling up the women and energy work in the region
As an experienced Gender and Advocacy professional, you will be
a holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Gender studies, Sociology, Rural development
or related studies from a reputable University with at least 5 years working
experience with three years in the energy and gender field or relevant working
experience in NGO’s on advocacy and leading campaigns.
An excellent understanding of gender and energy issues and women
economic empowerment, good networking, team building and alliance building
skills coupled with experience in integrating gender and diversity and
sensitivity to gender and diversity issues are essential.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit their applications,
including an updated CV with a cover letter via email to:
recruitment@practicalaction.or.ke not later than 3rd January 2021 indicating
“Gender and Advocacy Officer” on the email subject line.
At Practical Action, we treat all applications for employment on
their merits and do not take into consideration any factors that are not
relevant to the job such as disability, race, age, religion, gender, gender
reassignment or sexual orientation.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting children and
vulnerable adults and as such candidates will be subject to pre-employment
checks.
The successful applicant must have the pre-existing right to
both live and work in Kenya.