Gender Adviser

Background

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) supports people affected by displacement living in Lebanon and advocate for their rights inside the country, regionally and internationally. We also work to serve vulnerable Lebanese affected by the deteriorating economic situation in the country, and are providing assistance to vulnerable households in the neighbourhoods most affected by the Beirut port explosion.

NRC’s programmes in Lebanon overall reach refugees and Lebanese with Legal assistance and counselling, Shelter, WASH, Education Youth, Emergency Assistance, and Livelihoods & Food Security. NRC also engages in advocacy with governments and donors to expand and safeguard refugee rights and protection.

NRC has worked in Lebanon since 2006 and has offices located in Beirut, South, North, Bekaa & Beirut and Mount Lebanon. NRC Lebanon works across the country in Informal Tented Settlements (ITSs), urban areas and Palestinian refugee camps, including through partnerships with other NGOs. NRC implements activities together with national and international NGOs to extend its access to people in need. In Lebanon, NRC has nearly 450 staff and has its Country Office in Beirut and operations in Beirut/ Mount Lebanon, North, Bekaa, and South.

NRC is committed to gender-sensitive programming, as part of its work on promoting Safe and Inclusive Programming and the related work on rolling out Minimum Standards.

The Job Purpose

The Gender Advisor will provide technical advice and support to NRC and its partner members under the Haretna Consortium, taking a technical leadership so that gender is fully mainstreamed throughout NRC's project cycle and all Consortium's activities. In their first year of engagement, the Gender Advisor’s objective is to ensure that the gender transformative agenda of the Haretna Consortium is fulfilled. The Gender Advisor will be responsible for ensuring that international and donor guidance on gender is included in the design, planning and implementation of the Consortium work plan, adapting it to the context in Lebanon, and specifically to three selected neighbourhoods in Tripoli, Saida and Beirut.

The Gender Advisor will train and support stakeholders on key gender issues, promoting safe and gender inclusive programming in the way that NRC, but especially the Haretna Consortium in the first year of contract, responds to the needs of men, women, boys and girls in all their diversity. The Advisor will have a key role in offering capacity building and technical advice to a NRC Consortium partner working on Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

The Advisor will ensure that Sustainable Resilience Plans (SRPs) and any SOPs, whether existing or newly created, support gender-transformative programming. The Advisor will lead on this through technical guidance, regular monitoring and supervision, and ensure that staff, volunteers, contractors and partners are trained on gender issues. The Advisor will also support with outreach activities and awareness sessions to communities to ensure that the design of Gender plans embedded in the SRPs are community-driven. The Gender Advisor will perform ad hoc tasks as agreed with their Line Manager, in close coordination with the Protection Specialist, and building on related gender-sensitive programming work within Safe and Inclusive Programming

What you will do

- Lead with technical support the gender-transformative programming objective by advising on the mainstreaming of gender in SRPs, in line with global standards and international frameworks on gender and women’s rights, promoting enhanced understanding of gender issues among all stakeholders and technically advising key staff and identified stakeholders, which can include the development of sector specific tip sheets;

- Co-lead with Monitoring & Evaluation and programmes the conduct of strategic gender analysis prior, during and after the implementation of activities, ensuring the use of Sex, Age, Disability Disaggregated Data, including contextual gender analysis with stakeholder and dynamics analysis;

- Technically supervise and offer enhanced capacity building to the NRC Consortium partner working on addressing GBV in the neighborhoods selected by the Consortium and support partners with gender sensitive issues;

- Support advocacy or policy work on gender issues and the inclusion of gender key messages and actively advocate for Safe and Inclusive Programming, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Sexual Harassment (PSEAH), Child Safeguarding (CSG) and Accountability to Affected Populations;

- Encourage the sharing of knowledge and support efforts to change attitudes, practices on gender to support a transformative agenda and support outreach activities and ensure that women, men, girls and boys in all their diversity participate in the decisions that affect them;

- Lead gender assessments, do no harm, and strengthen effective and more gender-sensitive referral systems in close collaboration with other protection actors at area level;

- Conduct regular field visits with staff during all stages of the project to apply gender equity principles. Support program staff at area level on how to identify critical gender issues and create a system for follow and ensure appropriate response is provided. Support with the identification of mitigation measures when risks are identified;

- Contribute to grants management tasks as required (proposal amendments, reporting, meeting with donors, etc.);

- Design training materials on gender, GBV that are age-sensitive and give training to NRC staff, volunteers, contractors, contingency workers, and partners, as well as awareness raising to affected communities;

- Represent NRC and the Haretna Consortium in the national Gender Working Group and take on the role of overall PSEA & CSG Focal Point and Accountability Focal Point for the Haretna Consortium.

Professional competencies, skills and qualifications

- A Bachelors degree in gender studies, social studies, humanitarian studies or related field.

- At least 3 years of experience in gender work or GBV response.

- Experience working with partners

- Extensive experience in training, coaching and knowledge transfer on gender issues.

- Ability to present data and convey information clearly and concisely and identifying trends.

- Fluency in both English and Arabic (speaking, reading, writing); French is an asset.

- Computer skills, including MS Office (Word, Excel)

Context related skills, knowledge and experience:

- Strong analytical and communications skills; demonstrated ability to apply gender analysis in the programme design.

- Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to gender issues.

- Strong inter-personal skills (ability to demand results and be empathetic, non-defensive but decisive, firm and resilient).

- Experience and ability to train others and transfer knowledge.

- Knowledge of the gender context in Lebanon and the legal frameworks applicable to women's rights Familiarity with relevant tools for gender mainstreaming, including gender & age markers and IASC guidelines.

Behavioral competencies

- Building meaningful relations

- Empowering people

- Delivering results

- Acting with integrity

- Analysing

- Handling insecure environments

What We Offer

NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.

We offer an opportunity to match your career to a compelling cause and a chance to meet and work with people who are the best in their fields.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply and join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility: At NRC we think outside the box. We encourage ideas and give responsibility to all employees at all levels, to help solve the complex issues that we face. You will have many opportunities to be heard and take initiative.

We are also looking for people who share our values:

To be dedicated in what we do;

To be innovative with our solutions;

To act as one unified and inclusive team;

To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the people we exist to serve, and to each other… the members of our NRC family.