Gender Officer [ Female Candidate ]

Basmeh and Zeitooneh is a registered Lebanese organization, committed to serving refugees and vulnerable communities in Lebanon, through four community centers across the country. The organization runs educational, relief, livelihoods, and protection programs, and aims to serve as an inclusive and supportive focal point for the entire community.

Basmeh & Zeitooneh (B&Z) is hiring a Gender Officer to be based full-time in Beirut at the B&Z HQ in Furn El Chebbak.

Reports To :

Operationally: Civil Society Enablement, Programs Manager.

Technically: Regional Protection Technical Manager

Job Purpose :

Basmeh & Zeitooneh Civil Society Enablement Unit - CSEU supports the diverse components of civil society in the region. Starting from the foundational capacities, to the provision of tailored small grants and not ending with the progressive support in order to enable these components to sustain themselves and the impact they are willing to pursue.

The Gender Officer is responsible for developing, reviewing, and continuously adjusting the CSE Unit’s productions such as organizational and individual capacity development policies, guidelines, project proposals and concept notes, and training materials. In addition to applying relevant gender, protection and safeguarding lenses over the received capacity-building applications and relevant project proposals as well as over the implemented interventions in the framework of the CSE Unit’s scope in compliance with Basmeh and Zeitooneh global policies, SOPs, and guidelines.

Major Activities :

1. Work within the CSE unit, to ensure that a sound gender analysis informs program design and management, and identify strategic actions to be undertaken to improve the quality of program implementation
2. Develop training material and manuals on gender-related issues and provide technical assistance, training, and coaching to partners in assessing the strength of their approach to gender mainstreaming across the program cycle.
3. Develop and follow up with the implementation of a Gender Action Plan to ensure effective gender mainstreaming and the integration of a consistent gender lens in the Civil Society Enablement Program.
4. Monitor and report on the implementation of the gender action plan.
5. Work closely with other departments and units to develop and mainstream relevant policies to ensure the integration of a gender perspective.
6. Provide advice on appropriate gender-sensitive indicators in the performance measurement framework and support colleagues in the monitoring and reporting of program results/outputs and objectives against agreed indicators.
7. Monitor and analyze developments on gender at the national and international level to make sure the B&Z gender action plan is adapted to the developments of the context.
8. Work closely with relevant advocacy team members to distill and document lessons on gender-related issues for policy dialogue, public advocacy, and future programming and organize the dissemination of learning within the organization and its networks.

People Management : 

• Design and draft the R-RLOs project team terms of reference and job descriptions.
• Line-manage the R-RLOs project team members according to B&Z policies and procedures, including - and not limiting to - three Portfolio Development Officers and a Liaison Officer.

Education & Experience :

• The ideal candidate is expected to hold a bachelor's degree in Gender Studies and/or social sciences. A Master’s degree in a relevant field will be considered as a plus
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience in a relevant position is necessary (a reference check will be conducted, according to HR Unit judgment).
• A relevant work experience in promoting or advocating refugee leadership will be considered a plus.

Competencies:

Functional: 

• Express efficient and purposeful work independently with limited guidance;
• Use and continually develop leadership skills;
• Express a clear and logical understanding of the displacement context;
• Prove sound computer and cloud-based, collaborative soft skills (MO, Google Suite, Accounts Tracking and Management, and internet surfing); and Prove sound research and relevant analytical skills.
• Familiar with CHP (core humanitarian principles), SPHERE, CMPS (child protection minimum standards), IASC GBV guidelines (inter-agency standing committee gender-based violence guidelines.).
• Ability to work under pressure and with very short notice and deadlines.

Behavioral:

• The ideal candidate is an excellent team worker and team supporter, that is able to actualize the aimed objectives with a dedicated focus on developing co-workers' skills and competencies, yet from a doing-no-harm and dispute-resolution perspective.