CARE International NGO Maternity Cover Male Engage Officer Jobs in Uganda

CARE International NGO Maternity Cover Male Engage Officer Jobs in Uganda

CARE is a leading humanitarian and development organization fighting global poverty.

We seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live in dignity and
security.

CARE International aims to be a global force and a partner of choice within a worldwide
movement dedicated to ending poverty. CARE International has been working in Uganda since 1969 managing a diversified portfolio of gender transformative development and emergency interventions both through direct implementation as well as with a large number of local partners.

CARE International in Uganda is seeking to hire a Male Engage Officer as a Maternity cover. This is a temporary position for a period of 3 months starting from 1st February 2019.

The position will be based in Kitgum District with possible travel to West Nile and other Acholi Sub Region Districts.

The position is under the Women, Adolescents and Youth (WAY) Rights and empowerment programme implemented by CARE International in Uganda.

Job Summary

The Male Engage Officer will be a self-driven team player with innovative skills in implementing role model men gender transformative approaches.

S/he will be responsible for training and guiding refugee and host community youth volunteers and selected community leaders to change their perception and attitude
towards positive masculinity and women.

S/he will facilitate and conduct information, education and communication (IEC) sessions and develop context friendly learning materials within the community
especially for youth and their leaders.

The Male Engage Officer will work closely with the primary and secondary school health and sanitation as well as anti-GBV clubs, VSLA & YSLA groups, farmer groups, village health workers, refugee volunteers and youth groups to promote behavioral change using the theatre for development approach and other
recreational tools.

S/he will ensure coordinated planning and preparation of weekly, monthly and
quarterly work plans and reports on field activities.

These will be properly drafted and submitted to the Senior Initiative Manager in a timely manner. S/he is responsible for writing and documenting case stories of lessons learnt, especially on transformed male youth and other people supported by the project.

S/he will work closely with the Senior Initiative Manager and Male Engage Specialist in implementing male engage and GBV components of the WAY project in the eight districts of West Nile and Northern Uganda namely: Moyo, Adjumani, Arua, Yumbe, Agago, Amuru, Kitgum and Lamwo.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: