Financial Sector Deepening Uganda - Gender and Inclusion Specialist - Jobs in Uganda

Financial Sector Deepening Uganda - Gender and Inclusion Specialist - Jobs in Uganda

Job Title:
  • Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist
    Location:
  • Kampala, Uganda
    Reports to:
  • Executive Director

    About Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU)
    Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU) is an independent not-for-profit company committed to
    promoting greater access to and usage of financial services in Uganda.

    FSD Uganda seeks to develop a
    more inclusive financial sector with a focus on low-income individuals (particularly women) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
    FSD Uganda works with both public and private sector players to develop sustainable improvements in the livelihoods of low-income individuals through reduced vulnerability to shocks, increased incomes and employment creation.

    We support innovation, conduct research, help promote and improve policy, laws
    and regulation that shape the financial sector in Uganda through targeted Technical Assistance (TA) and grants.

    FSD Uganda is funded by Department for International Development (DFID) UKaid and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. We are part of a network of eight other financial inclusion organizations working in the Sub Saharan region of Africa.

    For more information, please visit www.fsduganda.or.ug

    About this role

    FSD Uganda is looking for a dynamic, passionate gender and social inclusion specialist to develop and lead FSDU’s high-quality Gender and Social Inclusion Programme that ensures women and persons living with disability benefit from FSDU’s efforts.

    The role will be responsible for understanding and subsequently working towards
    eliminating the systemic, and practice-based biases, constraints that prevent women and persons withm disabilities from fully benefiting from financial services or using financial services to fulfil their ambitions.

    The gender specialist will be responsible for developing and implementing FSDU’s gender and disability work – integrating gender mainstreaming and gender transformative approach to our programmatic work.

    Job Description and Key Results Areas

    Strategic

  • Lead FSD Uganda’s gender and social inclusion strategy, implementation, evidence monitoring, impact and learning agenda.

    Understanding the Landscape

  • Lead FSD Uganda’s understanding (supply side and policy efforts, demand side needs) on current engagements across all industry actors on gender
    and disability in financial services.
  • Transformative and Mainstreaming Gender and Disability Approach
  • Understand, integrate and develop tools to effectively monitor gender and
    disability mainstreaming among FSDU’s programs.
  • Lead the development of FSDU’s gender and disability programs.

    Program Delivery

  • Develop tools to support gender and disability integration within FSDU and partner interventions.
  • Equip the staff and partner staff with gender analysis and assessment tools to enhance performance.
  • Support the development of actions plans for gender and disability activities.
  • Support the monitoring and review of gender and disability work within FSDU and partner organizations.

    Research,Thought Leadership

  • Plan and coordinate gender and disability research initiatives and ensure
    dissemination of research findings.
  • Develop policy briefs, blogs and other relevant communication outputs
    for
    easy dissemination of research findings in conjunction with the communications team.
  • Develop quality and meaningful insights from research to inform industry.
  • Conduct periodic contextual analysis on women and women run businesses to inform policy advocacy and programming.
  • Identify information needs/research gaps and develop gap filing strategies.
  • Monitoring and Reporting on gender and
    disability work in FSDU
  • Provide professional guidance to staff and partners on gender and disability monitoring and evaluation.
  • Make recommendations on changes on set strategies where necessary.
  • Ensure evidence-based reporting mechanisms for gender and disability FSDU Team and Vendor
    Management
  • Develop robust Terms of References (TORs) to select high quality consultants, or service providers in the roll out of gender and disability
    programmatic activities.
  • Hold consultants, and vendors to a high standard of quality, methodology
    of work outputs.
  • Any other activity as deemed necessary by the Executive Director

    Educational Qualifications
  • A Bachelor’s degree in any field.
  • A Master’s degree (added advantage)

    Job related Experience
  • At least 7-10 years of demonstrable experience, 5 of which have been in developing and
    implementing a gender portfolio, gender related programming – preferably in the financial
    services domain.
  • Demonstrable experience in gender mainstreaming within programmes
  • Demonstrable experience either developing gender tools and frameworks and / or delivering
    these framweworks and tools (internally within the organisation and externally with partners)
  • Demonstrable research skills
  • Exceptional communications skills
  • Team work skills
  • Optional
  • Understanding of the local Ugandan context in relation to Women’s Economic Empowerment
    and drivers of sustainability would be an added advantage.
  • Understanding and / or experience of working on disability inclusion would be a plus.
  • Understanding of microfinance, the financial sector and / or digital financial services would be a huge plus.

    How to Apply
  • All Applications must be sent to FSDU’s recruiting firm- Future Options Consulting Limited by email at careers@futureoptionsug.com
  • Candidates must submit their applications electronically at the above listed email address with their Cover Letter and Resume. The resume should contain details of 3 references.
  • Please insert the job title in the subject line of your email submission.
  • Deadline: Applications must be submitted by 5.00 pm, Uganda Time on the 30th May 2019
  • For more information and job application details, see; Financial Sector Deepening Uganda - Gender and Inclusion Specialist - Jobs in Uganda


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