The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), alongside its sister Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) agencies, has implemented innovative, community-driven solutions to development challenges for more than 45 years. It focusses on a small number of specific development problems by forming intellectual and financial partnerships with organisations sharing its objectives. With a small staff, a host of cooperating agencies and thousands of volunteers, the Foundation reaches out to vulnerable populations on four continents, irrespective of their race, religion, political persuasion or gender.
AKF(Moz) is seeking a Gender Specialist for its new sexual and reproductive health project, SPARC, in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The Gender Specialist will be responsible to develop and ensure adherence to the project’s Gender Equality Strategy, and ensure that gender equality messaging is being incorporated correctly and sensitively into all activities. This will include reviewing activity TORs, training content, and communications materials to ensure that proper messaging is included into all SPARC activities.
The Gender Specialist will be based in Pemba and will report directly to the SPARC Project Manager. He/she will have the active support of AKF(Moz)’s senior Health programme managers and the organisation’s Gender Coordinator in carrying out their day-to-day work.
The successful candidate is expected to have: