Technical Coordinator

BRAC is an award-winning international non-governmental development organization, with the vision of a world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination, where everyone can realize their potential. BRAC is a leader in developing and implementing cost-effective, evidence-based programs to assist poor and disadvantaged communities in low-income countries, including in conflict- prone and post-disaster settings. It is an organization of and for the people of the Global South, pioneering new development and social enterprise approaches to equip communities to achieve prosperity. As well as being the world's biggest NGO by number of staff and people directly reached, BRAC has regularly been ranked the number one NGO in the world by the Geneva-based NGO Advisor, an independent organization committed to highlighting innovation, impact, and governance in the non-profit sector. BRAC retained the top spot in 2020 among the top 500 NGOs for the fifth consecutive year. BRAC was founded in Bangladesh in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. It started its first program outside of Bangladesh in Afghanistan in 2002 and has since reached millions of people in 11 countries in Asia and Africa. BRAC has a holistic approach to development that uses a wide array of programs and social enterprises, including microfinance, education, health, agriculture, gender, and human rights. BRAC believes that every person has inherent potential, and when an enabling environment is created and that potential is unleashed, even the poorest can become agents of positive change in their own lives, for their families and their communities.

BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania is part of a leading development organization that started its operations in 2006 in Tanzania, focusing on thematic areas of Agriculture, Youth and Women Empowerment, Food Security and Livelihood

About the Programme

The Mastercard Foundation in partnership with BRAC International (BI) has initiated its Project to create a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women and 9.5million people across seven countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.

There is mounting urgency to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, which has been further amplified by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches are delivered in communities to foster the agency and voice of AGYW. They can fulfill their aspirations, achieve sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy issues.

BRAC Maendeleo Tanzania is seeking applications from competent, dynamic, and self- motivated individuals to fill the following position.

Position (1): Technical Coordinator - Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)

Job Location: CHO

Purpose:

Reporting to the Programme Manager - AIM, the role of Technical Coordinator (TC - GESI) will be based at the country level. This role will provide overall technical coordination and leadership to the AIM country team to ensure all social empowerment related components of the program including social and economic empowerment training, disability inclusion, building awareness about social and health related issues such as sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), support for victims of violence and abuse, community-based case management and referrals, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) education. The TC-GESI will coordinate closely with Technical Support Officers (TSOs) to ensure all

GESI principles are maintained with quality in all aspects of the programme delivery. The TCGESI will work closely with the relevant TSOs, BRAC International (BI) technical anchors and other BRAC/non-BRAC technical experts to support the development and proper contextualization of the training modules; train staff on the newly developed training materials; finalize the detailed participant training rollout plans and co-lead and support the cascading down of the training.  The TC-GESI will also play a critical role in identifying any existing capacity challenges in effectively delivering the social empowerment and livelihoods related interventions under the AIM program and will be proactive about addressing them in an efficient and timely manner.  The TC will also support the operations team in budget development, in ensuring quality procurement and distribution

Main Job Responsibilities

A. Technical Support 

• Lead the overall planning, coordination and execution of GESI-focused technical support to the programme team.
• Coordinate with the relevant Technical Support Officers (TSOs) to do a GESI analysis and identify key GESI-related issues and challenges that can impact programme implementation.
• Based on the results of the GESI analysis, work with the AIM Programme Manager to ensure GESI-integration in programme activities to effectively integrate GESI considerations and make accommodations for vulnerable groups such as PWDs, IDP, refugees, and other relevant underrepresented groups.
• Provide technical support to make reasonable accommodations to make the club spaces accessible to marginalized groups, including ensuring disability accessibility and Early Childhood Development (ECD) corners in club spaces.
• Develop the capacity of staff and Youth Development Committee (YDC) members on community-based complaints mechanism, SGBV case management and referral systems.
• Provide support to all relevant TSOs to ensure contextualization and finalization of specific livelihoods/career pathways training modules; train front line staff on the newly developed training materials; finalize the training rollout plans and provide support to the cascading down of the training.
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• Identify capacity gaps among staff members and facilitate training on issues such as SGBV case management (documentation, referral, periodic follow up); market assessments to determine livelihood options for displaced populations; establishing linkages to support services for vulnerable groups such as victims of abuse and violence;
• Conduct regular field visits to improve the quality of delivering gender and SRHR sessions, YDC meetings, and cross-gender dialogues and provide feedback to frontline staff members for their development.
• Coordinate with the MEAL team to establish GESI-specific programme indicators and ensure ongoing monitoring and analysis to ensure reporting against GESI-related indicators.

B. Coordination and Planning Support 

• Liaise with key stakeholders (government and non-government) and collect relevant training materials that can be used to develop/strengthen/ contextualize BRAC’s training materials.
• Support coordination with a range of stakeholders, including government entities, INGOs, CSOs, YDC members, service providers, to support delivery of interventions as well as the programme’s grassroots advocacy and partnerships work.
• Maintain a close working relationship and ensure alignment with the country’s programme team, AIM central team and BI technical anchors and consultants (as needed),
• Organize events for the celebration of international observance days such as International Women's Day, the 16 Days of Activism, and International Day of the Girl Child.

C.    Reporting Support 

• Develop a complete list of GESI relevant national laws and regulations, disseminate this information to field teams and ensure all interventions are developed in accordance with existing national laws.
• Identify and document good practices related to GESI and share this knowledge with the country team and coordinate with the knowledge management and communication team to showcase these practices.
• Regularly check MIS and ensure proper reporting on CM and GESI- related indicators and documentation of good practices.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the project goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

REQUIRED SKILLS/CAPACITY:

• 5 years of relevant work experience, preferably in gender equality and social inclusion.
• Previous experience in providing technical assistance, training module development, training facilitation and providing supportive supervision to several team members.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, managing, and implementing programme activities to promote gender equality and social inclusion.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate cultural sensitivity and maintain collaborative working relationships with a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Experience of working in integrated programming, particularly for adolescent girls and young women is a plus.
• Training materials development and staff capacity building
• Training facilitation
• Computer literacy
• Report writing
• Proactive, self-starter and independent worker with the ability to manage large teams

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Graduation / Post Graduation in International Development/ Gender/ Sociology/ Anthropology and Social Sciences

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: CONTRACTUAL

If you feel you are the right match for the above-mentioned position, please follow the application instructions accordingly:

Candidate needs to email their CV with a letter of interest mentioning educational grades, years of experience, current and expected salary at: bimcf.tanzania@brac.net

Only complete applications will be accepted, and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Application deadline: 20^th February  2024

BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share the same commitment. We believe every stakeholder and every member of the communities we work with has the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation - regardless of age, race, religion, and gender, status as an individual with a disability or ethnic origin. Therefore, our recruitment process includes extensive reference and background checks, selfdisclosure of prior issues regarding sexual or other misconduct and criminal records and our values are a part of our Performance Management System.

BRAC is an equal opportunities employer.