Job Description
Background:
The GBV/KM Specialist will support Making Cents on the USAID Strengthening Approaches for Collective Action to Address Gender-Based Violence (SACAA-GBV) Activity. SACAA-GBV aims to foster effective integration of GBV prevention and response frameworks and tools across the Agency’s program portfolio through tasks that achieve broad uptake of actionable knowledge and learning and create vibrant knowledge networks for the GBV stakeholder community—all aimed at strengthening USAID’s and host-government strategies and policies.
The GBV/KM Specialist will work as part of a collaborative team providing technical input on developing and disseminating strategies and products related to SACAA-GBV’s five key objectives, which are to:
- Develop and disseminate foundational elements for integrated and standalone GBV programming in development contexts.
- Strengthen prevention and response programming on harmful GBV practices (specifically child, early, forced marriage and female genital mutilation/cutting) across different sectors through convening workshops, implementation plans, and learning agenda development.
- Create knowledge products to strengthen GBV programming.
- Strengthen the USAID GBV community of practice and donor coordination in GBV programming.
- Apply ‘research to practice’ through small grants to new, local, and under-utilized partners around existing GBV activities.
Principal Responsibilities include:
- Provide support to landscape assessments, including conducting desk reviews, key informant interviews, facilitated group discussions and on-line surveys; supporting/managing data; and contributing to data analysis using a variety of tools, including Excel and qualitative analysis software
- Synthesize information to guide development of GBV strategies and tools
- Provide input into writing and designing reports, briefs, blogs, and other medium
- Translate research and evidence into practice by providing input into products to share knowledge, build skills, and generate behavior and normative change
- Provide expertise to design and effectively share information about best practices to effect improved knowledge and skills, as well as attitudinal, behavioral, and normative changes
- Contribute to the development and management of online communities of practice
- Support monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting activities
- Support collaborating, learning, and adapting activities, including supporting internal pause and reflect activities
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in relevant discipline (e.g. sociology, anthropology, international development, public administration)
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience working in international development contexts
- Knowledge of current evidence and practice relating to GBV prevention and response; gender and social norm change; behavior change communication; and COVID-19 and GBV
- Strong desk research skills, including conducting document reviews and remote key informant interviews
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to organize large amounts of information
- Strong knowledge of MS Office applications
Desired Qualifications:
- Knowledge/experience addressing harmful gender norms, including child early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation/cutting; and with programming promoting wellness and resiliency within GBV programs
- Strong writing and oral presentation skills, and ability to deliver written products on time
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, results-oriented approach
- Knowledge and understanding of unique cultural environments in which technical development projects operate and how they impact program design and delivery
- Proficiency in English and a second widely used international language (French, Spanish, Arabic, etc.)
- Comfort with and ability to telework
Working Conditions
Full-time telework until the company’s Washington, DC office reopens for regular business; thereafter regular office environment. Ability and willingness to travel and work abroad in less developed countries. Travel up to 10% may be required.
About the Organization
Company Background:
Making Cents International is a dynamic social enterprise that has been increasing economic opportunities in developing countries for fifteen years. We are known as a source of high quality technical services, and a thought leader in the economic growth arena. Our technical services and collaborative learning activities consistently improve the ability of target populations - especially youth, women, smallholder farmers, and vulnerable populations - to launch and grow businesses, participate in profitable value chains, access finance, and obtain meaningful work. Our services are based on an appreciation of client assets and market needs, local capacity building, and a desire to achieve greater sustainable results. Our success is grounded on core competencies that focus on innovation, quality, teamwork, communication, leadership, and knowledge management.
Making Cents Corporate site: www.makingcents.com.
