Gender, Youth and Community Engagement Specialist

The Rwanda Forestry Authority is seeking a Gender, Youth and Community Engagement Specialist in Kigali, Rwanda. Responsibilities include advising on gender issues, policy facilitation, research, report preparation, and representation in working groups. The role involves creating partnerships, supporting resource mobilization, and contributing to gender-related initiatives and advocacy. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 84 months of experience. This is a full-time position.
JOB DETAILS: • Advice and support SPIU coordinator and management on gender issues • Advice on policy and facilitation of knowledge building on gender issues • Creation of strategic partnerships and support to resource mobilization • Compilation, analysis and interpretation of gender and gender-based violence (GBV)/family sexual violence (FSV) issues and statistical data, thorough research and preparation of top quality analysis and reports. • Production and launch of gender reports, • Contribution to national, regional and inter-agency initiatives related to gender issues, • Representation of RFA in different working groups and interagency working groups, • Facilitates knowledge building and mainstreaming of gender and HIV in related perspectives within RFA programmes and actively participates in corporate RFA knowledge creation, • Provision of policy options and high quality advisory inputs to RFA programmes and projects to ensure these are responsive to national policies, priorities and strategic plans, and advance development partner's corporate goals, • Preparation of Quarterly reports on activities, outputs and outcomes. Preparation of donor reports. • Analysis and research of information on development partners, preparation of substantive briefs on possible areas of cooperation, • Public and policy advocacy for gender policies, the sustainable development goals, pro-poor and equitable economic growth by participating in relevant forums, conferences and trainings. • Support to monitoring progress and formulation of strategies towards the achievement of the gender related sustainable development goals and similar national targets; • Management of events and publications on gender issues. • Perform any other relevant tasks as assigned by the SPIU Coordinator/ RFA Management Work Hours: 8 Experience in Months: 84 Level of Education: Bachelor Degree