Job Vacancy For Gender & Communication Officer
- Accra
- Permanent
- Full-time
Project: GIZ Country Office Ghana
Report To: Head of Finance and Administration
Assignment period: Two years contract with a possibility of an extensionJob DescriptionThe Gender and Communication Officer is responsible for the institutionalization of gender equality across GIZ Ghana and communicating country-related information both within and outside of GIZ.TasksCommunication
- Support in the developing and implementing the country's communication strategy
- Deal with all questions arising in this area directed towards corporate communication
- Advise projects in the country in their communication work and manage the exchange of information between projects, programmes and the GIZ office
- Assure the quality and compliance with the corporate design guidelines of all kind of publications from projects or programmes
- Support in building the internal communications function at GIZ Ghana, helping to effectively communicate and reinforce strategy, cultural values, and pertinent updates through the organisation
- Support the management team of GIZ Ghana in identifying the main gender related bottlenecks and needs and in defining priorities for addressing these bottle-necks and needs
- Advise AV and gender focal persons at project level on gender-related requirements in commission management such as gender markers in appraisal missions / offers, integration of gender analysis results in project concepts/indicators on establishing gender-sensitive result-based monitoring system and reporting on gender in progress reports
- Support GIZ Ghana make a more systematic and more concrete contribution to promoting the implementation of equal rights for women and men
- Support in the strategic orientation of the gender policy in Ghana and the respective internal and external communication
- Advise projects in the country in their gender and communication work and manage the exchange of information between projects, programmes and the GIZ office
- Motivate, develop capacities and raise awareness regarding gender equality among managers and colleagues
- Train gender and communication focal persons in the projects and programmes
- Cooperating with GIZ's gender network, managing the exchange of information on Gender
- Master's Degree in Social Science, Communication, Gender Studies or related field
- Comprehensive knowledge of the concepts of gender mainstreaming
- A minimum of 5 years practical experience in the implementation of gender mainstreaming approaches in programmes and/or at institutional level
- Experience with the design and implementation of gender sensitive result-based monitoring systems desirable
- Strong analytical, negotiation and advisory skills
- Ability to express oneself well both verbally and in writing,polished, target-group oriented style
- Editorial experience, experience in writing articles and press releases
- Experienced in project and/or event management
- Strong coordination skills in order to bring together stakeholders and balance their interests
- Understanding of strategic approached and experiences in developing and implementing communication strategies/plans
- Ability to take initiative and work in a multi-cultural environment
- Ability to work independently but also in a team
- Very good working knowledge of ICT technologies (related software, phone,fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g MS Office)
- Excellent knowledge of the English language
- Willingness to traveling within and outside the country
- Willingness to up-skill as required by the tasks to be performed - corresponding measures are agreed with management
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