Gender and Protection Manager

ASAP

You’ll contribute to ending world hunger by …

Duration : Dec 2024

Start date : ASAP

You’ll contribute to ending world hunger by …

The Gender and Protection Manager will formulate, implement and oversee the gender and protection integration in projects/programs and implementation of the same in Action Against Hunger Philippine Mission. Furthermore, the post-holder will provide specific technical advice, support and guidance to the project staff in operationalizing of gender/protection mainstreaming, monitor their progress and impact. The post-holder will act as the focal person between the capital office, field offices, HQ and take lead in increasing gender and protection awareness among the staff, partners and beneficiaries’ line with existing AAH and other policies, guidelines and protocol.

Key activities in your role will include

Objective 1:
Project management and implementation

• Lead in designing and integrating of gender and protection-responsive interventions across technical areas and provide support to the development of detailed implementation plans for gender and protection activities in coordination with the technical coordinator and sector referents;
• Plan, organize and ensure commitment and timely implementation of the planned gender and protection activities according to the agreed proposal and AAH and donor guidelines and policies
• Operationalize Action Against Hunger’s gender transformative approach and protection policy in routine project and program implementation to ensure greater consistency of gender principles, policies and practices across the organization to provide accountability framework for gender equality and protection mainstreaming.
• Undertake systematic gender and protection assessment and analysis in AAH intervention areas and translate them into actionable initiatives and projects
• Monitor, analyse and prepare reports on gender and protection mainstreaming impact in AAH programs/projects
• Ensure gender and protection issues are addressed throughout the project cycle of Action Against Hunger’s policies, programs, projects and research.
• Undertake regular field visits to monitor the quality of implementation, provide technical advice, and conduct customized needs assessments to base the capacity building of project staff
• Lead and support development gender and protection related project proposals (standalone or mainstreaming)
• Conduct a desk review of existing studies that examine roles of women, men, boys and girls in various sectors relevant to AAH Philippine programming. Compile existing evidence base to inform project activities and identify information gaps to be filled by project data collection activities

• Function as the focal persons and lead coordination with other stakeholders/partners and HQ on gender and protection issues
• Ensure and maintain the working relationship with the local partners (LGUs, stakeholders) and consortium team/members
• Participate in meetings with the relevant stakeholders and represent Action Against Hunger at local/national level LGU/cluster and other relevant meeting in coordination with the Technical Coordinator
• Participate in the proposal development process by providing field-specific context analysis, technical sector-specific analysis, beneficiary information, and technical feedback on the concept
• Develop tools, methodologies and guidelines for promoting effective gender and protection mainstreaming across the program portfolio
• Support continuous capacity strengthening of Action Against Hunger technical staff to enhance gender and protection mainstreaming in design, implementation, and evaluation.
• Lead capacity building activities for Action Against Hunger staff in gender and protection mainstreaming.
• Ensure systematic mainstreaming gender and protection in Action Against Hunger country strategy
• Stay abreast of developments that have an impact on the protection environment in the country and provide ongoing analysis on key issues regularly

• In collaboration with the M&E Manager at the mission-level, ensure…