EMERGENCY WASH AND GENDER ADVISOR

The Emergency WASH – Gender Advisor provides specialized support to CARE emergency WASH programs, with a focus on the particular needs and vulnerabilities of women, men, girls and boys.

The role is responsible for ensuring a quality, gender-sensitive approach to CARE’s emergency WASH programming by:
Deploying to emergency response locations to assess, design and implement emergency WASH programs which are acknowledged as sector-leading in respect to the different needs of women, men, girls and boys, and other vulnerable groups;

Providing remote support to CARE offices on WASH and gender issues;
Representing CARE’s emergency WASH team in gender networks (internal and external);
Developing strategic partnerships and identifying funding opportunities;
Guiding learning and evaluation of CARE’s gender issues within WASH programming, documenting evidence and practice; enhancing CARE’s WASH and Gender tools; and contributing to CARE’s overall humanitarian policies and strategies.

Responsibilities:

Qualifications:

• University degree in a subject related to WASH (engineering, public health, community development) or Gender, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• At least five years overseas experience in emergency response
• Demonstrated ability to design and manage appropriate emergency WASH programs
• Proven experience of, and a passion for, gender in emergencies especially gender mainstreaming including gender assessment, implementation of specific gender equality programming, monitoring and evaluation, and an understanding of gender-based violence in the context of emergencies and WASH.
• Understanding of research, innovation and learning methodologies in the emergency WASH sector, and a proven track record of supporting the planning, implementation, evaluation, documentation and presentation of field-based applied WASH research
• Excellent representation and negotiation skills with stakeholders including donors, the WASH Cluster, gender specialist networks, the UN and other INGOs
• Demonstrated high level of communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to create and foster collaborative and productive relationships with internal clients and external organizations
• Proven leadership ability and personal attributes of a high order including, strong initiative and drive and, a record of innovation and achievement, and influencing skills
• Demonstrated ability to respond effectively to challenges, with the ability to work independently in a geographically dispersed team as well as to work effectively in a small, diverse and busy team environment, occasionally in difficult circumstances with poor living conditions.

• Remote to CARE USA hub countries.