Gender Manager Job in Nairobi, Kenya - East Africa Trade and Investment Hub

Vacancy: Gender Manager

Background: The East Africa Trade and Investment Hub (the Hub) is the U.S. government’s flagship project under the presidential Trade Africa initiative, launched in 2013 to boost trade and investment with and within Africa. 

The Hub partners with East African and U.S. businesses to attract investment needed to transform the East African private sector into vibrant global trading partners.

Improving the region’s trade competitiveness, encouraging the diversification of exports beyond natural resources, and promoting broader, more-inclusive economic growth will lead to more food secure and resilient East African communities.

The goal of the Hub is to deepen regional integration, increase the competitiveness of select regional agricultural value chains, promote two-way trade with the U.S. under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and facilitate investment and technology to drive trade growth intra-regionally and to global markets.

 

Objectives and Duties: The Gender Manager will ensure that gender considerations are integrated into East Africa Trade and Investment Hub activities by addressing gender inequality issues in formal and informal cross-border trade.

The Gender Manager will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following tasks:

• Oversee implementation of the Hub’s Gender Strategy, and ensure gender issues are fully integrated into the Hub work plan, Performance Management Plan (PMP), and component activities.


• Identify and lead strategies to mainstream gender equity into trade policy, trade facilitation, entrepreneurship, and other activities.


• Conduct outreach to identify new partnerships and opportunities for gender-inclusive programming.


• Work proactively with Chief of Party, Deputy Chief of Party, Communications team and Component Leaders to catalyze efforts to increase women’s participation in Hub activities.


• Develop systems to measure success of gender inclusion in Hub activities.


• Monitor and report on results related to gender strategies.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field; master’s degree strongly preferred.


• Demonstrated experience designing and leading strategies to mainstream gender issues into trade policy considerations.


• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with institutional and private sector partners and stakeholders in a multi-country setting.


• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in gender, trade and policy facilitation.

Supervisory Responsibilities: The Gender Manager will have no supervisory responsibilities. 
 

Base of Operations: Nairobi, Kenya
 

Reporting: The Gender Manager will report to the Deputy Chief of Party.

How to Apply
 

Interested applicants should send their CV and a cover letter via email to RecruitmentTIH@eatradehub.org by August 28, 2015, 10.00 am East Africa Local time. 

Only candidates who send their information by the deadline will be eligible. 

Please write “Application for Gender Manager” in the email subject line.