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Gender Specialist

Aga Khan Health Services

The position

The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu (AKHK) is an Institution of the Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya, which is an Agency of the Aga Khan Development Network. The Hospital is part of a network of health facilities, which includes Hospitals and Outreach Health Facilities across East Africa. The Aga Khan Hospital, Kisumu is in an exciting growth phase and has attained acknowledgment of its quality by achieving ISO 9001:2015 certification, ISO 15189:2022 accreditation for laboratory services, Safe Care level 5 accreditation and is at advanced stage of attaining Joint Commission International Accreditation. AKHK has Outreach Health Services at Kisii, Kakamega, Kitale, Bungoma, Kericho, Kibuye-Kisumu, West End- Kisumu, Busia, Homa - Bay, Migori, Bomet, Eldoret, Kimilili, Nyamira and an upcoming Medical Centre in Kabarnet.

GENDER SPECIALIST – (1 POSITION)
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY
Reporting to the Project Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for the planning and implementation of the project’s Gender Strategy and ensure that gender issues are appropriately mainstreamed throughout project implementation; provide technical support during the gender analysis; review capacity building packages, information, educational and communication materials to ensure they are gender sensitive and appropriately incorporate gender issues; facilitate capacity building of the project staff; monitor and document gender activities including lessons learned and best practices and take part in research.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Determine priorities and activities of the center in collaboration with Comprehensive Cancer Centre team.
• Facilitate and take lead on gender quality assessment of the Cancer Center activities.
• Prepare the Centre’s gender progress and analytical reports, statistics, gender disaggregated, project briefs and ensure that management and stakeholders are up to date.
• Provide technical support and guidance and lead the gender assessment to ensure sufficient data on gender issues gathered to inform the centers interventions and that collected data is gender disaggregated.
• Conduct gender training needs assessment and develop training plan and strategy on gender equality and mainstreaming for different levels of staff.
• Identify and develop innovative activities related to gender equality that contribute to social changes in the project area and facilitate the gender learning agenda.
• Initiate gender audits at the center and ensure that all the center activities incorporate and promote gender equality in appropriate ways.
• Coordinate all gender related activities at the field level.
• Work closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation officer to oversee the monitoring of the implementation of outputs related to gender and provide appropriate technical advice and support to the center staff and partners during the implementation ensuring that the project is implemented within the set gender objectives and activities.
• Participate in evaluating the centers gender equality performance and lead on gender equality action planning.
• Prepare project gender progress and analytical reports and statistics, gender disaggregated data, project briefs and ensure that management and stakeholders are updated regularly.
• Any other roles assigned by the Supervisor or His/Her Designee

The requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Gender, Sociology, Law or related field.
• Minimum Four (4) years working experience. Experience in a health setup will be an added advantage
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Good organizational and data presentation skills
• Fluent in English and Kiswahili.

Sector

Social Development

About the Agency

Aga Khan Health Services: With community health programmes in large geographical areas in Central and South Asia, as well as East Africa, and more than 200 health facilities including nine hospitals, the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) is one of the most comprehensive private not-for-profit health care systems in the developing world. Building on the Ismaili Community's health care efforts in the first half of the 20th century, AKHS now provides primary health care and curative medical care in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Pakistan, and Tanzania, and provides technical assistance to government in health service delivery in Kenya, Syria and Tajikistan. More information......

Region

Eastern Africa

Location

Kenya

Salary

Salary and package to attract the best candidate

Job Expires

25-Apr-2025