Role overview:

• Liaises with Consortium team members, partner organisations, consultants and volunteers 
  
• Project beneficiaries, community leaders, government officials
  
• VSO Nepal’s country leadership team, comprising 
  
• Country Director 
  
• Head of Programme, Inclusive Governance 
  
• VSO’s regional and global functions including Programme, Knowledge for Impact, Business Pursuit, Finance, and People Group
  

Skills, qualifications and experience required

Essential: 
Qualification and experiences 

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in sociology or closely related field 
  
• Minimum of 10 years of experience working in issues related to gender equity and the inclusion of socially marginalized groups in Nepal 
  
• Experience in designing GESI frameworks into development projects and ensuring that gender is mainstreamed throughout the entire project cycle 
  
• Experience working with the Government of Nepal in designing gender policy and strategy 
  
• Experience working with local governments in designing gender policy and strategy 
  
• Experience in integrating GESI dimensions into disaster risk management efforts 
  
• Experience working in donor projects (USAID, World Bank, DFID, ADB, JICA) 
  

Technical :

• Outstanding technical expertise in gender and social inclusion. Expertise in social accountability in government programmes a plus 
  
• Ability to develop and deliver learning and development initiatives 
  
• Proven understanding of contemporary approaches in participatory development, and gender and social inclusion
  
• Familiarity of key requirements for successful engagement of team members, social mobilizers, and technical and non-technical volunteers in development projects 
  

Financial Management :

• Financial management skills 
  
• Excellent budget monitoring and management skills
  

Team work:

• Excellent teamwork and relationship building skills 
  
• Experience working collaboratively as a member of a Management Team. 
  
• Comfort in a matrix management environment. 
  

Information Technology 

• Good level of computer skills (Windows, Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook, and Internet) 
  

Communication Skills 

• Excellent written and spoken English and Nepali language. 
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills, able to influence and coach and ability to build partnerships and relationships in a multi-cultural environment. 
  
• Experience working cross-culturally, and understanding of issues of diversity
  
• Excellent presentation development and delivery skills. 
  

• Self-organised with ability to manage time and tight schedules, working effectively under pressure 
  
• Ability to work on own initiative, with a creative approach to problem solving. 
  
• Strong level of attention to detail 
  

Desirable 

• Knowledge of key concepts and practices in DRM/DRR 
  
• Project management experience 
  
• Experience of managing change in an international environment 
  
• Research knowledge and experience
  

Eligibility: Nepalese 
contract: National 

Further recruitment process and offer is subject to Grant approval 
VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications