Gender Expert

Gender equality and gender-specific violence should be given special attention in all humanitarian operations. To ensure this, Gender Experts are deployed. They advise receiving organisations and analyse the extent to which gender aspects are taken into account in humanitarian settings. In addition, Gender Experts work to ensure that relevant programmes are provided with sufficient resources (personnel, finances, etc.) and that they are adjusted to gender aspects when necessary.
 

• University degree in an area of social science (sociology, psychology, political science, gender studies or economics), public administration, international development or other related field of study;
• Work experience as gender advisor (preferably in a humanitarian deployment);
• Knowledge of prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse as well as gender-specific violence