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.
Specific profile requirements for Gender Experts
- 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
General profile requirements
- German citizenship;
- University degree or relevant occupational training;
- Several years of relevant professional experience in a humanitarian setting (or comparable);
- Experience in crisis or conflict areas desirable;
- Excellent oral and written English language skills (C1 level and above);
- Further language skills at level B2 and above desirable (especially French, Spanish and Arabic – in some cases level B1 may be acceptable for Arabic language skills);
- Physical and mental fitness for travel to tropical areas;
- Availability for a deployment for at least six months.