To strengthen the social and economic participation of women, the objective of the Project (PROSCIG) is “Civil society organizations committed to gender equality have made a more effective contribution to the equal social and economic participation of the population of Cameroon, particularly in the North-West and South-West regions."

The project intervention areas are all of Cameroon (component I, Output 1), particularly the North-West and South-West (component II, Output 2 to 4). The project is deployed based on an approach to achieve four (04) Outputs:

• Output 1: The individual and organizational capacities of Cameroonian civil society organized and committed to gender equality have been strengthened with a view to greater participation in political dialogue.

• Output 2: The formats supported by civil society actors to modify gender roles, resolve conflicts or promote social cohesion in the North-West and South-West have been strengthened.

• Output 3: The resilience of the population of conflict-affected communities in the North-west and South-west has improved thanks to the involvement of civil society committed to gender equality.

• Output 4: The contribution of civil society actors to the holistic care of survivors of gender-based violence in the North-West and South-West has increased.

To this end, the CSO Strengthening and Gender Inclusivity Project (GIZ/PROSCIG) is launching a call for applications for the recruitment of one (01) Advisor for Outputs 2 and 3 based in Bamenda.

A.    CORE TASKS AND MAIN ACTIVITIES

Under the supervision of his/her line manager, the incumbent will be responsible for the following activities:

• Implement project measures and activities in the North-West region (technical, organizational and substantive matters);

• Assume tasks related to planning, steering and monitoring the project – and to a certain extent with project administration;

• Being a specialist support to colleagues in bands 1, 2 and 3;

• Being responsible for the quality of the commission’s outcomes;

• Contribute to the conceptual design of the project, particularly in the event of modification or realignment;

• Contribute technically and substantively to overarching issues in cooperation with commissioning parties/clients, partners and other actors;
• Contribute to achieving the agreed objectives of the project, impulses for the further strategy development;
• Coordinate all issues within the area of work and ensure that they are dealt with promptly and competently (in consultation with the project team colleagues and line manager);
• Resolve issues that arise in the area of responsibility on the basis of existing rules and draw attention to more complex challenges to your team;
• If required support of other experts in familiarising themselves with and performing their tasks;
• Support Civil Society organizations;
• Monitor technically local subsidies for Civil Society organizations;
• Design, prepare, implement and document dialogues, workshops, seminars and other events on themes related to the project's areas of activity;
• Monitor budgets allocated to activities on GIZ software;
• Archive files (electronic and physical classification of files related to Output 2/3;
• Update and collect information on the activities and impact of the project (in consultation with the communications manager, communication support);
• Develop synergies and added value between components 2/3 and component 1 of the project.

Other activities:

• Assume tasks that are assigned by the supervisor;
• Contribute to the collection of data for monitoring results;
• Prepare reports and translations;
• Contribute to various reports including annual activity reports;
• Administrative management in accordance with the objectives of the PROSCIG and the guidelines/procedures of the GIZ.

1.     Qualifications

Master’s degree, in a specialty related to the objectives of the project (Social, Economic, Legal sciences) or a similar qualification.

2.     Professional experience

At least five (05) years of professional experience including three (03) years in a similar position.

3.     Skills

·        Good knowledge of the context, challenges and issues of Civil Society;

·        Very good knowledge of actors in civil society and local authorities;

·        Very good knowledge of gender transformative approaches;

·        Good knowledge of organizational development;

·        Good knowledge of financial monitoring of local subsidies;

·        Good Knowledge of livelihood approaches;

·        Good Knowledge of social cohesion approaches;

·        Knowledge of communication techniques focused on target groups;

·        Knowledge of participatory methods and approaches;

·        Knowledge of networking methods;

·        Good knowledge of facilitation techniques;

·        Working skills in a multicultural environment;

·        Very good practical knowledge of the use of information and communication technologies (corresponding software as well as telephone, fax, e-mail, Internet) as well as computer applications (such as MS Office);

·        Experience at GIZ would be considered an asset;

·        Very good written and oral command of the English and French languages, knowledge of German will be considered an asset.

Contract start date: 01.09.2025

Contract period: 2 years renewable

Place of assignment: Bamenda – with regular trips to the Sud - West region and occasional trips to other regions.

Deadline for admissibility of application files: 31.03.2025

Internal classification of the position: Band 4T under the hierarchical supervision of the Component manager.

A.    Composition and submission of applications

Composition (required) of application files: cover letter, CV (2 pages maximum) and 03 professional references.

NB: Female candidates are strongly encouraged!

Recruitment at GIZ is not subject to any fees. Any fraudulent information detected will result in the outright elimination of the application. Only selected candidates will be contacted. Unselected files will be destroyed six months after the date of publication.