Job Description

8 November 2023

PAID

Knowledge and MEL Specialist - Power Up! Consortium (remote position)

Location xe2x80x93Cape Town, South Africa

Type xe2x80x93 Paid

Contract of service xe2x80x93 Full-time

Deadline xe2x80x93 15 December 2023

Published xe2x80x93 8 November 2023

Profile

About Power Up! & project background

The Power Up! Consortium is an alliance of womenxe2x80x99s rights organisations including JASS (Just Associates), Yayasan Pemberdayaan Perempuan Kepala Keluarga (PEKKA), and Gender at Work (G@W). Power Up! works in strategic partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (MFA). Collaborating in a 5-year programme (2021-2025), the Consortium engages with womxn human rights defenders (WHRD) and their organisations and networks to build, organise, mobilise and transform power around three strategic agendas xe2x80x93 bodies, voices and resources. Our aims are the prevention and elimination of sexual and gender-based violence against womxn and girls; strengthening womxnxe2x80x99s leadership and womxnxe2x80x99s participation in (political) decision-making; and strengthening womxnxe2x80x99s strategies for economic resilience and stability, including access to and control of resources and land. Within this, the partnership focuses on amplifying the voices, agency and leadership of constituencies that have been marginalised in their communities and social movements (LBQ women, HIV+ women, sex workers, women workers and rural and indigenous women). Their capacity to sustain pressure and influence policies, resources, institutions, and social norms is essential to the advancement of gender equality and womxnxe2x80x99s rights at all levels and to ensure womxnxe2x80x99s greater safety in the face of increased backlash and violence. The consortiumxe2x80x99s work is spread across 6 geographic regions (17 countries) and prioritises Eastern Africa, Southern Africa and South and Southeast Asia.

Objective of the Role

Power Up! is seeking a full time feminist Knowledge & MEL Specialist to work and collaborate with a passionate team of feminist movement builders and development practitioners in documenting and sharing key learnings related to the consortiumxe2x80x99s feminist approaches and its strategic agenda on bodies, voices and resources. The role will also lead the writing and consolidation of the consortiumxe2x80x99s annual narrative plans and reports for sharing with its external programme stakeholders including the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The role entails great coordination and communication skills, as well as experience in producing feminist research and knowledge products.
This is a remote position with preference for location in Southern Africa, East Africa,MENA and Meso America regions).



Knowledge production, sharing and learning (40%)

xe2x97x8f Ensure that feminist analysis and intersectional lens are effectively adopted/reflected in work plans, reports, research, and knowledge products and integrated throughout advocacy and communication activities;

xe2x97x8f Lead the documentation, analysis and dissemination/sharing of key findings from research and learning initiatives;

xe2x97x8f Coordinate quality assurance of the knowledge and communication products, ensuring alignment of messaging and its usefulness for programme and influencing decision-making, as well as robustly demonstrating PU!xe2x80x99s impact;

xe2x97x8f Proactively harness knowledge from learning exchanges, researches and evaluations to generate solid evidence for programme, influencing initiatives and program design;

xe2x97x8f Promote cross country/regional knowledge exchange and learning among PU! members, local partners and other relevant allies to support solidarity and alliance building; and;

xe2x97x8f Effectively identify needs and coordinate follow-up actions to address knowledge gaps/opportunities, and/or address programme implications generated by the knowledge generation/learning activities related to feminist economic justice and LBTQI+ groups/collectives.

MEL Coordination (60%)

xe2x97x8f Lead the MEL Working Group; coordinate on all the monitoring, evaluation and learning activities, both the requirements from the Dutch MFA (including IATI) as well Power Up! learning agendas; ensuring a feminist approach.

xe2x97x8f Support Consortium partners to adapt and improve their MEL systems to support their own and Power Up!xe2x80x99s learning, planning and reporting;

xe2x97x8f Lead the consolidation of quantitative targets and results, as well as writing and consolidation of annual narrative plans and reports to demonstrate scale and impact of our work;

xe2x97x8f Organise and facilitate joint planning and sense making sessions to learn from the activities and results of the PU! programme;

xe2x97x8f Provide the Coordination Committee, MEL and Communications working groups with timely and accurate information to be able to steer the programme where necessary, support collaborative learning & decision-making and document the process for internal reference;

xe2x97x8f Ensure data integrity of our evaluation work in our database and manage the tools and systems needed for tracking and reporting Power Up!xe2x80x99s performance;

xe2x97x8f Participate in MFA trainings, meetings and webinars related to MEL to ensure relevant information shared with partners and identify areas where Power Up! can influence/contribute to the MFA learning agenda.

xe2x97x8f Engaging with other Power of Women consortia to cross-pollinate and collaborate.

xe2x97x8f Propose creative ways to improve MEL related processes that are less burdensome and align with the feminist MEL principles adopted by the consortium.

Qualification/Experience:

xe2x97x8f Commitment to feminist intersectional values.

xe2x97x8f Experience in social justice spaces, (eg. community organising, advocacy, or feminist movement building).

xe2x97x8f Lived experience in at least one of the PU! regions is desirable.

xe2x97x8f At least 5 years of demonstrable experience in PU! programme areas of work and/or strategic approaches (feminist MEL, capacity building, alliance building, advocacy, strategic communications, knowledge).

xe2x97x8f Demonstrable knowledge and skills in applying feminist, decolonial and/or participatory forms of knowledge production, monitoring, evaluation and learning.

xe2x97x8f Ability to lead multicultural and multilingual teams in MEL co-design, implementation, and coordination across diverse contexts. Experience with applying MEL to different needs, such as knowledge production and communications.

xe2x97x8f Ability to design/simplify/adapt complex processes and tools in shifting contexts, and problem solving skills

xe2x97x8f Experience with training and coaching teams on MEL knowledge and skills, particularly in diverse or cross-cultural settings with a range of skill levels

xe2x97x8f Highly organised, curious driven, creative, resourceful and able to self-manage, prioritise multiple demands and meet deadlines.

xe2x97x8f Excellent analytical, writing and editing skills (in English) particularly for narrative reports, synthesis of data, generating compelling stories of change.

xe2x97x8f Comfortable working virtually, across time zones, with flexibility in working hours as needed.

xe2x97x8f Ability to travel internationally as needed.

xe2x97x8f Experience / comfortable navigating donor driven MEL requirements while holding feminist MEL principles

xe2x97x8f English speaker and writer with strong preference for additional PU! language (Indonesian, French etc). Commitment to language and time justice.

Salary and duration of contract

JASS is committed to equitable salary and benefits based on roles and responsibilities, regardless of location. The salary range for the position is between USD 4,083 to USD 4,916 per month depending on relevant years of experience, knowledge and skills. Benefits include employer-paid health insurance, generous vacation leave, national holidays and sick leave.

The initial offer of employment is for 1 year (with 3-month probationary period) from 1 February 2024 xe2x80x9331 January 2025 with a possibility of renewal based on mutual satisfaction.

For PU!, xe2x80x98womxnxe2x80x99 includes young womxn, non-binary, intersex and trans people because they, like womxn, face gender-based discrimination and oppression by the patriarchal system.

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