Country: Myanmar
Closing date: 27 May 2018
Description
The project “**EU Aid Volunteers Involvement for Increasing People-Centred Humanitarian Response capacity”**, led by Alianza por la Solidaridad** aims to boost the humanitarian aid sector's capacity to provide needs based humanitarian aid in disaster prone and disaster affected areas. Four EU organisations from Italy, Greece, Hungary and Spain will work together with 16 organisations from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Middle East and North African countries, and Asia in different activities, all participating in humanitarian actions.
For the present vacancy, ActionAid Hellas will act as sending organisation and ActionAid Myanmar will be the hosting organisation. None of them are faith-based organisations.
Tasks
• Advise ActionAid Myanmar’s disaster risk reduction programming to ensure it is gender sensitive and to mainstream women’s rights into our urban activities
• Support the urban resilience project team in implementation of activities relevant to Women’s Rights
• In collaboration with the Resilience programme team, assist to build the capacity of NGO partners in gender and gender inclusion
• In coordination with the Women’s Rights programme team, ensure integration and mainstreaming of women’s rights throughout the Country Programme as well as to undertake specific Women’s Rights activities.
• Provide input for development of proposals, activities and tools etc across ActionAid Myanmar to ensure that women’s rights are included and promoted
• Support the AAM Country Programme in policy advocacy aimed at improving the rights of women and girls
• Engage in research where appropriate to develop the evidence base on the position and condition of women relevant to urban resilience, and develop related women’s rights policy and IEC materials
• Support programme/project coordinators in familiarization of women’s rights through regular communications and training as needed.
Other tasks• Draft and publish articles describing volunteer's experience in the field and keeping active in social networks;
• Gather audiovisual materials to be used in public awareness activities in the volunteer's hosting community and/or local community in Europe;
• In coordination with the NGOs partner of the project, organize and execute a public awareness activity in the hosting country and once back in Europe.
Required competences
• Completion of higher education, preferably a Masters Degree in Development Studies with a gender focus or related fields.
• Minimum 6 years working experience in project management, community development, gender and equality issues.
• Sound knowledge and experiences in project cycle management, including handling of budgets.
• Excellent ability on writing proposals/reports, verbal and written communication in English.
• Knowledge of budgeting, planning and keeping track of expenditures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, facilitation, communication, negotiation, networking and knowledge of working through partnerships.
• Gender sensitive and responsive.
How to apply:
The candidate for EU Aid Volunteers must be a citizen of the EU or a third country national who is a long-term resident in an EU Member State, and must have a minimum age of 18 years.
Only applicants available for in-presence training from 20/7/2018 to 4/8/2018 will be eligible.
To apply to be a full-time EU Aid Volunteer:
Download and complete the self-assessment questionnaire (Excel) and Europass CV (Word) that you will find attached to the vacancy announcement. You will need these when you apply.
Click on 'How to Apply' to apply directly with the sending organisation in charge of the project. You will be required to fill in an application form and send it to the sending organisation along with the self-assessment questionnaire, EuroPass CV and a motivation letter.
The sending organisation will arrange the selection process following the timetable set out in the vacancy announcement.
A mandatory two-week training course is part of the selection process. Candidates selected for this training will be required to take part in online preparatory sessions before attending the training.