***IMPORTANT ELIGIBILTY CRITERIA:
- Be a Canadian Citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
Crossroads International is a leading Canadian international cooperation organization, advancing equality for women and girls and eradicating poverty in some of the world’s poorest countries in Africa where women and girls face great adversity: unequal access to resources and economic opportunities, gender-based violence and limited participation in political and public life. Crossroads International works in partnership with local organizations in 9 countries of sub-Saharan Africa, to draw on the skills, expertise, and resources, from the North and the South, required to enable people, particularly women and girls, to overcome poverty and defend their rights.
Crossroads is a registered charity supported by government and non-government funders, and many individual donors around the world.
OUR VISION
ONE WORLD where poverty is eliminated, equality prevails, and the rights of women and girls are fulfilled.
Project description and context:
Crossroads International’s 2020-2027 Volunteer Cooperation Program (VCP) entitled Championing Gender Equality Together, funded by Global Affairs Canada (GAC), will engage Canadian women and men, Canadian stakeholders, Crossroads staff and volunteers, local partner organizations and women and men in sub-Saharan Africa to become Gender Equality Champions. Collectively these Gender Equality Champions constitute a global community of strong change agents and advocates for the advancement of gender equality both in Canada and overseas.
The Project aims to reduce gender inequalities and alleviate poverty by addressing gender-based violence, inequalities in access to resources and economic opportunities, and barriers in exercising strategic forms of choice, voice, and influence, which are the culmination of unequal and discriminatory power relations entrenched in society. Crossroads will address the root causes of gender-based inequalities and discrimination through a multidimensional holistic approach in the VCP that will, 1) promote women’s rights; 2) advance access to justice and the reduction of gender-based violence (GBV), 3) promote equal representation of women and men, and 4) target inequalities that limit women’s ability to participate in and benefit from economic activities. Crossroads applies a rights-based approach to programming, which extends to promoting, protecting, and defending women’s rights, including strengthening the capacity of women’s rights organizations to participate in and influence policy formulation and hold accountable those who have a duty to act.
Description of the partner
Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP) has been in existence since 1993 and continues to grow as a leading member of the transformative feminist movement for social gender transformation and women empowerment within Tanzania, Africa and beyond. Guided by a transformative conceptual framework as well as a participatory approach, TGNP has made substantial contributions to the feminist movement by stimulating public debate and activism on policy and social issues that are affecting women and other marginalised groups.
The organisation works with diverse actors to design and implement lobbying and advocacy campaigns, train and capacity build her members, generate and disseminate information in support of women’s rights, and facilitate collective action based on a social gender analysis of issues pertaining to peoples’ development. Furthermore, TGNP adds value to the women’s movement through the encouragement of a growing feminist consciousness within her community. She encourages the recognition and appreciation of gender as an essential dimension in other progressive social movements.
As TGNP is continuing to grow their programmes, we need to increase our capacity and knowledge in effectively managing multiple projects in a timely manor ensuring successful reporting and securing long-term relationships for the sustainability of the organization.
Main responsibilities
- Improve capacity of TGNP staff in managing projects through increased skills in project implementation and timely reporting.
- Improve capacity of TGNP staff in designing strong and sustainable projects.
- Improve support tools for project design, monitoring and implementation.
- Conduct capacity building training on project management cycle
- Capacity building of staff on project design
Qualification criteria for selection include:
- University Degree (or equivalent) in Project management, economics, social sciences
- Professional experience in project management
- Demonstrated experience in project management with non-profit organizations
- Experienced with working with multiple donors funded projects
- Experience working with not-for-profit organizations
- Analytical and information-seeking skills, effective and proven writing skills
- Training experience
- Ability and willingness to work in rural areas during field visits and willingness to work in a non-Canadian socio-cultural and professional settings.
Eligibility criteria
- ***IMPORTANT: Be a Canadian Citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
- Willing to conduct fundraising and public engagement activities before, during and after the placement
- Share the commitment of preventing and addressing sexual misconduct
- In good physical and mental health (medical examination required)
- The volunteer needs to bring their own computer.
- The volunteer must be available to attend an online pre-departure training
Personalized support before, during and after the mandate provided by an experienced and welcoming team. The Crossroads’ experience includes the following:
- Daily living allowance (depending of the country of assignment)
- Plane ticket and local transport
- Medical insurance and vaccinations
- Pre-assignment online training.
Crossroads International is committed to addressing gender-based violence by supporting the innovative work our partner organizations in ending violence against women and girls.
APPLICATION
To apply for this position, we kindly ask that you fill out Crossroads’ online application form.
Please contact our volunteer mobilization team if you have any question: volunteer@cintl.org
We thank all applicants but only those selected for interviews will be contacted.
