Knowledge and MEL Specialist
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Job Description
Position Overview
Objectiveofthe 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 consortiums feminist approaches and its strategic agenda on bodies voices and resources. The role will also lead the writing and consolidation of the consortiums annual narrative plans and reports for sharing with itsexternal programme stakeholders including the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The role entails great coordination and communication skills as well asexperience in producing feminist research and knowledge products.About JASS
AboutPowerUp!&projectbackground
The Power Up! Consortium is an alliance of womens rights organisations including JASS (JustAssociates)YayasanPemberdayaanPerempuanKepala Keluarga(PEKKA)andGenderatWork(.Power Up! works in strategic partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (MFA).Collaborating in a 5year programmethe Consortium engages with womxn1 human rightsdefenders (WHRD) and their organisations and networks to build organise mobilise and transformpower around three strategic agendas bodies voices and resources. Our aims are the prevention andelimination of sexual and genderbased violence against womxn and girls; strengthening womxnsleadership and womxns participation in (political) decisionmaking; and strengthening womxnsstrategiesforeconomic resilienceandstabilityincludingaccesstoandcontrolofresourcesandland.
Within this the partnership focuses on amplifying the voices agency and leadership of constituencies that havebeen 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 womxns rights at all levels and to ensure womxns greater safety in the face of increased backlash and violence. The consortiums work is spread across 6 geographic regions 17 countries) and prioritises Eastern Africa Southern Africa and South and SoutheastAsia.
Key Responsabilities
JobDescription
Knowledgeproductionsharingandlearning(40
- Ensurethatfeministanalysisandintersectionallensareeffectivelyadopted/reflectedinworkplans reports research and knowledge products and integrated throughout advocacy andcommunicationactivities;
- Lead the documentation analysis and dissemination/sharing of key findings from research andlearninginitiatives;
- Coordinatequalityassuranceoftheknowledgeandcommunicationproductsensuringalignmentof messaging and its usefulness for programme and influencing decisionmaking as well asrobustlydemonstrating PU!s impact;
- Proactively harness knowledge from learning exchanges researches and evaluations to generatesolidevidenceforprogrammeinfluencing initiatives andprogramdesign;
- Promotecrosscountry/regionalknowledgeexchangeandlearningamongPU!memberslocalpartnersandother relevantalliestosupportsolidarityandalliancebuilding; and;
- Effectively identify needs and coordinate followup actions to address knowledgegaps/opportunitiesand/oraddressprogrammeimplicationsgeneratedbytheknowledgegeneration/learning activities related to feminist economic justice and LBTQIgroups/collectives.
MEL Coordination 60
- Lead the MEL Working Group; coordinate on all the monitoring evaluation and learningactivitiesboththerequirementsfromtheDutchMFA(includingIATI)aswellPowerUp!learningagendas;ensuring afeminist approach.
- SupportConsortium partnerstoadaptandimprovetheirMEL systemstosupporttheirownandPowerUp!slearning planning and reporting;
- Leadtheconsolidationofquantitativetargetsandresultsaswellaswritingandconsolidationofannualnarrativeplansandreportstodemonstrate scaleandimpactofourwork;
- Organiseandfacilitatejointplanningandsensemakingsessionsto learnfromtheactivitiesandresultsof the PU! programme;
- ProvidetheCoordinationCommitteeMELandCommunicationsworkinggroupswithtimely andaccurate information to be able to steer the programme where necessary support collaborativelearning&decisionmakingand documenttheprocessforinternalreference;
- Ensuredata integrityofourevaluationworkinourdatabaseandmanagethe toolsandsystemsneededfor trackingandreportingPower Up!s performance;
- Participate in MFA trainings meetings and webinars related to MEL to ensure relevantinformationsharedwithpartnersandidentifyareaswherePowerUp!caninfluence/contributetotheMFA learning agenda.
- EngagingwithotherPowerofWomenconsortiatocrosspollinateandcollaborate.
- ProposecreativewaystoimproveMELrelatedprocessesthatarelessburdensomeandalignwiththefeministMEL principles adoptedbytheconsortium.
Your Qualifications
Qualification/Experience:
- Commitmenttofeministintersectionalvalues.
- Experienceinsocialjusticespaces(eg.communityorganisingadvocacyorfeminist movementbuilding).
- LivedexperienceinatleastoneofthePU! regionsis desirable.
- Atleast5yearsofdemonstrable experienceinPU!programmeareasofworkand/orstrategicapproaches (feminist MEL capacity building alliance building advocacy strategiccommunicationsknowledge).
- Demonstrableknowledgeandskillsinapplyingfeministdecolonialand/orparticipatoryformsofknowledge productionmonitoringevaluation andlearning.
- Ability to lead multicultural and multilingual teams in MEL codesign implementation andcoordinationacrossdiversecontexts.ExperiencewithapplyingMELtodifferentneedssuchasknowledgeproductionandcommunications.
- Abilitytodesign/simplify/adaptcomplexprocesses andtools inshiftingcontextsandproblemsolvingskills
- ExperiencewithtrainingandcoachingteamsonMELknowledgeandskillsparticularlyindiverseorcrossculturalsettings with a rangeof skill levels
- Highlyorganisedcuriousdrivencreativeresourcefulandableto selfmanageprioritisemultipledemandsandmeet deadlines.
- Excellentanalyticalwritingandeditingskills(inEnglish)particularly fornarrativereportssynthesisofdata generating compelling storiesofchange.
- Comfortableworkingvirtuallyacrosstimezoneswithflexibilityinworkinghoursasneeded.
- Abilitytotravelinternationallyasneeded.
- Experience/comfortablenavigatingdonordrivenMELrequirementswhileholdingfeministMELprinciples
- Englishspeakerandwriterwith strongpreferenceforadditional PU!language(IndonesianFrenchetc).Commitment tolanguageand time justice.
Compensation
Salary anddurationofcontract
JASS is committed to equitable salary and benefits based on roles and responsibilities regardless of location. Thesalary range for the position is between USD 4083 to USD 4916 per month depending onrelevant years of experience knowledge and skills. Benefits include employerpaid health insurance generousvacation leave national holidays and sick leave.The initial offer of employment is for 1 year (with 3month probationary period) with a possibility of renewal based onmutual satisfaction.
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About us
JASS is a feminist movement support organisation that strengthens the voice visibility leadership and collective organising power of women for a just and sustainable world for all. We equip and strengthen the leadership and organising capacity of women leaders and their organisations in Mesoamerica Southeast Asia and Southern Africa.
Our feminist movement building work supports marginalised women leaders (indigenous and rural land defenders sex workers garment workers LBTQI HIV and young activists) in critically unpacking the power dynamics affecting their lives from the personal to the public from the local to the global as to change the systems structures and beliefs that perpetuate inequity injustice and violence. Our approach enables the conditions for women to organise mobilise and transform power in four areas of their lives: Bodies Voice Resources and Safety.
Our commitment to transforming power in the world starts with how we organise and operate internally. Diversity equity and inclusion are at the heart of who we are and how we were founded. We have an intersectional staff and shared leadership structure that represents diverse geographies cultures faiths generations races abilities sexual orientations gender identities and includes activists grounded in countrylevel organising and movements. We strive for internal structures policies and practices that value the range of knowledge held in this diversity and that reflect shared principles and accountability to our mission.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
