About this offer

Technical Assistance Services (TAS)

Position Title: Social Management Program (SMP) Officer – Gender and Inclusion

Reports To: Social Management Program Coordinator

Department: Social & Biodiversity

Location: Site

Number of Vacancies: One Gap

Activities

The main responsibility of the job holder’s:

• Technical planning, supervision and monitoring of the field activities
• Technical leadership in designing and delivering required participatory community and project gender and inclusion assessments.
• Support design of new impactful interventions to promote gender and inclusion.
• Periodic technical review of existing Gender Management Programs, analysis of gaps, and recommendation of improvements.
• Ensure third party service providers have adequate qualified field-based staff to deliver program; ensure third party service providers deliver annual plans specifying approach, target, activities, M&E, etc
• Work cross-functionally to engage and build strong relationships with community members, contractors to enhance program impact, analyze data collected to identify gaps, design priority action plans in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on the performance of third-party social management program implementers ensuring delivery in line with requirements and commitments, workplans and timelines, and contract; where appropriate recommend improvements and ensure the third-party service providers implements agreed actions.
• Document field achievements, innovations, failures, and lessons learned to integrate into project activities and inform project strategy.
• Conduct stakeholder visits, focus group discussions and key informant interviews to collect input and feedback from key stakeholders.
• Inform and document the anomalies and the challenges carried out during the implementation phase of the programs.

Stakeholder coordination and collaboration

• Field coordination with District officials and other programs by TotalEnergies, Tilenga project contractors, NGOs, and development partners, to ensure broad benefit in communities.
• Ensure target group participation in identification of issues, design of approach and implementation to ensure ownership and support
• Collaborate and coordinate with TEPU stakeholder engagement teams

Management of Social Management Program implementation

• Monitor and evaluate the respective social management plans and projects started up for different PACs within the project area by the third-party contractors in line with the ESIA requirements.
• Regular field visits, to monitor, document and report work progress on daily and weekly basis.
• Report possible problems or conflict with possible solutions during the activities.

Administrative tasks in relevant to project activities

• Logistical planning and coordination of distributions and other field activities.
• Provide monitoring team with relevant information for project reports and surveys.
• Manage data collected from assessment and surveys with close coordination of the M&E coordinator for reporting purposes.
• Support relevant activities as assigned by the Manager

Team Tasks

• Share knowledge and expertise with other team members
• Prepare handover notes for team members especially Back-to-Back
• Ensure inclusion, participation and information sharing with related functions working on socio-economic development initiatives in the affected communities (including health, water and sanitation, gender, vocational training, etc)
• Coordinate to maximize the development impact of the Tilenga project on local communities

Qualifications & experiences required

Education: University Degree in gender/women’s studies addressing equality, equity and inclusion, gender and development or other related social science fields is required.

Professional experience:

• At least 5 years’ experience in gender, social inclusion, or protection.
• Experience in project design, planning and implementation of rural development projects.
• Demonstrated experience in project delivery and reporting with emphasis on delivering change rather than advocating for change.
• Ability to engage and collaborate with development actors.
• Demonstrated experience working in remote and challenging environments with rural communities, civil societies, Central and Local Governments
• Highly developed organizational and man-management skills with proven ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to develop and maintain good relations with a wide range of stakeholders including authorities, local communities, industry, and international organizations.
• Good negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Excellent Computer skills (Word, Excel, ppt)/ Good report writing and analytical skills.

• Technical planning, supervision and monitoring of the field activities
• Technical leadership in designing and delivering required participatory community and project gender and inclusion assessments.
• Support design of new impactful interventions to promote gender and inclusion.
• Periodic technical review of existing Gender Management Programs, analysis of gaps, and recommendation of improvements.
• Ensure third party service providers have adequate qualified field-based staff to deliver program; ensure third party service providers deliver annual plans specifying approach, target, activities, M&E, etc
• Work cross-functionally to engage and build strong relationships with community members, contractors to enhance program impact, analyze data collected to identify gaps, design priority action plans in partnership with key stakeholders.
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on the performance of third-party social management program implementers ensuring delivery in line with requirements and commitments, workplans and timelines, and contract; where appropriate recommend improvements and ensure the third-party service providers implements agreed actions.
• Document field achievements, innovations, failures, and lessons learned to integrate into project activities and inform project strategy.
• Conduct stakeholder visits, focus group discussions and key informant interviews to collect input and feedback from key stakeholders.
• Inform and document the anomalies and the challenges carried out during the implementation phase of the programs.
• Field coordination with District officials and other programs by TotalEnergies, Tilenga project contractors, NGOs, and development partners, to ensure broad benefit in communities.
• Ensure target group participation in identification of issues, design of approach and implementation to ensure ownership and support
• Collaborate and coordinate with TEPU stakeholder engagement teams
• Monitor and evaluate the respective social management plans and projects started up for different PACs within the project area by the third-party contractors in line with the ESIA requirements.
• Regular field visits, to monitor, document and report work progress on daily and weekly basis.
• Report possible problems or conflict with possible solutions during the activities.
• Logistical planning and coordination of distributions and other field activities.
• Provide monitoring team with relevant information for project reports and surveys.
• Manage data collected from assessment and surveys with close coordination of the M&E coordinator for reporting purposes.
• Support relevant activities as assigned by the Manager
• Share knowledge and expertise with other team members
• Prepare handover notes for team members especially Back-to-Back
• Ensure inclusion, participation and information sharing with related functions working on socio-economic development initiatives in the affected communities (including health, water and sanitation, gender, vocational training, etc)
• Coordinate to maximize the development impact of the Tilenga project on local communities

• Ability to engage and collaborate with development actors.
• Highly developed organizational and man-management skills with proven ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to develop and maintain good relations with a wide range of stakeholders including authorities, local communities, industry, and international organizations.
• Good negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Excellent Computer skills (Word, Excel, ppt)/ Good report writing and analytical skills.

• University Degree in gender/women’s studies addressing equality, equity and inclusion, gender and development or other related social science fields is required.