About This Job:

Q-Sourcing Limited trading as Q-Sourcing Servtec is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and South Sudan.

On behalf of our client Total Energies, we are looking for a competent, skilled and experienced Social Management Program (SMP) Officer – Gender and Inclusion to work at site.

Reports To: Social Management Program Coordinator

Location: Site

Position Gap: One

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

Mandatory Qualifications and Experience

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.

• 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.

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