The Senior Capacity Building Officer is a core personnel in WAO’s capacity building department. She advocates for an end to gender-based violence and gender discrimination by influencing laws, policies, practices, and public attitudes through diversified community outreach. She is a resource person and is part of the team that executes plans to achieve meaningful social change by strategising for the mobilisation of communities and developing the capacities of targeted public and private sectors to take action towards eliminating gender- based violence.
Safe Community Project (Grassroots, Corporate, NGO and Government Sector) (50%)
1. Works closely with the Capacity Building Director in planning and implementing the safe community action plan
2. Provides feedback to drafted capacity development plans, and together with the team, implements the safe community action plan for the country;
Girls Empowerment Project (20%)
Work closely with the team to plan engagement strategies, and implement capacity building activities for girls empowerment projects.
Continues to build a network of girl advocates and allies from all related agencies to promote girl's rights and empowerment
Training frontliner responders (20%)
Engages with partners in each community or sector, including following up with public or private decision makers, local allies and community leaders to commit to eliminating gender-based violence;
Actively participates in outreach activities together with the capacity building team, with a view to sustainability and meaningful impact for social change.
Involves in the production and dissemination of community-tailored awareness materials
1. Conducts capacity building interventions to build capacities of all related governmental and non- govermental sectors and stakeholders together with the stakeholder engagement officer.
2. Participates in collaborative activities for the implementation of international framework of human rights standards and guidelines for enforcement officers
Others (10%)
Provides feedback to modules, designs and budgeting documentation related to capacity building;
Assist in program documentation, monitoring, evaluating, and periodic reporting related to capacity building;
Carry out other duties or directions relevant to WAO’s mission.