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Key Responsibilities | Key Performance Areas: Gender Mainstreaming and Transformation Facilitation

Lead the development and implementation of gender and other transformation policies, business plans and strategies.
Assess the impact of lending and non-lending initiatives, programmes or projects and provide advice to promote inclusivity across the organisation.Provide input and review policies and operations across the Bank to ensure there are no gender biases and recommend interventions where required.
Socialise policies and frameworks, by engaging staff and planning training and awareness campaigns on gender and cross -cutting transformation considerations across the DBSA’s investments.
Conduct research on transformation and gender development initiatives globally and within the Southern African region.
Collaborate with stakeholders to develop a holistic programme and work plans to support gender equity
practises and entrench a transformation culture across the bankPrepare and monitor the budget for gender mainstreaming functions and ensure adequate resources for all
initiatives.
Advocate and encourage the inclusion of gender-specific objectives, outcomes, indicators and activities in the Bank’s programmes, projects, deals and internal practices through collaboration with technical experts.
Provide advice and technical assistance to ensure gender equality and transformational empowerment criteria are integral to the Bank’s internal and external practices.
Support the development of tools, systems, processes and approaches that continuously improve the impact of transformative approaches to women’s economic empowerment.
Facilitate and support learning, thought leadership and knowledge sharing on gender inclusion and transformative practices with partner organisations and other industry players.
Represent the Bank in communicating and presenting the work done in gender and other transformation initiatives at internal and external platforms or forums.Establish monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track progress and recommend adjustments to ensure the achievement of gender equality goals.Lead the procurement of professional services by developing the relevant procurement documents and ensuring that procurement is performed according to the policy.

:Minimum Requirements:

A postgraduate degree in Social, Environmental Sciences, Development studies or related field with a focus on gender equality
A minimum of 8 years experience in programme management, monitoring and reporting, advocacy, knowledge
management and experience in leading gender-sensitive and other transformative social impact programmes and projects.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the development sector working on women’s economic empowerment, and/or gender/social inclusion as well as transformation programmes.
In-depth experience in the design, development, and implementation of inclusive policies, programmes and gender-sensitive processes.
Good understanding of the development finance environment both locally and regionally.
Demonstration of a strong understanding of public and private sectors, and the interfaces in social development.
Experience in leading and implementing projects and programmes, including gender mainstreaming initiatives.In-depth knowledge of policies related to gender and social inclusion gaps, gender-based violence, and gender equity programmes, locally and regionally.