HEAD OF COMPONENT

CALL FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A (01) COMPONENT MANAGER FOR THE PROJECT PROMOTING TRANSFORMATIVE GENDER APPROACHES TO STRENGTHEN THE RESILIENCE OF CAMEROONIAN CIVIL SOCIETY TO THE SOUTH-WEST/NORTH-WEST REGIONS OF CAMEROON OF DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GIZ/SoCiG) GmbH BASED IN YAOUNDE.

Context

To strengthen the social and economic participation of women, the objective of the Project (SoCiG) is “Civil society organizations committed to gender equality have made a more effective contribution to the equal social and economic participation of population of Cameroon, particularly in the North-West and South-West regions. « .

The project intervention areas are the Far North, North, Adamaoua, East and Center, Littoral, North West and South West regions. The project is deployed based on an approach to achieve four (04) Outputs:

• Output 1: The individual and organizational capacities of Cameroonian civil society organized and committed to gender equality have been strengthened with a view to greater participation in political dialogue.
• Output 2: The formats supported by civil society actors to modify gender roles, resolve conflicts or promote social cohesion in the North-West and South-West have been strengthened.
• Output 3: The resilience of the population of conflict-affected communities in the North West and South West has improved thanks to the involvement of civil society committed to gender equality.
• Output 4: The contribution of civil society actors to the holistic care of survivors of gender-based violence in the North-West and South-West has increased.

To this end, the Civil Society Gender Project (GIZ/SoCiG) is launching a call for applications for the recruitment of a (01) Component Manager for Outputs 2 to 4 based in Yaoundé.

• Core Tasks
• Technical, content-related and organisational implementation and substantive further development of a component (Outputs 2 to 4) and the continued development of the corresponding contents

• Main activities
• Budget management, achievement of objectives, operational planning of the component according to Capacity Works models
• Transmitting relevant requirements, conditions and restrictions in terms of your capacity to act with due regard for compliance rules and P&R.
• In consultation with the project director, the management of the component and all related activities, such as p. ex. Management of sub-contractors or consultant assignments, steering committees.
• Management of the staff employed in connection with this component, responsibility for security and crisis management in accordance with GIZ regulations.
• Management of matters related to occupational health and safety law.
• In consultation with the project director and the divisions responsible pour specific thematic areas: representation of themes related to the component vis-à-vis government bodies, political actors in the country, donors and within the development cooperation community.
• Support strategic development if necessary.
• Knowledge management such as training measures in your thematic area
• Management responsibility for at least six staff members of a diverse team (in bands 1 to 5) with due regard for P&R and GIZ’s applicable HR Policies, instruments and procedures within the framework of this component.
• Strengthening alliances and cooperation for the benefit of the company.
• Tasks assigned by the line manager, where required.

PROFIL REQUIS

• Required qualifications:

Qualifications

Master’s degree in one of the following fields: Social Sciences, economics, law. 

Competences

• Very good knowledge of the legislation and regulations of civil society in force in Cameroon;
• Very good knowledge of actors in civil society and local authorities
• Very good knowledge of gender transformative approaches
• Collaborative leadership style
• Excellent management and organizational skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong sensitivity, team spirit, gender competence and intercultural understanding
• Excellent stress management skills, orientation towards finding solutions
• Ability to think and act strategically and analytically
• Understanding and looking at what is important
• Experience at GIZ would be considered an asset.
• Very good written and oral command of the English and French languages, knowledge of German will be considered an asset

Professional experience

• At least ten (10) years of professional experience in thematic and technical sectors related to the mission
• At least five (5) years of professional experience in development cooperation
• At least five (5) years of professional experience in project management.
• At least three (3) years of management responsibility

Contract start date: 01.05.2024

Contract period: 2 years renewable

Place of assignment: Yaounde

Deadline for admissibility of application files: 30.03.2024

Internal classification of the position:  

• Composition and submission of applications
• Composition (required) of application files: Cover letter, CV (2 pages maximum) and 03 professional references
• All applications will only be received on our career site, via the e-recruiting platform accessible through the link: https://gizkamerun.jobs.net

Female candidates are strongly encouraged!

NB: Recruitment at GIZ is not subject to any fees. Any fraudulent information detected will result in the outright elimination of the application. Only selected candidates will be contacted. Unselected files will be destroyed six months after the date of publication.