Are you a highly experienced violence against women and girls, or gender and conflict specialist? Are you interested in joining a team of social development professionals who are passionate about human rights and social justice?
Social Development Direct (SDDirect) is a leading provider of social development consultancy and research services in international development. We are a niche consulting firm with a small in-house technical team and wider network of experienced independent consultants and researchers. We are committed to improving the quality and impact of development assistance and to the eradication of poverty, global inequality and injustice. We work towards this end by providing advice to governments, donors, NGOs, and the private sector.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a leading violence against women and girls and/or gender and conflict specialist. Join us and you will lead the further development of our programme of work on violence against women and girls and gender and conflict, manage our growing portfolio of consultancy and research contracts, and provide high-quality consultancy advice to a range of multinational, government and NGO clients working in international development. To fulfil this role you will demonstrate high levels of professionalism, strategic thinking and rigorous analytical skills. You will be a strong team player and have excellent client and partner relationship skills.
We are looking for senior level candidates with extensive experience of:
• Working on violence against women and girls in international development at policy and
programme levels in a wide range of contexts;
programme levels in a wide range of contexts;
• Providing tailored technical support to development assistance projects that seek to address different aspects of violence against women and girls, for example within the health, education or justice sectors;
• Gender analysis in conflict affected states and adopting gendered approaches to conflict prevention and peace building.
This post is London based. We offer a competitive salary package depending on experience, with 25 days holiday with increasing allowance by year; pension available from 2013.
How to apply:
Please download the document attached to view further information, including the job description and person specification. If you believe you meet the necessary criteria for this role, please send a cover letter and CV tojobs@sddirect.org.uk stating “In-House Senior VAWG/Gender and Conflict Consultant” in the subject line. Closing date for applications is Friday 9 November 2012.
Unfortunately due to the large number of applications we are only able to contact shortlisted candidates. We aim to notify shortlisted candidates week beginning 26 November 2012.
