Gender, Women, Girls and Youth Empowerment (GWGYE) SpecialistJob Advert – Gender, Women, Girls and Youth Empowerment (GWGYE) Specialist

CARE Zimbabwe is seeking a technically strong and advocacy-oriented Gender, Women, Girls
and Youth Empowerment (GWGYE) Specialist. The role provides high-level technical
leadership on women and girls’ empowerment across CARE Zimbabwe’s programming
portfolio, anchored in Country Strategy Priorities 3 (Empowered Girls and Women: Health,
Education and Rights) and 4 (Women, Girls and Youth Economic Empowerment). The
Specialist drives gender-transformative programming, capacity building, evidence
generation, and policy advocacy, and is central to CARE Zimbabwe’s ambition to become a
systems-level actor for gender equality.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategic Leadership & Technical Guidance (30%)
• Lead the development and operationalization of CARE Zimbabwe’s Women and Girls
Empowerment strategy, ensuring alignment with Country Strategy Priorities 3 and 4.
• Provide technical oversight across all women, girls and youth empowerment
programming — including girls’ education, SRHR, GBV prevention and response, child
marriage prevention, and women’s economic empowerment.
• Embed gender-transformative approaches (SAA, START4Girls, VSLA+FFBS) across all
programme pillars; lead gender analysis in project design, logframe development,
and proposal preparation.
2. Capacity Building, Coaching & Partner Support (25%)
• Design and lead gender training and capacity-building for CARE staff, implementing
partners, and community-level actors.
• Lead staff transformation processes as the foundational step in SAA rollout; develop
and implement coaching plans to sustain frontline staff skills.
• Facilitate capacity-building for partner organisations to lead gender-transformative
programming independently, in support of CARE Zimbabwe’s localisation agenda.
3. Women & Girls’ Economic Empowerment (20%)
• Provide specialist technical support to the expansion and quality improvement of
CARE Zimbabwe’s VSLA programme, including digitalisation with platforms such as
EcoCash, Innbucks, and Mukuru.
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• Engage private sector partners to unlock collateral-free finance, digital credit
scoring, and value chain linkages for women-led enterprises.
• Support adolescent girls and youth with life skills, financial literacy, and economic
empowerment pathways aligned with CARE’s Give Girls a Chance initiative.
4. Advocacy, Learning & Policy Influence (20%)
• Lead evidence generation and dissemination of lessons from WGE programming,
including SAA, VSLA, GBV, SRHR, and girls’ education interventions.
• Drive CARE Zimbabwe’s advocacy agenda on gender equality — including child
marriage, SRHR policy reform, gender-responsive budgeting, and inclusive
microfinance — through national coalitions.
• Represent CARE Zimbabwe in relevant technical working groups, networks, and
coalitions at national, regional, and global levels.
Qualifications & Experience
Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Development Studies, or a
related field (required); Master’s degree preferred.
Experience
• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in gender equality,
women’s empowerment, and/or economic empowerment programming in an NGO
or development context.
• Demonstrated experience integrating gender-transformative approaches (e.g. SAA,
gender mainstreaming) into programme design and implementation.
• Proven track record in advocacy and multi-stakeholder engagement on gender and
women’s rights at national or regional level.
• Experience with VSLA or similar savings and lending group models, SRHR, GBV, girls’
education, or child marriage prevention programming is an advantage.
Key Competencies
• Strong analytical skills in gender analysis, power dynamics, and intersectionality.
• Excellent facilitation, training, and adult learning skills; experience with
participatory methodologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including for donor reporting, policy
briefs, and external representation.
• Committed to gender equality, safeguarding, and CARE’s core values.
Why Join Us?
At CARE Zimbabwe, you will contribute to a mission-driven organisation dedicated to
empowering women, girls, and youth. We offer a collaborative work environment,
professional development opportunities, and the chance to drive transformative change at
community and policy levels.
Application Process
If you are a committed gender equality advocate with the technical depth to drive real
change, click here to submit your CV and cover letter. Applications should be submitted by
24 June 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.