TERMS OF REFERENCE for ADVISOR for TRAINING and CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

TERMS OF REFERENCE for ADVISOR for TRAINING and CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

Position: Advisor for Training and Capacity Development
Place: Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality (SEPI)
Closing Date for applications: 04 August 2011
Contract period: 4 months (with the strong possibility of extension)
Expected Start date: 01 September 2011

Background:
The Secretary of State for the Promotion of Equality (SEPI) was established by
Decree Law No. 7/2007, of 5 September, which instituted the new organisational
structure of the IV Constitutional Government. The organic Law of SEPI no.
16/2008 was approved by the Council of Ministers on 4th June 2008 and stated
that SEPI is the Government’s main body responsible for the design,
execution, coordination and assessment of the policy as defined by the Council
of Ministries, for the areas of promotion and defense of gender equality.
SEPI seeks an Advisor for Training and Capacity Development with the aim to
further build the capacity of the staff in order to fulfill its mandate.

Under the overall guidance of the Secretary of State, the Director General and
the National Director for Policies on Gender Development, the Advisor shall
provide substantive gender training (sectoral areas such as, but not limited
to, gender based violence, education, health, justice, agriculture, security,
employment), capacity development advice and technical support, regarding staff
development, and event and organisational management, with specific focus on
the Training and Liaison departments.


Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide substantive training and mentoring in gender, strategic thinking,
planning, reporting, management and implementation;
• Develop and support trainings (activities and materials) to deepen SEPI
staff and related mechanisms (Gender Focal Points/Working Groups) understanding
on gender issues and its application in everyday life and work in government,
organisations, community structures, activities, events and campaigns;
• Develop staff interpersonal and communications skills, as well as
networking and public relation skills with diverse stakeholders;
• Support planning and implementation of activities of the Dept. of Training,
e.g. development of the National Plan of Action on GBV, Community Socialisation
on the Law against Domestic Violence, Training on Women in Politics and
Decision-making;
• Support planning and implementation of activities of the Dept. of Liaison,
e.g. Gender Focal Point/Gender Working Group, Parliament, Civil Society, Donor,
Media meetings;
• Support planning and implementation of activities related to International
Women’s Day, International Rural Women’s Day, 16 Days of Activism against
Violence against Women or National Women’s Days;
• Assist the Secretary of State, the Director General and the National
Director for Gender Policy and Development in other activities and tasks that
may arise in close coordination with the other Advisors in SEPI.

Qualifications
• University Degree in Gender, Development, Education, Human Rights and/or
other relevant for the assignment;
• 5-7 years of experience working in training and capacity building in the
area of gender equality, the advancement of women, or human rights;
• Demonstrated working knowledge and training experience in the application
of gender analysis to various sectors;
• Experience in content development, and management of consultations such as
for a National Plans of Action, stakeholders’ activities, and national
events,
• Demonstrated knowledge of skills in team-building, facilitation, consensus
building, networking and negotiations;
• Working experience in developing countries, in particular post-conflict
environments;
• Working knowledge in English, and skills in Tetum, Portuguese, and/or
Indonesian are desirable;
• Openness to learning the local languages upon recruitment


Interested candidates are requested to please submit CVs by 04 August 2011 to
rajmilan@hotmail.com. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.