Linum Consult’s client is an international firm specialising in subsea infrastructure works. Due to extended growth, they are looking to hire a Community Liaison Officer with experience in the construction industry to join their team in Dakar, Senegal.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Promoting the mainstreaming of gender and social inclusion issues at all stages of the project cycle
- Supporting the inclusion of gender and social issues in all project activities
- Developing guidelines, including a checklist, for partners to enable effective implementation of the gender and social inclusion initiatives
- Assisting in developing SMART indicators to monitor the gender impact, diversity and social inclusion of supported sub-projects
- Assessing and identifying potential gender-differentiated impacts as well as diversity and social equality aspects of identified potential initiatives
- Reviewing the project documents and gauging the impact of intended results on power dynamics, diversity, social inclusion and gender equality
PROFILE
- Master’s degree or professional qualification in Social Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology, Local Development, or similar
- Around 5 years’ experience in gender and social inclusion for construction projects
- Experience in the application of international good practices and methodologies related to gender and social inclusion
- Highly organised with excellent written skills, and fluency in English & French
- Experience in Africa would be beneficial
APPLICATION PROCESS
If you fulfil ALL of the key criteria for this position, then please submit your application for the attention of Frederick Thugniot to africa@linumconsult.com. If your application is successful you will be contacted within 48 hours for a further discussion.