The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) is an economic policy institute supporting Africa\u2019s long-term growth through transformation. We produce research, offer policy advice, and galvanize action for African countries to develop their economies, reduce poverty, and improve livelihoods for all their people. We are the pre-eminent African organization advancing African solutions to African challenges.<\/p>\n
In 2021, the ACET Board of Directors approved a new 2021 \u2013 2025 Strategy with 5 components. Gender Equity\/Equality in Economic Transformation is one of the five pillars in the strategy. ACET is recruiting a senior gender economist to lead ACET\u2019s gender and economic transformation portfolio<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title:\u00a0Senior Gender Economist<\/strong><\/p>\n Reporting Line:<\/strong>\u00a0The Executive Vice President & Director of Policy & Programs. Job Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n The Gender Economist will lead ACET\u2019s work on gender equality and economic transformation and support other ACET teams to embed a gender lens across the portfolio.<\/p>\n Roles and Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Specifically, the Senior Gender Economist will:<\/p>\n \u2022 work with the EVP and ATR4 advisory group to develop ACET\u2019s flagship African Transformation Report on Gender and Economic Transformation (ATR4). This will include being the internal coordinator for the ATR Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Master\u2019s degree in gender economics or a related discipline (development studies, political science, sociology, etc.) \u2022 Previous experience working on gender equality and\/or equity policy in Africa. An understanding of economic transformation will be an ACET.<\/p>\n Knowledge, Skills, Abilities<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Proven skills in research and analysis \u2013 demonstrable track record with undertaking desk research, literature reviews, and consolidating findings Personal<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise and communicate with colleagues at all levels and from different cultures Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n How To Apply For The Job<\/strong><\/p>\n Interested applicants should email their CV and an accompanying Cover Letter explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the position to<\/p>\n hr@acetforafrica.org<\/strong><\/p>\n Closing Date:<\/strong>\u00a030 June, 2022<\/p>\n Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) is an economic policy institute supporting Africa\u2019s long-term growth through transformation. We produce research, offer policy advice, and galvanize action for African countries…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-hYl","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLocation:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra\/Remote<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 provide intellectual leadership to ACET policy analysis and technical work on gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment. This will include the development of a world class gender equality program which delivers high quality analysis and thought leadership on gender equity, equality, women\u2019s economic empowerment and other relevant areas that may emerge
\n\u2022 be the principal resource person on gender issues, practices and policies relevant to the project context and activities
\n\u2022 provide high quality analysis and advice on the gender implications of ACET\u2019s policy recommendations
\n\u2022 provide training to ACET research teams on how to monitor and assess gender impacts of policy actions across program verticals
\n\u2022 work with ACET partner policy institutes and support them to do gender analysis where necessary
\n\u2022 monitor ACET\u2019s work to adequately capture gender equality and inclusion indicators and track impact in collaboration with the M&E team
\n\u2022 training and development of ACET colleagues and coach\/mentor junior staff to build technical expertise
\n\u2022 provide a range of analytical, advisory and related services to ACET with respect to the gender dimensions of development
\n\u2022 design and develop programme strategies in the area of Gender equity\/equality and economic transformation
\n\u2022 work with the fundraising team to raise funds for the gender portfolio
\n\u2022 serves as ACET\u2019s spokesperson on Gender at various forums and with the media
\n\u2022 draft inputs to strategy documents, briefs, policy dialogue and other documents related to Gender Statistics
\n\u2022 any other duties as may be assigned from time to time in support of ACET\u2019s mission<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Minimum of 8 years of post-master\u2019s experience conducting research and evaluation on gender economics. Experience of doing this in Africa will be an asset. Africa regional experience will be a plus<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Excellent analytical skills and ability to synthesize complex information in written papers, reports, presentations<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Ability to work effectively on own initiative and as part of a team
\n\u2022 Ability to work under pressure to deliver on time with attention to detail and accuracy
\n\u2022 Excellent oral and written communication skills<\/p>\n