Half the world lives in poverty. Christian Aid is striving for wholesale change to rules that keep people poor. We work wherever the need is greatest, giving people strength to find their own solutions to the problems they face, irrespective of their religion. So if you’re passionate about helping others, and want to help us drive positive change across the world, join us.
GENDER FACILITATOR
Salary range £26,061 – £29,159 per annum
Fixed term contract – 2 years
London based
As Christian Aid’s lead person on gender, you will be responsible for working within the International Department to assist with the development and implementation of strategies relating to gender and will support colleagues across Christian Aid to implement the gender policies and procedures and to raise awareness of gender within the organisation as a whole.
This is an exciting and challenging role. You will work with a wide variety of staff across the organisation, influencing change. You will support colleagues in ensuring the gender perspective is considered in all our work with partners and our own internal policies and procedures.
You will have at least 5 years’ relevant professional experience including strategy development and staff facilitation including at least 2 years’ overseas work experience. You will have proven expertise in gender issues and will have developed and applied good practices around gender with partners in projects and /or other working environments. You will have established relationships within national and international gender networks and women’s movements. [Source]
I wonder what in the world a gender facilitator does? Is is tough going to work each day ensuring gender perspectives? I just wonder how Christian organizations were able to help the poor before without a gender facilitator.
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I speculate that a gender facilitator’s main duties would revolve around easing the anxieties of gender benders.
I have more than 5 years experience as the same gender (my whole life, actually.) And, I have worked as this gender in all my jobs. Does that qualify as relevant professional experience?
Wonder how “gender facilitators'” bosses evaluate performance?
Has anyone noticed all these new type of facilitators/coaches�”business coaches”, “new world servers”, “spiritual coaches”, “conflict resolution experts”, “peace activators”, “energy realignment practitioners”, “spiritual consultants”, “empowerment educators”, etc. etc.?
Don’t tell me there aren’t job opportunities ….
This is all about using proper grammar in non-English communications: about matching the proper adjective endings with masculine, feminine, and neuter nouns. Quite important: if you don’t do this right, you can’t do good cross-cultural ministry.
But seriously: is it possible this job is about some legitimate promotion of women’s interests in poor countries – boosting women’s education, skills, entrepreneurship, property ownership, where development gains can be made?
50% of the world’s population is living in poverty. In other words if your income is below the world average you’re living in poverty. This organization is already lost and this is a gangsterish way to appeal for people’s money.
What I want to know is, what is an “international gender network”?? No, I take it back; I do NOT want to know.
Sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up…
Y’know, Hubs and I have been married for 26 years and have four kids, two of each gender. Does that qualify me as having “proven expertise in gender issues”? I’m also a Girl Scout leader, so I DO have “established relationships within national and international gender networks and women’s movements.”
I should apply!
Remember the stupid grade school game of asking someone to look at their fingernails? If they held their hand out flat, palm away from themselves, then they were a “girl.” If they turned their palm toward themselves and curled their fingers down to look, they were a “boy.” Much stupid rude teasing resulted if you did the wrong thing.
Apparently we were “gender facilitator interns.”
I suspect it probably has more to do with encouraging the use of contraception, abortion on demand, and un-shackling themselves from the bondage of marriage, and other seemingly “pro-Wimmin” issues than helping eliviate suffering and poverty.