Capacity Building on Gender Mainstreaming at Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK)

Overall Objective:

• To enhance gender mainstreaming practice in CHAK programmes and projects.

Specific Objectives:

1. To conduct a rapid gender needs assessment to assess the organisation’s efforts to mainstream gender and identify key gaps through an organisational self-assessment tool
2. To develop training content to build the organisation’s capacity to mainstream gender in its programmes and projects
3. To deliver a two-day in-person training workshop on gender mainstreaming to key staff with representation from CHAK’s various programmes, projects and functions
4. To guide the organisation to develop an action plan for ensuring gender mainstreaming in its various programmes, projects and overall strategic plan
5. To provide tools to aid the organisation in evaluating its progress towards gender mainstreaming in its various programmes and projects

Expected Results

1. Organisational gender needs assessment results
2. Customised gender mainstreaming training approach
3. Deliver two-day gender mainstreaming workshop to key CHAK staff (approximately 20 staff)
4. Action/Follow up plan to ensure gender mainstreaming in CHAK’s strategic plan, programmes and projects
5. Gender mainstreaming evaluation framework

Qualifications

• Masters’ Degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Human Rights, Development Studies or related field.
• At least ten (10) years of relevant professional experience in designing and delivering gender mainstreaming training
• Demonstrated experience gender capacity building
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills