Provincial Transgender Inclusion Specialist

15 hours ago

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan PJN Full time
Company Overview

PJN is a leading organization in Pakistan, dedicated to promoting peace and justice. We are committed to creating a more inclusive society for all.

About the Project

Bridging the Barriers - Inclusion of Transgender Community in Flood Relief and Rehabilitation Response is a national flood emergency advocacy, capacity development, and awareness program for transgender inclusion. The project aims to build a robust coordination and protection mechanism to make the flood relief and response efforts more responsive to the needs of the transgender community at national, provincial, and district levels.

Key Objectives:
  • Establish a National Integrated Response and Coordination Mechanism to ensure inclusion of Transgender in Flood Relief and rehabilitation activities.
  • Improve access of Transgender Community to flood Relief and rehabilitation Services.
  • Increase Awareness and Empower Transgender Community to better protect and engage in flood relief and rehabilitation efforts.

Our project has three key objectives: establishing a national integrated response and coordination mechanism, improving access to flood relief and rehabilitation services, and increasing awareness and empowering the transgender community.

Job Description

We are seeking a Provincial Transgender Inclusion Specialist to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing a Provincial Working Group/Forum for Transgender Community Inclusion in Flood Relief and Response, working as a convener Taskforce, and implementing the provincial reform agenda. They must have a good working relation with the provincial government.

Responsibilities:
  • Assist PJN-PMU in building linkages and keeping close liaison with NCHR, PDMA, Human Rights Departments, Gender Equality Departments, Social Welfare and Protection Authorities, other relevant government departments, and national and international humanitarian actors and CSOs working on local and regional levels.
  • Advocate for a Transgender rights-based approach and inclusive operations with NCHR, PDMA, and humanitarian actors involved in current flood relief response.
  • Maintain a professional relationship with all stakeholders, local government representatives, community leaders, media, CSOs, and humanitarian actors.
  • Responsible for implementing Communication and Advocacy Strategy to efficiently meet project targets and objectives.
  • Responsible for overall supervising and managing provincial-level project activities throughout, providing continuous technical backstopping to district Transgender fellows and district partners in effective implementation of the project.
  • Support PJN-PMU in establishing a provincial working group, keeping close coordination with them for devising inclusive policies and practices for Transgender inclusive flood relief and response action.
  • Conduct meetings with multiple stakeholders such as PDMA, relevant government departments, humanitarian organizations, Transgender rights activists, and experts for coordination and advocacy purposes.
  • Organize provincial consultations aimed at bringing all relevant stakeholders on board, advocating for policy interventions to ensure inclusion of flood-affected Transgender community, identifying gaps and barriers towards the inclusion of the Transgender community into the flood relief and response.
  • Organize Focus Group Discussions with rights activists, Transgender Rights experts, policymakers, PDMA, and humanitarian organizations to review documents and frameworks, identify gaps in existing policy frameworks regarding flood relief and response action, and devise an accountability mechanism, feeding into policy papers.
  • Document/report proceedings/minutes of the meetings/consultations/FGDs, distill recommendations to be fed into deliberations of the National Taskforce.
  • Support in organizing and arranging district-wise trainings, ensuring Transgender persons' participation, helping the project team at Islamabad in consistent interaction and communication with the Transgender fellows in the field.
  • Participate in online/offline events, discussions, and webinars, collecting and sharing input and feedback from communities and partner CSOs from targeted districts.
  • Support and accompany PMU team in travel to targeted districts to identify respective themes, meet multiple stakeholders, and collect human interest stories and audio/video clips.
  • Responsible for stakeholder coordination and development of Consultations/FGDs' agenda in close collaboration with PMU.
  • Responsible for dissemination of project IEC materials, taking the lead in organizing media outreach, arranging all media contacts, press briefings, etc.
  • Facilitate initiatives on advocacy and campaigning with relevant stakeholders.
  • Any other task assigned by PMU or PJN management.

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