Gender DynamiX: Health Advocacy Officer

Having been established in 2005, Gender DynamiX (GDX) is the first registered Africa-based public benefit organization to focus solely on trans and gender diverse communities. What started as a mere vision, slowly grew into a grassroots organization. GDX has since become an institutionalised non-profit organization (NPO) that is fundemental to the development of the trans and gender diverse movement(s) in South Africa and across southern Africa.

Gender Dynamix seeks to appoint a Health Advocacy Officer to be based in Cape Town.
 
Eployment Type:Permanent
 
Remuneration:R24,000.00 per month negotiable in accordance with experience.
 
Requirements:     

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Strategic Management, Law, Public Health, Social Sciences and/or any other relevant discipline.
• ​Experience and deep understanding of Human Rights and development sector work.
• Experience in working with trans, gender and body diverse persons and communities highly desirable.
• Understanding and experience working with public health policy.
• Understanding of gender affirming health care needs of trans diverse persons highly advantageous.
• Understanding and/or engagement with policy and legal advocacy and reform to grant access to more health rights for trans diverse persons.
• Knowledge of working with or using regional and international human rights mechanisms.
• Advanced management skills to plan, manage and coordinate projects, partners, people, and budgets.
• Report writing skills.
• Organization, writing, analytical and administrative skills.
• Confidence in using information and communication technology.
• Understanding of the national and regional trans movement and movement building initiatives.
• Ability to facilitate and train.
• Proficiency in using English as a medium of communication and learning; ability to communicate in multiple languages will be an added advantage.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design process for health-related advocacy projects.
• Networking on behalf of the organization with stakeholders to advance its health advocacy targets.
• Work closely with media on trans related concepts and issues while representing the organization at various media and political spaces.
• Engage with legislative and policy processes affecting and relating to trans persons’ health and wellbeing.
• Workshop facilitation and support as well as leading health care training for various stakeholders.

 E-MAIL:humanresources@genderdynamix.org.za

Please quote the source of this advertisement in your application - NGO Pulse Portal

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

For more about Gender Dynamix, refer to www.genderdynamix.org.za

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