Monitoring and Gender Officer

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), in partnership with the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC), has established the Just Transition Finance Mechanism (JTFM) to mobilise and channel finance towards inclusive, locally owned and scalable just transition initiatives across South Africa. The JTFM is intended to address financing barriers that limit the implementation of just transition priorities at local, provincial and national levels. Through the mobilisation of public, private and concessional finance, the mechanism seeks to support projects that create sustainable livelihoods, strengthen community resilience, promote social ownership and participation, and advance South Africa's transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. Supported through funding from the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the programme is being implemented jointly by DBSA and the PCC. The initiative focuses on strengthening stakeholder participation, supporting local and provincial just transition planning, developing a pipeline of investable projects, mobilising transition finance, and establishing a sustainable institutional platform for long-term implementation.

The Monitoring and Gender Officer is responsible for strengthening monitoring, reporting, accountability, and learning systems to integrate gender equality, youth participation, and social inclusion across all project outputs, consultations, governance processes, and reporting frameworks. Additionally act as the programme’s gender focal point, generating robust evidence through disaggregated data analysis and providing targeted recommendations that enhance inclusive institutional strengthening, accountability, and alignment with just transition principles.

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Expertise & Technical Competencies

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Qualification Requirements:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Policy, Monitoring & Evaluation, Governance or related field.
• Advantageous - A postgraduate qualification in M&E, Gender or Development Finance.

Experience Requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years monitoring and evaluation, gender analysis, or social
• In-depth experience in the design, development, and implementation of inclusive policies, programmes and gender-sensitive processes.
• Good understanding of the development finance environment both locally and
• Demonstration of a strong understanding of public and private sectors, and the interfaces in social development
• Experience in leading and implementing projects and programmes, including gender mainstreaming/inclusion initiatives
• In-depth knowledge of policies related to gender and social inclusion gaps, gender-based violence, and gender equity programmes, locally and regionally.
• Strong knowledge of gender equality and social inclusion frameworks
• Expertise in results-based monitoring and evaluation
• Ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative data

Advantageous:

• Experience with donor-funded programmes (IKI, GCF, EU)
• Familiarity with just transition or climate governance.
• Knowledge of legislation, regulations, policies, processes and procedures governing the development finance and public sector procurement in South Africa (e.g. PFMA).

Technical Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of gender equality and social inclusion frameworks.
• Expertise in results-based monitoring and evaluation.
• Ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative data.

Required Personal Attributes

Behavioral Competencies:

• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Cultural sensitivity and commitment to equity.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work collaboratively.

Core Values:

• Commitment to just transition principles.
• Integrity, accountability, and professionalism.

Key Performance Areas

1. Programme Monitoring and Inclusion Oversight
   • Lead the development and implementation of programme plans that embed gender equality, youth participation, and social inclusion across all project activities.
   • Provide guidance to the JTFM team and service providers on gender-responsive approaches and inclusive participation practices.
   • Lead the development and application of programme-level monitoring indicators aligned with programme
   • Track overall programme performance and inclusive participation across programme
   • Embed gender-responsive and socially inclusive indicators within the programme monitoring
   • Establish monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to track progress and recommend adjustments to ensure the achievement of gender equality goals.
   • Provide targeted recommendations to strengthen inclusive delivery of programme
   • Design governance and inclusion metrics that strengthen institutional accountability and transparency, ensuring alignment with just transition principles.
   • Contribute to capacity-building initiatives that enhance organisational effectiveness and embed socially inclusive practices across programme structures.
   • Conduct research on development initiatives and keep abreast of developments in the field of gender and inclusion practices.
   • Provide advice and technical assistance to ensure gender equality and women’s economic empowerment criteria are an integral part of the mechanism.
   • Support the development of tools, systems, processes and approaches that continuously improve the impact of transformative approaches to women’s economic empowerment.
2. Reporting
   • Collect and analyse disaggregated data (gender, age, geography) to generate inclusive
   • Produce evidence-based recommendations that strengthen programme delivery and
   • Prepare gender-responsive and socially inclusive reporting inputs for donor and stakeholder
   • Maintain donor compliance and accountability through accurate, timely
   • Prepare submissions to management and board committees in collaboration with key units, supporting assessment of targets and initiatives.
   • Develop templates and processes to standardise reporting and improve administrative
3. Stakeholder Engagement
   • Develop a stakeholder engagement strategy that maps key players and decision-makers, establish approaches that support inclusive participation in all stakeholder consultations.
   • Serve as the JTFM Programme Gender Champion / Gender Czar, ensuring that gender and social inclusion considerations are integrated into programme planning, consultations, investment pipeline development, and project outputs.
   • Represent the JTFM programme as Gender Czar in external DBSA/PCC fora’s as delegated and/or approved by the supervisor.
   • Facilitate and support learning, thought leadership and knowledge sharing on gender inclusion and transformative practices with partner organisations and other industry players.
   • Engage with internal and external stakeholders to understand their gender-related challenges and
   • Engage communities and facilitate community involvement in gender mainstreaming initiatives where
   • Facilitate awareness initiatives for staff and delivery partners to understand the importance of gender equality and women’s economic empowerment to ensure programme impact is realised.
   • Build partnerships with organisations, government and non-government agencies, and other stakeholders to foster collaboration on gender-related initiative. 

      

     Key Measurements of Outputs

     1. 1. Accurate and presentable reports consolidated and submitted within agreed timelines, meeting donor and stakeholder requirements.
        2. Data collected and analysed with accuracy and integrated into reporting
        3. Monitoring indicators developed and applied across all outputs within agreed
        4. Programme performance tracked and reported with clear evidence of inclusive
        5. Gender-responsive and socially inclusive indicators integrated into all monitoring
        6. Actionable recommendations delivered to enhance inclusive milestone
        7. Stakeholder satisfaction with advisory support, financing solutions, and transaction
        8. Clean audit outcomes and effective resolution of audit