Aga Khan Agency for Habitat

The role of the Gender Officer is to assist in the assessment, development, and implementation of activities, ensuring effective inclusion and gender mainstreaming, and enhancing community resilience by integrating gender and inclusion perspectives into disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. There are two openings for this position, one in each of the Thatta or Badin office in rural Sindh, and the second in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan.

The responsibilities include the following:

• • Assist in the development and implementation of community-based gender and DRR advocacy campaigns, including IEC materials, media outreach, and engagement of Climate Ambassadors and local artists.
  • Develop and deliver training modules and conduct capacity-building sessions for CBDRM committees, CERTs, and training officers to mainstream gender equality and social inclusion in disaster preparedness and post-disaster reporting.
  • Conduct consultative meetings with Disaster Management Authorities (DMAs) to identify Gender-DRR gaps, develop contextual guidelines, and deliver capacity-building sessions to support GESI integration in DRM practices.
  • Engage local media groups to promote awareness and reporting on gender- and disability-responsive issues.
  • Collaborate with district government departments and DDMAs to identify and facilitate exposure visits for female staff.
  • Develop and deliver gender-responsive health and hygiene sessions in schools and communities, including menstrual hygiene education and distribution of health and hygiene kits.
  • Review and enrich the School Safety content to incorporate gender-, disability-, and climate-responsive elements, and conduct Training-of-Trainers (ToT) sessions for training officers on the updated material.
  • Ensure the infrastructure projects are implemented with a clear gender lens by including women in planning, implementation and operations of projects.
  • Develop an interactive curriculum on gender-responsive WASH topics, including menstrual hygiene, and conduct training sessions for relevant stakeholders.
  • Ensure that Emergency Management interventions are gender- and disability-inclusive throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Conduct periodic monitoring and ensure timely, high-quality reporting on interventions.

Social Development

A new agency, the Aga Khan Agency for the Habitat (AKAH), works to ensure that people live in physical settings that are as safe as possible from the effects of natural disasters, that residents who do live in such high risk areas are able to cope with disasters in terms of preparedness and response, and that these settings provide access to social and financial services that lead to greater opportunities and a better quality of life. The new agency merges the activities of the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services, with its prize-winning water and sanitation programmes and low-cost habitat products, such as smoke-free stoves; the humanitarian arm of AKDN, FOCUS, which promotes disaster mitigation and resiliency and intervenes after disasters; the AKDN’s Disaster Risk Management Initiative, which focuses on disaster preparedness in remote areas; and the environment- and habitat-related activities of the Aga Khan Foundation, including the Prince Sadruddin Fund for the Environment and the Foundation’s highly regarded rural support programmes.

South Asia

Pakistan

Salary and package to attract the best candidate

13-Jan-2026