Job Description
The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and
work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises,
or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also
campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children
and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world
treats children by 2030:
- No
child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All
children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence
against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and
that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for
children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding
career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition,
creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process,
which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the
protection of children from abuse.
Save the Children International seeks to always be a
child-safe organization by fulfilling its obligations to the community and
through programme implementation carried out by the organization for
safeguarding children and improve their living standards of the child.
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Position: Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion
Specialist
Location: South – Aden Office
Contract Length: Fixed Term
The Opportunity:
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion (GEDI)
Advisor will provide both technical support and strategic leadership
to ensure the humanitarian response identifies and addresses gender inequality
and all its manifestations (including GBV). They will lead on the systematic
integration of gender equality into strategic, technical and operational
processes to meet Save the Children’s quality standard for our humanitarian
programming to be gender-sensitive at a minimum. The post holder will work
with all sectors and parts of the organisation to mainstream GEDI across the
programme cycle. In addition, they will regularly consult women, girls, men and
boys to identify targeted gender equality and Disability Inclusion
interventions and support existing sectors to protect and empower girls, women.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Lead on systematic integration of gender equality into
strategic, technical and operational processes
- Input into
and review all internal humanitarian response strategies, sectoral plans,
emergency preparedness and contingency plans ensuring integration of GEDI
(inc. PSEA) considerations;
- Represent
the response in organisation-wide gender equality processes and platforms
to share learning with others
Provide technical advice to existing sectors to
mainstream GEDI
- Train
and mentor Save the Children staff and partners broadly on GEDI for non-specialists
and specifically on the SCI Humanitarian Gender Equality Marker, the IASC
GBV Guidelines and IASC Gender Handbook;
- Advocate
for consistent use of SC’s Gender Equality Marker;
- Develop
a response-wide Gender Action Plan (with accompanying accountability
mechanisms);
- Support
COs with disclosure management and safe referrals;
- Lead
on conducting gender analysis and integrate findings into programme design
and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) framework
and tools. Where possible, engage in inter-agency gender analysis to avoid
duplication;
- Provide
technical support to design and implement gender-sensitive programmes;
- Research
and remain aware of updated knowledge on gender considerations and risk
mitigation for humanitarian interventions (e.g. Cash interventions, MHPSS
interventions);
- Work
with MEAL colleagues to integrate gender equality and GEDI considerations
into MEAL processes including gender equality specific indicators, quality
benchmarks and Real Time Reviews;
- Ensure
all proposals and concept notes use the Humanitarian Gender Equality
Marker and are scored accordingly;
- Provide
technical review of multi-sectoral assessment tools and processes to
ensure they adequately integrate gender, GEDI and PSEA considerations;
- Review/develop
PSEA processes and ensure they are appropriate, well-resourced and
understood by all staff;
- Support
the systematic integration of gender equality considerations in all
recruitments;
- Work
with MEAL and sector Technical Advisors to design and rigorously document
learning. Ensure learning is disseminated widely internally and
externally.
Design GEDI targeted interventions
- Support
the design of stand-alone targeted gender equality interventions with a
specific emphasis on girls’ protection and empowerment;
- Support
the identification and development of strategic partnerships with women’s
rights, girls’ rights, gender equality and disability inclusion
organisations;
- Support
integration of GBV response within Child Protection and Health sectors: including
providing oversight and quality control for relevant training to be
cascaded by deployable staff to Child Protection (on CCS) and Health (on
CMR), and advocating for necessary resources (including a technical
advisor with GBV response skills) to ensure quality control for
survivor-centred approaches and practices for the implementation of CMR
and Case Management
Engage in advocacy to address GEDI
- Advocate
for gender-sensitive and transformative humanitarian response design and
implementation;
- Represent
Save the Children in relevant humanitarian coordination platforms,
including within the cluster system;
- Coordinate
with peer organisations and women’s rights organisations to identify gaps
and develop advocacy messages to influence the response;
- Design
and support initiatives which will drive accountability for the use of
global GEDI, including consistent use of the IASC GBV Guidelines and IASC
Gender Handbook;
- Support
sector-specific colleagues to identify and advocate in clusters and other
forums to address gaps related to GEDI
- Support
communications and advocacy teams to promote relevant advocacy messages on
GEDI and ensure SCI communications are gender-sensitive and promote gender
equality.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
Essential:
Bachelor’s degree in behavioural or social sciences or
relevant field experience
Desirable:
Master’s degree in behavioural or social sciences or
relevant field experience
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Experience
of addressing gender inequality including through women’s and girls’
empowerment;
- Experience
of working in humanitarian settings;
- Demonstrates
knowledge of multi-sectorial response to GEDI;
- Demonstrates
knowledge of current GEDI prevention theory and identifies and applies
appropriate GBV prevention and behaviour change strategies at different
stages of the humanitarian response;
- Proven
record of enabling/facilitating change through influencing, inspiring and
mobilising others;
- Experience
conducting assessments - including gender analysis;
- Effective
communication skills, written and verbal, and the ability to present
arguments clearly and effectively to a wide range of internal and external
audiences;
- Creative,
strategic and analytical thinker;
- Fluent
written and spoken English
- Commitment
to comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to
child safeguarding, PSEA, code of conduct, health and safety, equal
opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.
Desirable:
- Creative,
strategic and analytical thinker and experience providing strategic advice
and direction in humanitarian contexts;
- Commitment
to and understanding of gender equality, child rights, GBV Guiding
Principles, the aims and principles of SC, and humanitarian standards such
as the Sphere Charter and the IASC Guidelines
Working Conditions
The context in Yemen is quite unstable and unpredictable and
threat level is considered high. However, SCI has access to all its field
sites and it has strong and close relations with communities where it works.
SCI complies strict safety and security protocols, guidelines and procedures.
How to Apply
To apply:
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