Description

Job Title: Gender and Inclusion Specialist
Reporting to: Country director
Contract Type: Full time, fixed term one year, with possible extension
Principal Location: Hargeisa

Background:

AET as part of Street Child group, believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education, child protection and livelihood support to address the social, economic, and structural issues that underpin today’s education crisis. We partner with local organisations and communities to deliver our locally rooted programmes, using evidence to drive learning and the refinement and scale up of programmes to create maximum impact for the most children at the lowest cost. We pride ourselves on being willing to go to the world’s toughest places where others won’t, including remote, hard-to-reach areas and fragile, disaster-affected states across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Since 2008 we have helped over 500,000 children to go to school and learn and supported over 33,000 caregivers to set up businesses so they can afford the cost of educating their children. AET vision is taking one million children to Schools and one million more.

AET is looking for dynamic competent young professionals to be part of current innovative approaches in education protection and humanitarian.

Part 1: Role Purpose:

The Gender and Inclusion Specialist will play a vital role in the effective implementation of the UNICEF-led consortium’s Multi-Year Resilience Program (MYRP) in Somaliland, emphasizing a gender-transformative, inclusive, and intersectional approach. As the designated Gender Lead Organization, Africa Educational Trust will ensure the comprehensive integration of gender and inclusion throughout all program activities.

The Specialist will provide technical support to consortium partners, engage with local and national education stakeholders on gender and inclusion issues, and lead the incorporation of gender-responsive and inclusive strategies within the program. This will facilitate the development of a high-quality initiative that addresses barriers to gender and inclusion, meets the diverse needs of all children, challenges discriminatory gender norms, prevents and responds to gender-based violence (GBV), and promotes the empowerment of women and girls.

This role is essential for meeting the educational needs of Somali children and adolescents, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, by embedding gender and inclusion considerations throughout the program..

Part 2: Key Responsibilities:

1. Gender and Inclusion Mainstreaming (40%)

• Gender and inclusion-sensitive programming: Ensure all MYRP activities align with ECW’s gender-transformative approach as well as promote inclusive measures, effectively addressing SRGBV, discriminatory gender norms, and gendered barriers to learning.

• Data-driven approach: Conduct regular gender assessments and inclusion analyses to inform program design and implementation, ensuring course correction as needed.

• Partnerships: Foster collaboration with local women’s organizations (LWOs) and support their institutional capacity strengthening.

• Advocacy: Develop advocacy materials and share best practices on gender and inclusion in EiEPC at national and global levels.

• Support grantees: Assist grantees in implementing gender and inclusion-responsive MYRP strategies, aligning with identified priorities and ECW guidance.

• Network management: Establish and manage a MYRP gender and inclusion focal point network for regular coordination and problem-solving.

• Gender analysis: Maintain an up-to-date gender and inclusion analysis specific to the EiEPC context in Somaliland.

• Monitoring and evaluation: Provide expert input on integrating gender and inclusion considerations into MYRP monitoring and evaluation frameworks, including setting gender-specific milestones and indicators.

• Tool usage: Facilitate the use of the IASC GAM tool and integrate lessons learned for improved implementation in subsequent years.

• Collaboration: Collaborate with the ECW Gender Manager to complete the MYRP gender profile and offer critical feedback on program components as they relate to gender mainstreaming.

• Reporting: Advocate for the strong reflection of GEWE in annual reporting and performance assessments, including human-interest stories that showcase the MYRP's impact.

2. Capacity Building (20%)

• Needs assessment: Identify gender and inclusion capacity gaps as well as opportunities within the MYRP consortium and implementing partners.

• Focal point system: Establish a gender and inclusion focal point system to ensure gender and inclusion integration across all activities.

• Knowledge sharing: Facilitate access to resources and networks for knowledge building on gender equality and empowerment.

• Cross-sectoral collaboration: Promote partnerships with other sectors (GBV, SRHR) for shared gender equality outcomes.

• Capacity development: Conduct a needs assessment, organize training workshops, and coach MYRP staff on gender mainstreaming and GEWE in EiEPC.

• Resource mobilization: Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to secure resources for capacity building activities (e.g., Gender Taskforce, GenCap, GBV Taskforce).

• Resource utilization: Identify and utilize local and regional resources and networks to enhance the knowledge base of the MYRP team on GEWE.

• Knowledge sharing: Contribute to knowledge networks and communities of practice specifically focused on gender and inclusion in EiEPC.

• Documentation: Document lessons learned and best practices for future reference and to inform sector-wide practices.

3. Partnership and Resource Mobilization (10%)

• Partnerships: Partner with UN agencies, donors, government institutions, and civil society organizations to promote GEWE in EiEPC, prioritizing key issues like the nexus, localization, and GBV risk mitigation.

• Liaison: Maintain liaison with in-country gender and inclusion coordination mechanisms (Gender, GBV, PSEA).

• Resource mobilization: Contribute to the MYRP country team's resource mobilization efforts.

• Advocacy: Develop project briefs, advocacy materials, and presentations related to GEWE within the MYRP.

4. Monitoring and Learning (10%)

• Gender-responsive monitoring: Ensure gender results are integrated into annual reports and program reporting and that it has inclusion-specific considerations

• Data analysis: Conduct regular data analysis to inform program adjustments and improve gender and inclusion responsiveness.

• Documentation: Capture and disseminate good practices and lessons learned on gender and inclusion in EiEPC.

5. Strategic Leadership (10%)

• Gender and Inclusion integration: Provide strategic advice to the MYRP steering committee on gender and inclusion integration.

• Quality assurance: Serve as a quality assurer to ensure gender and inclusion issues are adequately addressed across all program activities.

• Partnerships: Support the creation of strategic partnerships for resource mobilization and gender equality advocacy.

6. Other (10% of role)

• A strong commitment to AET’s vision, mission and values.

• Adhere to all AET’s policies and procedures.

• Able to represent AET appropriately both internally and externally.

• Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role.

Part 3: Person Specification

Attributes / Essential / Desirable

Experience and Knowledge:

• Proven 5-year experience working on normative change for gender equality and adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sensitive contexts.

• Demonstrated experience in supporting the design, implementation, and evaluation of gender-transformative social and behavior change communication interventions.

• Experience in supporting the implementation of gender-transformative approaches in humanitarian contexts.

• Knowledge of international development and gender equality issues, with experience engaging children and other community members on gender equality issues desirable.

• Excellent planning, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

• Fluency in Somali and English.

• Experience in social research will be an advantage.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Good knowledge of computer and application.

• Team player who is able to work collaboratively and with people of diverse backgrounds.

• Ability to analyze information, and evaluate options.

• Self-motivated, Innovative, pro-active and result driven.

• Focused, reliable and integrity.

• Ability to work independently (plan, prioritize, meet deadlines, communicate) independently) but at the same time being a team player.

• DATA Analysis software.

Education / Qualifications

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Social Science, development studies, gender & development or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience.

Other

• Professional trainings will an advantage

Other continued

AET is committed to the safeguarding and protection of the communities we serve, our partners, our volunteers, and our staff. As part of this commitment to safeguarding, all offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate background checks. Street Child also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

How to apply

https://apply.workable.com/streetchildcareers/j/88F8A98DC0/