Employment Type: Definite Period

Salary: USD 830  (Eight hundred thirty) to be paid in ETB as per the month’s exchange rate of NBE

Role Purpose

The GESI will work under the supervision of Gender equality and protection Coordinator

  More specifically, s/he will:

• Support project design, ensuring gender transformation and protection mainstreaming approaches are integrated and cross cutting.

• Provide technical leadership to ensure concern Ethiopia organizational and project activities address gender equality and social inclusion considerations.

• Ensure that gender and protection is integrated and mainstreamed across the project, including project design, implementation and monitoring, operations, as well as in staff training materials, policies and procedures.

• Provide guidance on technical approaches and innovations that will at a minimum increase impact on women people with disabilities, elderly people, and other vulnerable groups. 

• Provide guidance on the performance indicators to reflect progress towards gender equality and inclusion outcomes

• Conduct gender and social inclusion assessment, reviews, and audits to assess ways to continually target involvement of women and youth, people with disabilities, elderly people, and other vulnerable groups.

• Collaborate with gender equality and protection coordinator and human resource unit to provide strategic technical guidance on gender and protection integration at organizational and programme levels. 

• Develop concern and partner staff skill in integrating GESI in across health & nutrition, education, Wash, livelihoods, Cash, and other concern Ethiopia   programme areas.

• Design and facilitate gender and social inclusion trainings for concern and partner   staff, government stakeholders, and project clients to ensure that the project assesses and accounts for gender and social inclusion consideration.

• Work closely with the monitoring, evaluation and learning team on data collection, analysis, and reporting on gender and social inclusion indicators.

• Identify successful practices in the project that can be showcased in the publications, communication materials and conferences 

• To conduct and document regular field visits to monitor progress, receive community feedback, and to check on the quality and impact of activities. 

• To participate in assessments and to write weekly and monthly qualitative and quantitative reports a required.

• To coordinate with the Logistics department on the procurement, transportation and distribution of materials and other inputs as required for the programme.

• To uphold and promote Concern’s values, including our workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and safeguarding values.

• To participate and contribute as necessary towards Concern’s Emergency response as and when necessary.

Gender

• Demonstrate an understanding of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy.

• Contribute to ensuring that Concern Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect. 

• Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.

Emergency Response

• Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.

• Participate and contribute as necessary towards Concern’s Emergency response as and when necessary.

• Comply with Concern’s health, safety and security guidelines during emergencies.

Accountability

In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS): 

• actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E); 

• Establish/strengthen the implementation of complaint response mechanism (CRM) at community level and ensure its functionality by closely working with the project team.

• work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed; 

• Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behavior is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Safeguarding

• Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.

• Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.

• Practices in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.

• Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.

• Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record-keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.

What we offer

• A competitive salary and benefit package

• Excellent medical benefits (100% cover including dependents)

• 20 days annual leave

• 26 weeks (paid) maternity leave, 18 weeks (unpaid) parental leave

Competencies

Candidates are expected to demonstrate abilities in the following priority competency areas (highlight 3-4 competencies in bold as appropriate):

Managing Yourself Planning and decision-making Leadership Creativity and innovation Communication and working with others Influence, advocacy and networking Delivering results Change

Job Requirements

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

• Degree in  sociology, social work, psychology, gender and other related social science fields 

• 3-4 years relevant experience in Non –governmental organization(NGO)

• Proven and demonstrable experience of working in a similar role and context. 

• Demonstrable communication skills, with good spoken and written English and local language(s).

• Computer literacy in MS Office applications.

• Good technical/programme knowledge in area of responsibility

• Excellent oral and written communications skills.

How to Apply

Qualified and Interested applicants should send non-returnable C.V., application letter outlining how their experience and education fit this vacancy, please note that no need to submit your supporting documents at THIS LINK

• Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organization. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality.

Important information:

Concern has an organizational Code of Conduct with three Associated Policies: The Programme Participant Protection Policy, the Child Safeguarding Policy, and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy accessible here. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organizations, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in their work, in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Consequently, working or volunteering with Concern may be subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking. 

During this job application, you will provide Concern with your personal data. Concern takes its responsibilities towards this personal data very seriously and is committed to complying with all relevant data protection legislation. 

Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply!