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Gender and Inclusion Specialist

NIRAS

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Social Science

Social Science and Community

Addis Ababa

7 years

1 Position

2025-08-15

to

2025-08-22

Required Skills

promote inclusion

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Fields of study

Sociology

Social work

Adult Education and Community Development

Psychology

Full Time

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Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Lead the design, development, testing, capacity building for, and evaluation of the following Project activities:

  • Piloting the construction and operation of menstrual hygiene management rooms/facilities at schools in the eight Project regions;

  • Menstrual hygiene management awareness training;

  • Gender and WASH awareness training; and

  • Disability and WASH awareness raising;

  • As a part of and complementary to the above process:

  • Conduct and utilise literature reviews, research and formative research to develop Project activities and pilots;

  • Develop the process to take successful pilots to scale;

  • Document pilot and activity designs for internal and external use;

  • Provide technical and advocacy support for gender and inclusion aspects of the Project activities;

  • Sanitation marketing pilots in the eight Project regions including demand creation, supply chain strengthening, product development, financing strategy, etc.;

  • Sanitation and hygiene behaviour change capacity building for regional and woreda level WASH staff;

  • ‘Nudge’ pilots in schools and health centre water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities to support usage and maintenance;

  • Capacity building program and tools for school and health centre water, sanitation, and hygiene facility operation and maintenance;

  • Adaptive features and devices to make household latrines disability friendly;

  • Build capacity and buy-in for gender and inclusive WASH programming within the Federal and regional technical assistance teams;

  • Support supervision, monitoring and relevant reporting related to gender and inclusion of the selected Project regions;

  • Ensure gender and inclusion sensitive monitoring and reporting; and Relevant reporting.

Job Requirement

Education and Language Capability:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Sociology, Social Psychology, Social Work, Community Development), Master’s degree preferred.

  • Fluency in both spoken and written English and Amharic

Experience and Skills:

  • At least seven years of relevant work experience;

  • Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, managing, and evaluating development activities with a focus on gender and inclusion;

  • Demonstrated knowledge on current trends related to gender and inclusion; in particular as they apply to the water, sanitation and hygiene sector;

  • Demonstrated ability and perseverance in advocating for the inclusion of marginalised groups, their needs and perspectives into development programmes;

  • Excellent social skills, ability to work and communicate in an international environment and in communities of diverse cultures;

  • Experience in cooperation with development partners;

  • The selected specialist should have new ideas and bring a modern, forward looking and efficient approach to the gender and inclusion aspects of COWASH;

  • Good computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, data base management, etc.); and Good communication and report writing skills in English

Based in the Ministry of Water and Energy, Addis Ababa with frequent travel to the regions.

How to Apply

  • Interested candidates should submit their CV with copies of supporting documents, motivation letter and passport-size photograph to: asmamawbertukan@gmail.com For further information contact Tel: +251918765582

Fields Of Study

Sociology

Social work

Adult Education and Community Development

Psychology

Skills Required

promote inclusion

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