Director of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)

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Counterpart International

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Renumeration: $116,497-$186,395 / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 31/07/2024
  • Location: United States 
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Overview

Counterpart International is looking for a Director of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI). This is a highly technical leadership role. It sits within our Women’s Empowerment Practice area and requires international development experience. 

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with the WE leadership team to lead the strategic co-design and organizational use of GESI standards, tools, evaluation metrics and capacity strengthening initiatives.
  • Lead the GESI technical pillar by incorporating technical offerings into existing programs across portfolios.
  • Lead, supervise, and help provide quality assurance on the design and/or execution of GESI analyses, action plans, activities, MEL plans, and impact evaluations.
  • Collaborate with the WE NBD Specialist and Senior Director of WE to create GESI-related NBD tools, systems and capacity strengthening initiatives as needed.
  • Work closely with the Resilient Food Systems practice and other practices and departments to help develop signature GESI and WE approaches, tools, and activities for USDA and other donors where it is not required but can help advance existing project goals and activities.
  • Collaborate with the WE leadership team on supporting internal GESI learning and a WE and GESI community of practice.
  • Serve on proposal development teams as needed.
  • Lead GESI capacity strengthening initiatives with staff, consultants and interns. Design and implement GESI capacity-building interventions in coordination with project teams and local partners.
  • Work with internal and external experts to develop and design high-quality GESI training curricula and capacity-strengthening approaches. Conceptualize and develop GESI training materials (manuals, workbooks, facilitator guides).
  • Work with the WE leadership team to develop and champion the use of cutting-edge tools and resources for WE, leadership, and GESI.
  • Support GESI related thought leadership events and coalition participation and advocacy efforts as needed.
  • Collaborate with Communications to support GESI related social media posts, communications products and other deliverables.
  • Encourage a work culture of excellence, integrity, and accountability, as well as diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, consistent with Counterpart’s core values.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in international affairs, international development, gender equality, or related field required. Masters’ degree preferred.
  • Minimum of 12 years of technical work experience and demonstrated excellence in leading GESI integration efforts in international development programming.
  • 5 years of experience leading high quality GESI analyses, with at least 3 of those years leading USAID project or program GESI analyses.
  • Experience with USAID and other NBD processes and integrating GESI technical components.
  • Demonstrated commitment to and substantial experience in designing and facilitating participatory, inclusive, accessible, learner-centered methodologies for both training and capacity strengthening.
  • Outstanding program management skills including a commitment to technical excellence, a demonstrated track record in achieving programmatic results, and a deep understanding of financial and management compliance.
  • Demonstrated success as an entrepreneurial and creative thinker who has the drive and vision to develop, define, and expand GESI programming and mainstreaming initiatives.
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including working with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures; 3+ years overseas experience strongly preferred.

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