Gender, Youth & Social Inclusion Director

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Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 03/01/2025
  • Location: Sudan
Youth Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is a global humanitarian organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that demonstrates God’s love and compassion. ADRA works with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change through empowering partnerships and responsible action.   

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RESPONSIBILITIES 
  1. Provide technical leadership in co-designing, planning, implementing and monitoring of gender and youth integration and inclusion strategies across diverse interventions, anticipating and mitigating unintended consequences such as gender-based violence and sexual exploitation and abuse.  
  2. Develop/oversee the development of GBV protocol and train activity staff on GBV 
  3. Oversee and conduct gender, youth, and social inclusion analysis and lead development of subsequent activity GYSI strategy; monitor and update activity GYSI strategy 
  4. Coordinate with program staff to ensure implementation of GYSI strategy in program activities. 
  5. Support monitoring of gender-related activities and collection of data for gender-related indicators 
  6. Contribute to reporting, including regular reporting, case studies, and other learning relating to GYSI 
  7. Provide technical assistance and capacity strengthening to activity staff, partners, ministry officials, CSOs, etc. Train and on-board activity staff on GYSI principles, the GYSI strategy, and related activity policies and priorities 
  8. Actively participate in the hiring and supervision of activity staff to ensure equitable recruitment and hiring practices and employee accommodations are applied throughout the activity lifecycle.  
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PRE-REQUISITES 
  • Advanced degree (master’s or higher) in a social sciences discipline such as development studies, international relations, gender studies, or a related field. 
  • Minimum of 5 years of field/community-based programming experience  
  • Demonstrated skills in FNES programming, participatory learning and action and facilitating collaborative problem solving and lead action planning. 
  • Demonstrated understanding of gender equality, youth, and social inclusion factors in the context of Sudan, including knowledge of related national and global gender, youth, and inclusion frameworks and strategies to support activity implementation  
  • Demonstrated capacity to lead collection and analysis and utilization of information from a broad range of sources (gender and inclusion analysis). 
  • Knowledge or understanding of social, economic, cultural and political context in Sudan and the activity site in the context of FNES programming. 
  • Must have the ability to foster commitment and build capacity among activity staff and in country stakeholders to ensure gender and youth integration and social inclusion. 
  • Knowledge and familiarity with USAID funding.  

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