Gender and Inclusion Specialist

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Street Child

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Location: Somalia
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
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.

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..

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

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