Gender Equality, GBV & Disability Inclusion Technical Specialist

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Save the Children

  • 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: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 24/03/2025
  • Location: Somalia
Gender-based violence (GBV) Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
BACKGROUND: 

Save the Children believes that it is critical to directly address gender-based discrimination and promote gender equality in order to ensure no harm comes to children, and to advance our vision for a world where every child attains their equal right to survival, protection, development and participation. Save the Children recognizes that gender and disability inequalities create major barriers for sustainable development and works to ensure all its programs identify and account for the different needs, abilities and opportunities of all stakeholders. Save the Children further strives to utilize gender-transformative approaches whenever possible, supporting meaningful and lasting impacts in the lives of children and adolescents. Save the Children seeks to advance gender equality and disability and inclusion in all aspects of its work and across the organization, guided by Save the Children’s Gender Equality and disability Policy.

ROLE PURPOSE: 

Working closely with a team of technical advisors and program managers/ officers within the program operations team, this position will support the design and implementation of gender-sensitive, gender-transformative and disability inclusive development and humanitarian projects in order to ensure the successful delivery of quality programs that respond to the specific needs of girls, boys, men and women, and persons with disability and to  mitigate SGBV across the programme cycle. S/he will support the integration of a gender equality, disability and inclusion lens in Save the Children’s advocacy and campaign efforts; work with the Business Development team to develop gender transformative, and disability inclusive programs for donors; lead capacity strengthening efforts on gender equality with Country Office staff, as well as local partners; and support initiatives to collect, measure and report on program learnings and innovation on gender transformative and disability inclusive approaches; and support the Senior Management Team in advancing gender equality and disability inclusive efforts in our organisational culture.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

  • Master degree or bachelor’s degree in Gender and Women’s Studies, Disability Studies or related degree in International Development, Psychology, Sociology or related area or equivalent training/experience 
  • Minimum 5 -7 years’ field work experience implementing, managing, and/or providing technical assistance to programs in developing countries with a focus on gender equality & disability inclusion; focus on child and youth programming desirable 
  • Proven experience with gender-transformative child rights programming in areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Livelihoods, Maternal, Newborn and Child Heath, and/or Education
  • Commitment to and understanding of gender equality, child rights, GBV Guiding Principles, the aims and principles of SC, and humanitarian standards such as the Sphere Charter and the IASC GBV Guidelines;
  • Demonstrated understanding of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Disability Inclusive Programming, The IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action, Disability Disaggregated data and MEAL, Universal Accessible Construction standards

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