Gender, Safeguarding and CARM officer
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Mercy Corps
- 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: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Deadline: 28/08/2025
- Location: Ethiopia
About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future.
Safeguarding Risk Level:
The DREAMS program aims to improve the well-being of 100,000 women, children, and men over five years for refugees and host communities in the Somali region of Ethiopia. Working with refugees and host communities in the Somali region of Ethiopia. The program will integrate two proven models – poverty graduation and Market Systems Development – layering these approaches in a new way that will ensure that the poorest households can improve their income and well-being significantly and maintain Mercy Corps will lead the Market Systems component of the program and will be responsible for developing market access pathways to ensure those businesses can be successful and supporting the operating environment for businesses and communities to thrive.
General Position Summary
- The position holder will be responsible for mainstreaming gender, safeguarding and CARM (Community Accountability and Reporting Mechanisms) in the DREAMS project He/She/ will also be the focal person for these core cross cutting initiatives in Dollo-ado.
- The incumbent will work with program teams to integrate Gender and Safeguarding considerations into all program activity areas, will support partners implementing GESI interventions or integrating GESI considerations into other interventions, and will contribute to learning processes that continuously improve the program’s ability to work towards GESI transformative outcomes.
Knowledge and Experience
- BA degree in any social science including Gender Studies, development studies, anthropology, social work or a comparable area of social study preferred
- An understanding of cultural barriers to the engagement of women, girls, and socially excluded community members.
- Three to Five years of proven work experience in related work.
- Demonstrated program implementation and training capabilities.
- Technical skills, experience, and knowledge in PSEAH, safeguarding, protection, GBV or gender highly desirable
- Knowledge of participatory analyses, action and results processes.
- Experience in the region is required.
Success Factors
- Fluent in English (oral and writing) and local language of the region
- Business minded, entrepreneurial, adaptive, curious, great problem-solving skills, unafraid to ask questions, and results motivated.
- He/She will be a tolerant and flexible individual able to work in difficult and stressful environments and follow procedures
- Excellent communication, facilitation and networking skills with a wide range of private, partner and NGO- sector actors
- Computer literate especially in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
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