GESI Officer
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Mercy Corps
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 0-5 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
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 30/01/2026
- Location: Myanmar
Mercy Corps is a leading global development agency and social enterprise improving lives all around the world. With a network of experienced professionals, we partner with local communities to put bold ideas into action to help people recover, overcome hardship, and build better lives – now, and for the future. Mercy Corps in Myanmar focuses on agriculture and livelihoods, income generation, market development and energy access.
Essential Responsibilities
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
● Provide technical support to program teams to integrate gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) across all phases of project implementation, in line with Mercy Corps’ GESI Standards and the WAVES project GEDSI commitments.
● Provide technical guidance to ensure inclusive implementation across WAVES outputs, including promoting meaningful participation of marginalized groups in mangrove rehabilitation activities, including income-generating roles aligned with their capacities and constraints.
● Supporting inclusive livelihood and market systems development by identifying and addressing gender, disability, and ethnicity-related barriers to access to skills training, climate-resilient technologies, financial services, and collective bargaining mechanisms.
CAPACITY STRENGTHENING & PARTNER ENGAGEMENT
● Strengthen the capacity of Mercy Corps staff, implementing partners, and relevant stakeholders to deliver GESI-responsive and gender-transformative programming, through training, coaching, and ongoing technical accompaniment.
● Identify capacity gaps among staff and partners related to GESI, disability inclusion, cultural sensitivity, and inclusive facilitation, and support the delivery of targeted trainings, mentoring, and skill transfer initiatives.
LEARNING, ACCOUNTABILITY & SAFEGUARDING
● Document, analyze, and share implementation-level lessons learned, challenges, and good practices related to GESI integration, contributing to internal learning products, donor reporting, and program adaptation.
● Support teams to systematically review GESI-related data and community feedback, ensuring findings inform program adjustments and continuous improvement.
Security
• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership. Safeguarding Responsibilities
• Actively learns about safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
• University degree in social sciences, development studies, gender studies, or related fields. Degrees in other studies are also acceptable if combined with demonstrated GESI experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience implementing development programs, preferably with a focus on gender equality, social inclusion, or community development.
• Experience in facilitating trainings, workshops, and capacity-building sessions for staff, partners, or communities.
• Experience working with marginalized groups, women, youth, persons with disabilities, or ethnic minorities in development or conservation contexts.
• Knowledge or experience in mangrove restoration, sustainable natural resource management, or forestry group engagement is an advantage.
• Strong curiosity and adaptability for working in complex, ambiguous, and dynamic environments.
• Flexible, tolerant, and resilient, with the ability to work under pressure while following organizational policies and procedures.
• Fluency in Burmese
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Essential Responsibilities
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
● Provide technical support to program teams to integrate gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) across all phases of project implementation, in line with Mercy Corps’ GESI Standards and the WAVES project GEDSI commitments.
● Provide technical guidance to ensure inclusive implementation across WAVES outputs, including promoting meaningful participation of marginalized groups in mangrove rehabilitation activities, including income-generating roles aligned with their capacities and constraints.
● Supporting inclusive livelihood and market systems development by identifying and addressing gender, disability, and ethnicity-related barriers to access to skills training, climate-resilient technologies, financial services, and collective bargaining mechanisms.
CAPACITY STRENGTHENING & PARTNER ENGAGEMENT
● Strengthen the capacity of Mercy Corps staff, implementing partners, and relevant stakeholders to deliver GESI-responsive and gender-transformative programming, through training, coaching, and ongoing technical accompaniment.
● Identify capacity gaps among staff and partners related to GESI, disability inclusion, cultural sensitivity, and inclusive facilitation, and support the delivery of targeted trainings, mentoring, and skill transfer initiatives.
LEARNING, ACCOUNTABILITY & SAFEGUARDING
● Document, analyze, and share implementation-level lessons learned, challenges, and good practices related to GESI integration, contributing to internal learning products, donor reporting, and program adaptation.
● Support teams to systematically review GESI-related data and community feedback, ensuring findings inform program adjustments and continuous improvement.
Security
• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership. Safeguarding Responsibilities
• Actively learns about safeguarding and integrates it into their work, including safeguarding risks and mitigations related to their area of work.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
• University degree in social sciences, development studies, gender studies, or related fields. Degrees in other studies are also acceptable if combined with demonstrated GESI experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience implementing development programs, preferably with a focus on gender equality, social inclusion, or community development.
• Experience in facilitating trainings, workshops, and capacity-building sessions for staff, partners, or communities.
• Experience working with marginalized groups, women, youth, persons with disabilities, or ethnic minorities in development or conservation contexts.
• Knowledge or experience in mangrove restoration, sustainable natural resource management, or forestry group engagement is an advantage.
• Strong curiosity and adaptability for working in complex, ambiguous, and dynamic environments.
• Flexible, tolerant, and resilient, with the ability to work under pressure while following organizational policies and procedures.
• Fluency in Burmese
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
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