GESI Director, Climate-Smart Agriculture

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Mercy Corps

  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Location: Nigeria
Economic justice Food security & Nutrition Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
The Position 
The Gender, Social and Inclusion Director will provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for gender equality, social inclusion, youth empowerment, and safeguarding across program activities. The Director will ensure that inclusive, equitable, and participant-centered approaches are integrated throughout the program lifecycle and embedded within implementation, learning, adaptation, and partner engagement.

S/he will be responsible for leading the implementation of gender integration strategies aimed at ensuring that program activities result in positive outcomes for male and female participants of different age groups. S/he will have overall responsibility for building team members’ and partners’ capacity to integrate a GESI perspective into activities, and raising awareness of the importance of GESI integration. The Gender, Social and Inclusion Director will work closely with other team members to ensure the effective and timely execution of activities related to gender and age-based access to opportunities. GESI Director will conduct a gender analysis to inform and guide program implementation and to ensure that men, women, girls and boys have equitable opportunities to engage in and benefit from program activities. S/he will promote innovative initiatives for inclusiveness in conformity with the donor and Mercy Corps’ gender policy.

Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills 
  •  MA/S or equivalent experience in development studies, international relations, women’s studies, gender studies, sociology or other social science discipline. 
  •  At least seven years’ experience in gender, youth and social dynamics development work at the community level. 
  •  Experience developing and conducting gender training, gender/youth/social dynamics mainstreaming and engaging in gender advocacy.  
  •  10 plus years in Senior Program level positions
  •  Understanding of donor regulations, compliance requirements, and program management systems for large development programs.
  •  Demonstrated experience in gender equality, safeguarding, social inclusion, women's empowerment, youth development, protection, or related technical leadership roles
  •  Experience supporting gender equality, social inclusion, youth empowerment, safeguarding, protection, economic development, resilience, or community development programs.
  •  Demonstrated capacity to lead the collection, analysis and utilization of information from a broad range of sources to ensure effective integration of gender and youth concerns throughout the program’s duration. 
  •  In-depth understanding of gender, age and other locally significant socio-cultural factors in the context of food and nutrition security and resilience programming. 
  •  Skills in participatory learning and facilitating collaborative problem-solving.  
  •  Prior humanitarian and/or development experience working in a context similar to Nigeria. 
  •  Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.  
  •  Excellent computer skills (especially Microsoft office applications) and ability to use information technology as a tool and resource. 

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