• 4 - 6 years’ experience in leading any of the following engagements - advocacy portfolios, GESI portfolios, community mobilization, campaign management, stakeholder management, and/or supporting self-governance transition of youth groups, preferably in social and economic development. 
• A robust understanding of the policy landscape around AGYW’s social and economic development, preferably in the African context. 
• Prior experience in program-related knowledge management processes. 
• Prior experience working with women's and persons with disability groups in advocacy and GESI.
• Experience in strategic relationship and partnership management.
  
  

• Prior experience in local-level advocacy, including experience with community mobilization and GESI 
• Ability to set up groups, with community support, for self-governance
• Knowledge of training content and methodologies for youth on advocacy and/or rights and GESI 
• Knowledge of the systemic barriers to girls' and women's social and economic development, particularly in the African context.
• Good understanding of knowledge management systems
• Excellent written and communication skills, including the ability to foster productive working relationships with strategic partners and diverse stakeholders, and good facilitation skills
• Computer-literate and Proficient in MS Office packages
• Ability to coach and motivate colleagues with key advocacy messaging and skills. 

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in advising or managing anti-trafficking, protection, GBV, child protection or human rights programming. 
• Strong experience in protection mainstreaming, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) safeguarding and risk analysis. 
• Experience working with security or justice actors and border contexts. 
• Knowledge of trafficking dynamics, organized crime, and migration systems. 
• Familiarity with GESI, human rights, and PSEA frameworks. 
• Strong understanding of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) principles
• Demonstrated experience ensuring GESI themes are prioritized and integrated in program design, implementation and measurement

• Established or growing recognition as an expert at regional or global level, with 12+ years of progressive experience designing, leading, and implementing programs, including 7+ years in GBV/WPE is required.  Additional experience in social work, social welfare systems, or case management practice would be an asset. 
• Strong track record of driving uptake of evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrated experience in sectoral strategy design and planning; experience with policy and advocacy efforts and campaigns for change.
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• Ability to shape the transformative vision and agenda, complemented with excellent and an ability to identify and convert business development opportunities and the necessary communication, influencing, and storytelling skills to turn this vision into action ; 
• Demonstrated capacity to lead, grow and sustain high performing teams, including through transition 
• Demonstrated for self and staff; to influence across a wide range of diverse stakeholders; and to within the domain area.
• Demonstrated comfort engaging non-transactionally across donors, civil society, social justice movements, financing organizations, and academic communities: building and sustaining relationships  as a basis for influence and trust over time.
• An understanding of innovation that transcends technology, behavior change  and comfort with disruptive thinking 
• Fluency in English required. Arabic, French, and/or Spanish welcome. Fluency in Farsi, Urdu, Swahili, Bambara, or other languages dominant in IRC's programming footprint is celebrated as a form of professional capital: speakers of these languages bring proximity to the realities of the women and girls we serve that expands  technical expertise .

• Master's/post-graduate degree in Social Work, Social Policy, Gender Studies, International Law, Human Rights Law, International Development, Public Administration, or a related field required, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience demonstrating comparable depth.

• Provide strategic leadership for community education and prevention work, ensuring programmes are high-quality, coherent and grounded in WGN’s feminist, trauma-informed, anti-racist and intersectional values.
  
  
• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team, fostering reflective practice, collective care, accountability and a supportive, learning-focused working culture.
  
  
• Hold responsibility for safeguarding across community education and prevention activity, ensuring safe, consistent and survivor-centred practice across all delivery.
  
  
• Drive programme development and improvement using survivor voice, community insight, data and sector learning to strengthen impact and innovation.
  
  
• Build and sustain strong partnerships and external relationships across community organisations, statutory services, education settings and VAWG sector networks, while representing WGN externally and contributing to income generation and sustainability.
  
  

• A minimum of seven to ten years of highly relevant experience on the rights of displaced women and girls, including overseas work, preferably with refugees, internally displaced people, or in crisis situations, and experience on issues of gender-based violence and women's protection, required.
• Experience working for U.S.-based NGOs and/or direct experience with U.S. advocacy and U.S. policy highly desirable.
• Knowledge of the women, peace, and security (WPS) agenda required; experience implementing or advocating on WPS commitments is highly desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in international affairs, political science, human rights, gender studies, or a related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• We strongly encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of displacement or forced migration.

• Familiarity with the agencies of the international humanitarian system and the gender and GBV coordination architecture (e.g., GBV Sub-Cluster, Gender Standby Capacity) is required.
• Excellent analytical, writing, and public speaking communication skills required.
• Fluency in English required; proficiency in a second language is highly desirable.
• Ability to work well with others in small teams required.
• Willingness to travel to potentially risky and isolated places with limited external support required.
• Formal hostile environment training preferred.
• Familiarity with digital photography and digital videography is very useful.
• A person offered the position must be legally eligible to work in the United States.

• Effective delivery of Child Protection and CP Case Management activities, implementation of Gender-Based Violence activities, Report on activities implemented and concerns identified, Safeguarding and Confidentiality
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• Effective delivery of Child Protection and CP Case Management activities, implementation of Gender-Based Violence activities, Report on activities implemented and concerns identified, Safeguarding and Confidentiality

 Project Introduction

Purpose and objectives of the evaluation

Team composition and competencies

• A minimum of 8-10 years’ experience conducting external evaluations of development programmes, including mid-term/interim evaluations, with strong mixed-methods skills;
• Demonstrated expertise in gender-based violence (GBV) prevention, gender-transformative approaches, child rights and/or meaningful youth participation;
• Experience with theory of change and results-framework-based evaluation, gender-responsive and participatory evaluation approaches, and stakeholder engagement;
• Demonstrated experience conducting ethical research with children and adolescents, including safeguarding-compliant data collection;
• Strong quantitative and qualitative data collection skills;
• Proficient in data analyses methods and data visualisation skills through use of data analysis software such as; STATA, SPSS, NViVO, and ATLAS.ti;
• In-depth knowledge of the South African context; experience in the Eastern Cape and with traditional leadership structures is an advantage;
• Excellent report writing and communication skills; fluency in English required; proficiency in isiXhosa and Afrikaans within the team is an added advantage.

• Degree in social sciences, gender studies, environmental sciences, public health, law, or related field — Master's preferred.
• Minimum 7 years' experience in E&S/GBV programming in international development, with at least 4 years in World Bank-financed projects.
• Demonstrated expertise in the World Bank ESF, including ESS2 (Labour), ESS3 (Pollution), ESS4 (Community Health & Safety), and ESS10 (Stakeholder Engagement).
• Specialised training in GBV/SEA/SH prevention, survivor-centred approaches, and safe referral mechanisms.
• Experience with healthcare waste management plans and IPC/OHS protocols in health facility settings.
• Fluency in Arabic is preferred and English required.

• A paid work placement at a human rights organization, a university legal aid clinic, or government legal institution in Kenya, Malawi, The Gambia or South Africa carrying out groundbreaking work to end violence against women and children through legal representation and advice, strategic litigation and the innovative use of technology to inform women of their rights and make prosecutors and pro bono lawyers more efficient.
• Mentorship by the Justice for Women & Children Programme Director, host organizations’ supervisors and human rights experts from the region
• At least one in-person convening with other fellows and supervisors as well as senior CFJ leadership and an extensive monthly online training Programme led by human rights experts
• Access to a global network of leading human rights experts, lawyers, judges, activists and academics as well as other next-generation leaders.
• Enrollment in the CFJ Fellowship Alumni Programme network upon completion of the fellowship year for continued support, knowledge sharing and collaboration
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• Required Qualifications
  • A law degree from a recognized academic institution
  • Practicing Certificate: The applicant must be admitted to practice as a lawyer in the country of the selected host organization
  • Relevant Work experience:
    • Up to 5 years of experience in the legal field following graduation from law school/qualification as a lawyer in your jurisdiction.
    • Experience in women’s rights and working in human rights organizations preferred
  • Work authorization in the relevant host country:
    • Specifically, have the right to work in the host organization’s country: Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, or The Gambia. [Please note that costs relating to international relocation and acquiring work authorization cannot be supported

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Project Background

 Consultant Requirements

• Strong experience in leading evaluations and capitalization exercises conforming OECD/DAC’s Quality Standards for Development and Humanitarian Evaluation.
• Strong experience in working in the Women Protection and Empowerment sector in protracted crisis including MHPSS and Health sector.
• Strong expertise in project cycle management, project monitoring, and outcome/impact measurement
• Strong conceptual and analytical thinking.
• Excellent communication and writing skills in English and Arabic.
• Prior experience, knowledge, and strong track record in implementing evaluations in the region is required.
• Prior experience working with international Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
• Understanding of the culture, safeguarding concerns and standards relating to ethical and confidential data collection