Gender and Social Inclusion Advisor

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POSITION TITLE: Gender and Social Inclusion Advisor

REPORTS TO: Country Representative

DUTY STATION: Addis Ababa

PROGRAM: USAID- Empowered Communities Activity (ECA) and Others

MINIMUM HOURS OF WORK: 40 Hours per Week

DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT: Two years with possible extension

Activity Overview

Empowered Communities Activity is a four-year USAID funded activity implemented by Project HOPE led consortium that includes JSI, and seven (7) local implementing partners (LIPs) The activity covers five (5) geographic regions of Ethiopia; namely, Oromia, Amhara, Afar, South Ethiopia and central Ethiopia. The goal of this activity is to strengthen community systems and platforms to improve health and nutrition outcomes. It aims to improving community level health literacy and engagement, capacity strengthening of non-state actors (NSAs) and accountability systems as well as increasing service delivery through NSA managed health facilities.

The Project HOPE led consortium strives to achieve a higher level of engagement by the community whereby members influence and take ownership in the decision-making processes that can improve their own health status. This relies on a multifaceted approach that addresses barriers targeting Gender equity and social inclusion at various levels.

JOB SUMMARY

The Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Advisor will provide leadership on recommendations to ensure that the USAID ECA and other Project HOPE activities integrate inclusivity of women, marginalized groups/ populations, and those with disabilities. S/he will be able to lead analysis of gender dynamics that influence social norms, behaviors, and access to health information and services. The GESI Advisor will be in-charge of leading, overseeing, and coordinating the gender and social inclusion activities across the ECA activities at all levels. S/he will advise on and provide training at a local level to ensure that PH staff and partners are ensuring inclusivity of women, men, vulnerable and marginalized groups within programs. This role will also include the monitoring of statistics on gender, both in terms of programme outcomes, and in terms of beneficiaries of interventions and programme delivery to ensure compliance with the International Development (Gender Equality) Act. In addition, the identification of interventions to actively improve disability inclusion within will be a key deliverable of this role. S/he will advance the strengthening and the integration of gender equality and social inclusion efforts, coordination, and management based on PH and USG policies and guidelines nationally and at the area/ regional office level. This role will transition to local partners in years 3-4.

The Advisor will be a full-time staff member of Project HOPE, based in Addis Ababa, and ensure all relevant PH gender equity and social inclusion policies and guidelines are implanted as per the standard across all activities.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical leadership in the development and implementation of a strategy for integrating gender equity, womens empowerment and social inclusion within USAID ECA and other PH activities.
• Design and support the implementation of evidence-based interventions that promote the participation of women, youth and adolescent girls, and other vulnerable, underserved, and disadvantaged groups.
• In collaboration with other PH technical team, lead the conduct of an in-depth activity level gender analysis and develop context specific gender strategy for pastoralist and agrarian settings.
• Support CSOs/NSAs to institutionalize gender cohort and other TA mechanisms into their strategic plans.
• Ensure integration of Gender into the M&E systems PH activities for tracking progress
• and reporting of successes and challenges.
• Promote womens voices in delivery and accountability of RMNCAH-N services using appropriate local media.
• Work closely with the Social Accountability and Advocacy team to adapt Engaging Men in Accountable Practice (EMAP) to enhance mens engagement towards gender equality.
• Conduct barrier analysis to identify social and gender norms that prevent women and girls in taking leadership role in their community (using Social Analysis and Action tool).
• Design and deliver GESI trainings to build the capacity of the program staff, local implementing partners, non-state actors and stakeholders on gender equity at all levels of the ECA.
• In collaboration with M&E unit, track gender indicators to promote gender equality, womens empowerment, and social inclusion across ECA and other activities.
• Work closely with Community Engagement Advisor and other ECA and PH technical team members to mainstream gender and social inclusion in all the activities.
• Promote gender and social inclusion activities and work closely with PH regional and HQ team.
• Conduct GESI assessment to identify key gender constraints and integrate interventions into program activities to address them.
• Lead in the analysis of the gender, womens empowerment, and social inclusion aspects of ECA activities and build ECA staff capacity to scale up evidence-based practices.
• Contribute to the development of GESI content and communications including SBCC campaign materials to support project efforts to promote gender, womens empowerment, and social inclusion.
• Document and share best practices, challenges, and lessons learned for policy dialogue, advocacy, and future programming.
• Represent ECA on Gender and social inclusion at conferences, career fairs, and other industry events.
• Work closely with the DEI Council at HQ and serve as a DEI (Diversity Equity and inclusion) focal point and establish / lead a DEI Council for the country office.
• Work closely with other USAID funded activities in all matters related to GESI.
• Travel to regions to support field program activities and capacity building efforts.
• Perform other functions assigned by the Country representative of Project HOPE.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Masters Degree preferably in sociology, gender studies, social work, and related field
• At least 7+ years professional experience preferably on gender or social inclusion or in community development projects with special focus on gender equality and social inclusion
• Demonstrated gender and social inclusion experience with USAID and other international donor programs.
• Demonstrated experience in effective gender advocacy, coordination and capacity building training, coaching and facilitation with program teams, local partners, and host government to integrate gender, social inclusion and womens empowerment into programming.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and conducting gender analyses and developing gender strategies.
• Demonstrated understanding of gender dynamics and womens empowerment in the Ethiopia context.
• A strong work ethic and an entrepreneurial spirit to accommodate multiple priorities.
• Excellent track record of successful teamwork, good presentation/facilitation skills interpersonal and communication skills, including oral and written fluency in local language and English.
• Excellence planning, organization, and supervision skills
• Knowledge on Microsoft Offices and other statistical software
• Experience in practical fieldwork and supervision skills and ability to travel to project operation sites nearly half (50%) of its time.