Description
To ensure that all project activities are gender-sensitive, protection-oriented, and compliant with safeguarding standards while promoting the rights, participation, and well-being of women, men, boys, girls, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups.
Key Responsibilities
Gender Mainstreaming:
Integrate gender considerations into project planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
Conduct gender assessments and identify barriers to participation and access.
Promote equitable participation of women, men, girls, boys, and vulnerable groups in project activities.
Support collection and analysis of sex, age, and disability-disaggregated data.
Protection Mainstreaming:
Ensure project activities adhere to protection principles, including safety, dignity, non-discrimination, participation, and accountability.
Conduct protection risk assessments and recommend mitigation measures.
Monitor and report protection concerns affecting project participants.
Strengthen community-based protection mechanisms.
Safeguarding and PSEAH:
Support implementation of safeguarding and PSEAH policies and procedures.
Conduct awareness sessions for staff, volunteers, and community members.
Ensure confidential and survivor-centered handling of complaints and referrals.
Monitor compliance with safeguarding standards across project locations.
Community Engagement and Accountability:
Establish and strengthen community feedback and complaints mechanisms.
Facilitate community consultations and stakeholder engagement.
Promote meaningful participation of women, youth, persons with disabilities, and marginalized groups.
Capacity Building:
Train staff, volunteers, and community structures on gender, protection, safeguarding, and inclusion.
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project teams.
Monitoring and Reporting
Monitor gender and protection indicators.
Prepare monthly, quarterly, and donor reports.
Document lessons learned, best practices, and success stories.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, Sociology, Development Studies, Human Rights, Public Health, or related field.
Minimum of 3 - 5 years' experience in gender, protection, safeguarding, or humanitarian programming.
Experience in community engagement and capacity building.
Strong report writing, facilitation, and coordination skills.
Knowledge of protection principles, safeguarding, PSEAH, GBV risk mitigation, and child protection.
Core Competencies:
Integrity and professionalism.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.
Problem-solving and analytical skills.
Ability to work independently and within multidisciplinary teams.
Expected Deliverables:
Gender and protection assessments and reports.
Protection risk mitigation plans.
Training materials and capacity-building reports.
Community engagement and accountability reports.
Monthly and quarterly progress reports.
Documentation of lessons learned and best practices.
Ethical Requirements:
The position holder must:
Adhere to the organization's Code of Conduct.
Comply with safeguarding, child protection, and PSEAH policies.
Maintain confidentiality and respect for beneficiaries.
Uphold the principles of inclusion, accountability, and "Do No Harm.