TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programme Development, Quality & Impact

LOCATION: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia CO with more than 50% field work

GRADE: 1A

CONTRACT LENGTH: 1 Year

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: 

Level 3 – the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people

ROLE PURPOSE: 

The Senior Gender and Inclusion Advisor will use his/her in-depth contextual understanding, technical and practical expertise, and relationship building skills to define and deliver our strategic ambition for advancing gender equality and disability inclusion in Ethiopia CO. The role is responsible to contribute to strategy development and the technical design and implementation of high-quality programmes that advance gender equality and ensure that children, girls and boys and People with Disability (PwD) can equitably access, participate, benefit from and act as decision makers for both emergency and development programming.

The role will ensure quality of projects/programs by ensuring the mainstreaming and roll out of gender equality and disability inclusion quality benchmarks into design, implementation, monitoring and reporting. This involves conducting capacity assessment, developing staff capacity, facilitating and conducting gender related studies, ensuring gender and disability inclusion in thematic studies /baseline /midline /end line/, sector specific research assessment, generating and dissemination of evidences of best practices. The role will support gender responsive and inclusive advocacy and influencing, while driving strategic partnerships for new business development.

He/she will provide intensive technical support to ensure SC work is grounded on intersectional gender and power analysis and supports the design and implementation of gender transformative monitoring and evaluation systems to demonstrate impact, while sharing learning across our programmes, teams and partners. The role will work closely with operations colleagues and with partners, especially working on women and girls right and disability inclusion-focused organizations, in Ethiopia fostering the building of ownership and agency of local organisations.  The role will provide in depth technical support and involve in designing/adapting and delivering gender transformative and disability inclusive content for capacity building and system strengthening.

This role includes a focus on external representation on priority issues including child-centred intersectional gender and power analysis, girls’ empowerment, gender-based violence, disability inclusion and other topics central to SCI gender transformative and inclusive child rights-based approaches across thematic areas. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Program Development, Quality & Impact Director

Staff reporting to this post: None

Budget Responsibilities: None

Role Dimensions: The role is expected to foster relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders including Save the Children members, the Country Office Programme Development, Quality and Impact Thematic Team, Advocacy, Communication Campaign and Media (ACCM) team, technical counterparts in other organisation, donors etc. The role is also expected to engage with internal technical working groups and communities of practice (COP), including regional and global gender equality COPs.

Context: Humanitarian and Development

Primary Technical area: Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion

Secondary Technical area: Disability inclusive and gender transformative program design and implementation; Including conducting situation analysis, formative research, Gender Analysis, Gender Audit, Rapid Gender and Incisions assessment. The role will ensure inclusion of gender and disability dimension in studies conducted by thematic team and organizational level as whole. Ensure Gender and Disability inclusion in the MEAL system process and make sure learning and lessons generated are gender responsive and inclusive

Award funded: 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Technical Leadership:

• Lead and provide technical support to ensure Country Office quality gender responsive and disability inclusive program design, contribute in setting gender and inclusive strategic approach in relation to the wider country strategy, supporting the organization to implement Save the Children’s Global Gender Equality Policy and disability Strategy
• Provide technical leadership and involve in process of Gender Equality Self-Assessment (GESA) development of Gender Equality Action Plan grounded on Gender Equality Self-Assessment finding, other study findings and monitor implementation of Action Plan .
• Lead and support the Eth SCI gender team, Field Office and project level gender champions platform for enhanced strategic collaboration and institutionalization of gender and disability issues
• Build capacity of national staff and partners in key technical approaches related to advancing gender equality and social justice, via developing and facilitating high quality training via workshops, webinars, etc.
• Organize and lead progresses tracking events at country office, Area office and Field office.
• Ensuring SCI CO Programs/Projects meet SCI’s Gender Minimum standards Gender Transformative or Sensitive and Disability inclusion  
• Work closely with new business development colleagues and Technical Advisers, technical partners, donors and colleagues across Save the children to ensure quality of gender responsive and incisive  program design , funding opportunities; and  uphold accountability for implementation of Save the Children’s global Gender Equality Marker (development or humanitarian)
• Effectively and consistently participate in the technical scoping, planning, design and proposal writing during new programme development, and ensure that we design and deliver high quality, holistic gender-transformative and inclusive programmes, building on reality on the context and global best practice. Ensure that broader intersecting social justice, disability and resilience considerations are reflected coherently in our programme design and implementation.
• Lead and involve in conducting intersectional gender and power analysis and make sure utilization of finding in the program/project design
• Provide in depth technical support to CO thematic team to deliver quality program meets gender transformative and inclusive programming quality benchmarks.
• Work with Child Rights Governance colleagues to ensure that a rights based approach is reflected in our programme design and implementation (in line with our child rights programming approach), with a strong focus on child participation
• Promote a systems strengthening approach as the overarching framework, that supports the institutionalization of gender and disability working in collaboration and partnership with governments, local partners and working towards impact, scale and sustainability.
• Provide technical guidance and on job support to the programme implementation teams through frequent supportive supervision and ensure that thematic programme components are technically sound and grounded on intersectional gender and power analysis, implementation methods consistent with national and global strategies, acknowledged good practice (e.g. Save the Children Common Approaches); and are likely to achieve scale, as well as equitable and sustainable results.
• Take measures to ensure that implementation of project activities is gender transformative/sensitive as well disability inclusive through developing staff competencies, introducing and helping implementation teams to adopt and rollout best practices,
• Ensure quality frameworks of each thematic projects are adequately consist of gender equality markers, monitor progresses against the benchmarks, identify and roll out improvement measures, generate and disseminate best practices
• Develop disability inclusion Marker /Check list for measuring inclusiveness of program /project design
• Closely work with MEAL team as whole and Evidence and Learning team, provide technical support on ToR development, research questions design, tool development to address knowledge/evidence/information gap of the CO within the area of gender programming, disability inclusion  and advocacy and lead the process of the studies.
• Contribute to the development, dissemination, monitoring and evaluation of innovative program quality tools and resources focused on advancing gender equality and disability inclusion
• Undertake intersectional gender power analysis linked with selected projects/programs and link that with gender equality monitoring using pre-set QBMs against international standards and SCI’s gender equality markers
• Contribute towards the creation of an organisational learning culture that promotes gender balanced staff, safe working environment for PwD ,  use of disaggregated data, evidence and analysis (including gender and power analysis) and understands its link to quality and accountable programming;
• Contribute to strengthening the use of SCI equality-focused programme principles, core actions, and good practice across themes and sectors.
• Undertake frequent field visits to project sites; work with implementation teams to understand impacts, operational challenges, and continuously identify opportunities for learning and improvement.
• Identify learnings and evidence contribute to organisational learning on gender equality, ensuring that learning s are shared across the Country Office, with partners, colleagues in the wider regional and global gender equality community within Save the Children via Technical Working/Leadership Groups and Communities of Practice and externally
• Support humanitarian colleagues (as needed) to conduct intersectional sectoral assessments (including intersectional gender and power analysis, using SC assessment processes and tools), design and deliver gender sensitive/transformative emergency response and recovery programmes. Build capacity on gender equality and gender-based violence, disability inclusion among humanitarian teams involved in different sectors. Ensure synergies between humanitarian gender equality teams, disaggregated data, gender sensitive/transformative and inclusive programme design.
• In Humanitarian Contexts, monitor trends on implementation of SCI minimum standards in order to ensure early, gender sensitive/transformative action and inclusive initiatives   ; contribute to technical design and implementation and technical coordination of humanitarian responses

1. Networking & External Engagement:

• In alignment with Country Office strategy and leadership, engage in strategic positioning with partners and government in-country, and ensure that Save the Children is a partner of choice in gender equality and disability inclusive programming.
• Foster partnership with feminist organisations focused on women’s and girls’ rights, engaging men and boys, equal rights and advancing gender equality.
• Work closely with organization working on disability right to advance disability inclusions through national technical coordination and networking , working groups
• Ensure that Save the Children is influencing and learning from others to advance gender equality through national technical coordination and networking bodies such as clusters and working groups focused on gender equality and gender-based violence, or focused on specific thematic areas and requiring a strong gender equality lens (education, child protection, sexual and reproductive health and rights, etc.).
• Strengthen civil society engagement in national dialogues and policy processes for advancing gender equality and disability inclusion and eliminating gender-based violence, including ending child marriage, through working closely with advocacy and child rights governance colleagues. Ensure that the diverse voices of children, girls and boys are equitably heard and represented across thematic advocacy work.
• Represent the program to National and Local government representatives, donors, and partner agencies, as required, highlighting the importance of a priority focus on advancing gender equality and disability inclusion.
• Ensure the quality, clarity and consistency of technical components of internal and external reports (e.g. programme reports, sit-reps, internal updates), prioritizing and embedding gender equality across framing and content, working closely with awards, programme implementation and communications colleagues as needed.
• Leverage and liaise with technical colleagues from across Save the Children, including technical working groups and centres of excellence, ensuring that learning from the Country Office is shared with others and global lessons brought back.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for delivering in depth leaderships and technical support for quality gender sensitive/transformative and incisive program design and implementation, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• frequently communicate and support CO thematic AO, FO, project team and partners develop sense of ownership and accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – helping them explore opportunity enables to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for him/herself and support area-based gender team set their goals, takes responsibility for his/her own personal development and encourages area-based team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with gender and disability team thematic colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

The post holder must commit to work in a national and international agency that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion and fights racism, gender inequality and discrimination in all forms; and to model positive behaviors that demonstrate a commitment to equality and respect to all colleagues, partners and communities.

About You

• BA/ BSC degree in Women and Gender Studies or related degree with focus on gender equality in international development, social work, public health, sociology, anthropology or related area, or equivalent experience

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least 10 years’ experience (including field experience) providing technical leadership for the design and implementation of humanitarian and development programmes focused on advancing gender equality and inclusion
• Strong understanding of gender equality and inclusion principles and practices, the gender equality sector, policy priorities and key gender inequalities impacting children in Ethiopia
• Significant experience in gender equality and inclusion training, capacity building, and mentoring, and a demonstrated ability to make complex concepts compelling and accessible
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills related to intersectional gender and power analysis, and to the design, piloting, implementation and evaluation of innovative technical tools and resource to advance gender equality
• Track record in successful business development/fundraising, designing and pitching gender transformative approaches, models and programs
• Demonstrated strong knowledge and skills related to gender sensitive and transformative program design, monitoring and evaluation, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
• Experience of strategy development and planning to advance gender equality and social justice
• Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, grounded on intersectional gender and power analysis, social inclusion, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to advance gender equality and realise children’s rights.
• Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
• Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for transforming the root causes of harmful gender norms and promoting gender equality for and with children
• Demonstrated thought leadership expertise such as contributions to academic journals, books, articles, speaking engagements, workshop facilitation, leading conference presentations and panels
• Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: resilience and climate change; adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability; migration and displacement.
• Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery
• Fluent in English and elevated level of English writing skills.

KEY COMPETENCIES 

Technical competencies:

• Develops, implements and applies intersectional gender analysis.
• Designs and implements evidence-based holistic gender sensitive and transformative and inclusive interventions: Fosters gender sensitive and transformative approaches to ensure all children have equitable access to, participation within and benefit from interventions.
• Strengthens capacities to advance gender equality and disability inclusion.
• Develops and applies effective, innovative gender equality, and inclusive  tools and resources.
• Advocates for gender equality and disability inclusion.

Generic Competencies

• Being the Voice of Children: Promotes evidence-based policy and public engagement that includes the voices of children and their communities
• Advancing Equality & Inclusion: Displays a commitment to ensuring everything we do considers the most deprived and marginalised children
• Building & Strengthening Partnerships: Promotes working with diverse partners as critical to delivery
• Child Rights: Promotes the rights of children in own work and in work with colleagues and peers

Additional job responsibilities

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities 

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI’s global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Gender Equality policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

• We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

• The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.