Gender Equality & Social Inclusion (GESI) Officer

About this role

About the Role - Purpose: The GESI Officer will work under the supervision Programme Manager and will be responsible for providing technical leadership and support for the integration of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI), Protection, and other cross-cutting themes across the project cycle. Specific Duties and Responsibilities: Conduct rapid gender analysis and protection risk assessments, reviews and audits to identify specific needs, capacities, barriers and capacities for improved participation of vulnerable groups including PWDs and elder people. Oversee the development, tracking and reporting of gender and protection sensitive indicators to reflect progress towards gender equality and protection outcome. Collaborate with different concern and partner staff to provide strategic technical guidance on gender and protection integration at project level. Follow up and ensure the planned program activities are implemented in line with the Equality/gender continuum tool. Design and facilitate GESI and protection trainings for concern and partner staff, government stakeholders, and project participants to ensure that the project assesses and accounts for GESI and protection consideration. Ensure GBV prevention and risk mitigation measures are integrated throughout the project and deliver training on GBV pocket guide for Non GBV specialist. Regularly update GBV service mappings, post and disseminate referral pathways and IEC materials in collaboration with partners and stakeholders. Regularly monitor, review and evaluate project implementation on gender and protection mainstreaming, take appropriate and timely action and extract lessons learned for future programming. Network with the available and relevant gender and protection coordination platforms to promote global standards and for better learnings. Support the implementation PSEA and safeguarding standards across project activities and strengthen staff and partner capacity on reporting and referral mechanisms. Demonstrate gender equality awareness, protection sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities. Support the programme teams in the understanding and implementation of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy and relevant protection frameworks. Facilitate awareness raising campaigns with partners, stakeholders and community members including International Women’s Day and 16 days of activism against GBV. Work closely with MEAL team to strengthen gender and protection-sensitive data collection, analysis, learning, and reporting systems. Document best practices and lesson learned related to gender equality, inclusion, and protection mainstreaming. Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager for the accomplishment of project objectives. Gender Equity Demonstrate understanding of Concern Worldwide Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy. Contribute to ensuring that Concern Worldwide Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect. Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities. Emergency response Concern Worldwide Ethiopia is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike, this role may be required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objectives. Safeguarding Post holder must be able to seek appropriate advice, report concerns, and be confident to ensure that they have been understood. Understand Concern Worldwide structures and arrangements. Work and practice in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect. Accountability Concern Worldwide, and its commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS): As relevant within this role, actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E). Contribute to ensuring that the Feedback, Complaints & Response Mechanism (FCRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed – with relevant staff whenever appropriate. Contribute to the effective dissemination of information about the FCRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour among programme participants and communities (when this is feasible and relevant).