Gender and Disability Inclusion Officer (Ogoja) at Save The Children

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Gender and Disability Inclusion Officer will support the GPE refugee education team and provide technical support to guide and inform gender disability-inclusive programming through an “integrated approach” in Cross-River, Benue and Adamawa states, while supporting implementing partners in Akwa-Ibom and Taraba states. 

The Gender and Disability Inclusion Officer will support in mainstreaming gender and disability as cross-cutting themes for all the programmatic activities. S/he will ensure gender and disability is integrated into the results-based management frameworks, strengthen and support disability inclusion, apply gender equality strategies and facilitate gender equality capacity strengthening for field teams and partner organizations of SCI via training and tool development. S/he will not only ensure GPE education programmes are disability-inclusive and gender sensitive but aims to provide support to make such programmes become gender sensitive. 

Under the guidance of the Programme Manager, the Gender and Disability Inclusion will ensure that gender issues identified in the proposal are addressed, and that activities are responsive to the needs of girls, boys, men and women; and also, that all materials and trainings are inclusive. 

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Implementation, Coordination & Management:

• Lead capacity building for GPE staff and partner organizations members on gender and disability inclusion, including developing initiatives to make existing learning environment gender-responsive and inclusive for girls, boys and other marginalized children in the project states.
• Guided by gender analysis, the Officer will support in advocacy to identify and support stakeholders in developing mechanisms to address policy and system barriers to girls’ education. 
• Coordinate project activities between thematic areas and other implementing partners.
• Conduct regular gender analysis, support community mapping and safety audits to identify and address access and financial barriers to girls’ education in the states.
• With support from the programme team, formulate key gender messages and targets from lessons learned, assessments, research and evidence gained through project implementation.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of GPE objectives and initiatives, both short and long term, encompassing a wide range of issues with a gender lens.
• Acquire information and understanding of key gender issues in the country particularly in the project states focusing on boys and girls (e.g., GBV, SHR etc.) and adapt strategies as necessary.
• Ensure a focus on gender equality, gender mainstreaming and disability inclusion in all components of project implementation.
• Develop and facilitate gender and disability inclusion components in training materials, needs assessment and other project tools and resources.
• Ensure accessibility of gender responsive IEC materials developed on the project.
• Support SCI and partners to identify and address the intersectionality of gender and disability in project planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Perform other tasks, as required, to ensure the smooth running of the organisation

MEAL

• Support tracking of gender and disability-inclusive and disability-specific project indicators.
• Support MEAL team in disability data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Ensure consultation of beneficiaries with disabilities in project implementation, evaluation, and learning.
• In collaboration with the MEAL team, collate and disseminate regular project disability inclusion reports.

Human Resources Management and Development:

• Working together with the GPE Team to identify learning and development needs of the project teams and develop specific plans to address the learning needs. 

Internal and external engagements

• Develop and maintain a network of external contacts with key individuals in the state, NGO sector, civil society and the media particularly working on gender issues and participate in gender working group meetings, which may include providing oversight.
• Engage the relevant gender and disability stakeholders at State levels in support of the project cycle management.

Safeguarding

• Ensure that the gender component of project complies Save the Children’s safeguarding policies 
• Work with the project safeguarding officer to ensure that all gender and inclusion activities have a safeguarding risk assessment and mitigation measure in place 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential Criteria

• First degree or equivalent in Social Science, development studies, gender & development or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience. Advanced degree will be an added advantage
• At least 5 years-experience implementing on issues of gender and inclusion, including adolescent sexual reproductive health across either development, humanitarian or refugee setting.
• Proven experience in supporting the designing, implementing, and evaluating disability-inclusive and gender-transformative social and behaviour change communication interventions.
• Experience in supporting the implementation of disability-inclusive and gender-transformative approaches in any context.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team setting with minimal supervision.
• Specific knowledge of international development, disability inclusion and gender equality issues; experience engaging children and other community members on gender equality issues desirable.
• Demonstrable understanding of applying the principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in project cycle management.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment