Gender and Social Inclusion Officer at Save The Children

ROLE PURPOSE:

• The Gender and Social Inclusion Officer will support the EU education project team and provide technical support to guide and inform gender and social inclusive programming through an “integrated approach” in Jigawa and Kano states.  
• The Gender and Social Inclusion Officer will support in mainstreaming gender and Social Inclusion as cross-cutting themes for all the programmatic activities. S/he will ensure gender is integrated into the results-based management frameworks, strengthen, and support social 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 the project programmes are 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 Social Inclusion will ensure that gender and social inclusion issues are identified in the project are addressed, and that activities are responsive to the needs of girls, boys, young people, other vulnerable groups and, that all materials and trainings are inclusive.          

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

• Reports to: Programme Manager      
• Staff directly reporting to this post: None. 
• Budget responsibility:  None

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Implementation, Coordination & Management:

• Lead capacity building for staff on gender and social inclusion, including developing initiatives to make existing learning environment gender-responsive and inclusive for girls, boys, young people 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 gender and social inclusion in policy and system on education and empowerment of young people. 
• Coordinate gender and social inclusion project activities between thematic areas of implementation.
• Conduct regular gender analysis, support community mapping and safety audits to identify and address access and social inclusion issues.
• With support from the programme team, formulate key gender and social inclusion messages and targets from lessons learned, assessments, research and evidence gained through project implementation.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of EU project 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 etc.) and adapt strategies as necessary.
• Ensure a focus on gender equality, gender mainstreaming and social inclusion in all components of project implementation.
• Develop and facilitate gender and social inclusion components in training materials, needs assessment and other project tools and resources.
• Ensure gender and social inclusion is mainstreamed in IEC materials developed on the project.
• Support SCI staff 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 social inclusion-specific project indicators.
• Support MEAL team in analysing gender and inclusion specific data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• In collaboration with the MEAL team, collate and disseminate regular project gender and social inclusion reports.

Human Resources Management and Development:

• Working together with the EU project 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 and social inclusion issues and participate in gender working group meetings, which may include providing oversight.
• Engage the relevant gender and social inclusion 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 social inclusion activities have a safeguarding risk assessment and mitigation measure in place 

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom 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 themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages others to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

• Actively listens to different perspectives and experiences of stakeholders.
• Actively participates in networks to access and contribute to good practice.
• Establishes and maintains clear communication and dialogue with disaster and conflict affected people and other stakeholders.
• Establishes clear objectives with partners.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions to gender and social inclusion. 
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency.
• Commitment to Save the Children Values
• Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:
• Demonstrates approachability and trust by listening carefully to others and valuing their contribution, and making others feel comfortable by being open and honest about their thoughts and feelings.
• Demonstrates self-development and management by taking responsibility for own development, and actively seeking out feedback to better understand their own strengths and weaknesses.
• Makes positive statements about work.
• Effectively influences others by understanding their interests and showing how they will be met by own preferred solution.
• Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to partners and others

Desirable 

• Experience building capacity particularly in gender and social inclusion related issues. 
• Prior work experience in communities across Nigeria.
• Knowledge of the policies, frameworks, functions, structures and decision-making processes of key national institutions with regard to disability and gender. 
• Team player with strong leadership skills.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential Criteria

• First degree or equivalent in Social Science, development studies, gender & development or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience.
• At least 2- 5 years-experience implementing on issues of gender and social inclusion in development, humanitarian response.
• Proven experience in supporting the designing, implementing, and evaluating gender-transformative social and social inclusion interventions.
• Experience in supporting the implementation of empowerment of young people 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 gender equality and social inclusion issues; experience engaging children and other community members on gender equality issues desirable.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment