Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Advisor at GIZ Nigeria

Responsibilities and Tasks

• The Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Advisor within the Digital Transformation Center (DTC) Nigeria focused on digitalization, innovation, entrepreneurship and employment, will work closely with the Commission Manager, other technical advisors and team members, is responsible for the following:
• Design and implement programmatic initiatives on Gender, Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) across the DTC Nigeria project such as the conceptual and operational planning, implementation, budgeting, monitoring, and reporting in alignment with the stipulations of the commissioning parties, Nigeria’s gender and inclusion regulations and policies in accordance with GIZ regulations and procedures.
• Acts as a resource person on gender equity, inclusion of persons with disabilities and marginalized groups, gender mainstreaming and women economic empowerment by fostering cooperation and exchange with women, youth, MSMEs, partners, innovation eco-system actors and policy while embedding safeguarding measures, promoting inclusive participation best practices and a rights-based approach in line with the stipulations of the commissioning party and national gender regulations and policies.
• Build capacity of innovation support organizations, MSMEs, PWDs, policy makers, entrepreneurs, youth and team members on key technical approaches and design thinking principles for advancing gender equity and digital inclusion of women and persons with disabilities. Engage in advocacy with stakeholders to promote structural changes that enable inclusive gender digital ecosystems.
• Conduct Gender, Inclusion and Safeguards analyses to provide insights from activity design, implementation and reporting. Track DTC Nigeria’s progress on gender and inclusion results, documents lessons learned and produce quality reports for internal learning and external visibility.

Required qualifications, Competences and

Experience

Qualifications

• A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Law, Gender, Economics, Social Sciences, or related fields. A Master’s degree is an advantage.

Professional experience

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience.
• At least 3 years’ working experience with gender and inclusion of persons with disabilities, gender responsive approaches and safeguards of human rights.
• Professional experience in the field of digitalization and digital skills.
• At least 2 years professional experience in capacity building, training support of ISOs, MSMEs, women and marginalized groups.
• Working experience in the field of organizational development, networking and cooperation with the private sector.
• Other knowledge, additional competences
• Good understanding of the Nigerian digital innovation ecosystem.
• Excellent organizational and coordination skills.
• Ability to work independently and in teams, structure tasks, familiarize with new topics quickly and comprehensively.
• High social competence and ability to work in an international team.
• Open minded and ability to engage partners and stakeholders.
• Business fluency in English is vital. Knowledge of local languages would be an advantage.
• Previous experience in working with Government entitiesand/or international development organizations is anadvantage.
• Strong commitment to gender equality and disability inclusion.