Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion (GYSI) Lead
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Mercy Corps
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 05/01/2025
- Location: Uganda
About Save the Children
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.
Gender and Youth Assessments and Strategy (35%)
- Ensure the use of participatory and collaborative problem-solving approaches to develop strategies and action plans for gender and youth integration and promotion of social inclusion for marginalized groups within program plans, Theory of Change (ToC) processes, monitoring and learning plans, and implementation guidance.
- Lead the collection, analysis, and utilization of information from a wide variety of sources to inform the program’s gender, youth, and social inclusion approaches.
- Lead the design and implementation of the Gender Analysis, Youth Analysis, or similar gender/youth/social inclusion analyses during the program’s Refine period and utilize the findings of these analyses to formulate an effective gender strategy and youth strategy and inform the Collaboration, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) plan for the program.
Project Implementation (50%)
- Stay abreast of donor and host government gender, youth and social inclusion policies, programs and best practices, ensuring coherence and coordination with the same.
- Provide gender and youth-related related technical support on an ongoing basis to thematic team leaders, participating in thematic team planning processes and the implementation of program activities as required.
- Provide support on the implementation of the Social Behavior Change Strategy (SBC) and SBC communications.
Coordination & Capacity Strengthening (15%)
- Foster commitment from and strengthen the capacity of team members, partners, local stakeholders, and communities to facilitate gender transformative outcomes and positive youth engagement; this includes developing and delivering formal training as well as coaching and mentoring.
- Manage team members supporting gender and youth engagement as well as social inclusion at the field level.
- Represent gender and social inclusion aspects of the project to external stakeholders, such as the donor, governments, and partners; disseminate learnings and best practices; and participate in technical working groups.
Required Qualifications:
- A master’s degree in a social science discipline such as development studies, international relations, gender studies, or a related field and a minimum of three years' experience implementing gender and social inclusion programming; OR an undergraduate degree in a related field and five years of relevant work experience implementing gender and social inclusion programming.
- An in-depth understanding of gender, age, and other locally significant socio-cultural and inclusion factors in the context of food, nutrition, and economic security (FNES) programming.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead the collection, analysis, and utilization of information from a broad range of sources.
- Demonstrated experience integrating GESI considerations into MEAL plans, work plans, and project activities
- Skills in FNES programming, participatory learning and action, and facilitating collaborative problem-solving.
- Fluency in English is required.
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