Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Officer

Women Empowerment Action (WE-Action) is a feminist women's rights organization that has been operating across various regions in Ethiopia, including Amhara, Oromia, Southern Ethiopia, Central Ethiopia, and Tigray, for the past 30 years. WE-Action has four strategic goals: combating gender inequality, promoting gender-equitable and sustainable livelihoods, ensuring protection and lifesaving support, and achieving organizational excellence. WE-Action in collaboration with Christian Aid is currently seeking a competent GESI Officer at Borena Field Office

Note: - WE-Action has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and any forms of Gender-Based Violence.

1. Description of the position

• Position: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Officer
• Duty Station: Oromiya Region, Borena Zone Dubuluk woreda
• Reports to: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Coordinator
• Salary: As per the organization’s scale
• Number of positions: One (1)
• Duration: based on performance evaluation result and availability of budget

General Duties and responsibilities

The position holder will be responsible for ensuring Gender Equality and Social Inclusion are mainstreamed in projects and programs. Furthermore, ensuring that the organization's gender equality policy commitments are turned into action by putting in place a gender equality policy implementation strategy and action plan. Work to empower female employees and create a workplace free of sexual exploitation and abuse. Plan and carry out the organization's gender equality advocacy agenda. 

Planning and designing:

• Participate and contribute in project planning from gender equality and social inclusion perspective.
•  Prepare and review gender integration plan in projects deep implementation.
• Follow up gender transformative approaches are promoted in project planning.
•  Develop different tools that helps mainstream gender issues.

Program Implementation:

• Implement and follow up gender and social inclusion activities from each project.
• Implement the Gender Equality Policy implementation strategy and action plan of the organization.
• Follow up the implementation of Gender integration part of the implementation plan.
• Review project and programs for gender and social inclusion perspectives.
• Participate and contribute to humanitarian clusters from gender perspective.
• Promote male engagement strategies and approaches.

Advocacy and Capacity Building:

• Contribute to the implementation of organization advocacy policy and strategies.
• Promote feminist advocacy across programs and projects.
• Publish and communicate advocacy materials.
• Organize Gender Equality and Social Inclusion capacity building for all staff at different level.
• Plan and implement gender specific employee’s capacity development, mentorship and internship programs.
• Organize and contribute regular “Women Space” for women employee’s empowerment.
• Organize and contribute to the organization conversation on gender and social inclusion issues.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Conduct monitoring of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion activity implementation.
•  Develop GESI-specific indicators and tools for monitoring project impact.
• Collect, analyze, and report data disaggregated by sex, age, disability, and other relevant variables.
•  Document and share lessons learned, best practices, and success stories related to GESI integration.
• Review project report for gender perspective, integration and disaggregated data.

Gender at Workplaces

• Strictly follow and assist others to respect the organization polices on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion.
• Ensure workplace are free from any sexual and gender-based violence.
• Work to promote the 5R in the care economy and ensure that the workplace and project implementation considered women care burden.

Accountability and transparency

• Adhere to the organization accountability framework
• Implement WE-Action compliances to Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) and develop communities’ capacity accordingly.
• Participate in external verification process of WE- Action Core Humanitarian Standards.
• Respond in a timely manner to safeguarding concerns to ensure participants are kept safe from harm.

Safeguarding

• Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood
• Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements
• Practices in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect
• Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including careers, family members and children at risk
• Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record-keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion