Summary
Date Posted: Monday, July 31 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
ROLE SUMMARY:
The Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist will provide technical leadership and support to guide effective integration and achievement of girls’ empowerment, gender equality and social inclusion results across Right To Play (RTP)’s programming, in alignment with RTP’s strategic plan and organizational commitments. The GESI Specialist will provide technical guidance on GESI standards and approaches; lead GESI related staff professional development and learning through coaching, mentorship and fostering forums for technical exchange; contribute to GESI strategy development, resource mobilization, advocacy, research and learning at a global level. The GESI Specialist will champion RTP’s Gender Equality Policy including supporting development of policy related monitoring and accountability.

The GESI Specialist reports to the Global Technical Lead, Health and Gender Equality and works closely with a diverse team of program specialists within the Global Program Development (GPD) and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) teams within RTP’s Global Headquarters. The GESI Specialist will work in partnership with Country Office Gender Specialists and Focal Points to ensure that GESI is strengthened across all areas of program design, implementation, evaluation and learning and impactful social inclusion, gender equality and girls’ empowerment objectives and results are achieved.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Technical Leadership: Strategy, Standards, Quality Assurance and Learning (35% of Time):
• Lead the development of organizational program strategies and priorities, theories of change and quality standards related to RTP’s strategic focus on gender equality and girls’ empowerment.
• Collaborate with GPD, MEL and country technical specialists to develop standards and guidance on play-based learning approaches and methodology appropriate to achieving social inclusion, gender equality and girls’ empowerment outcomes.
• Provide technical guidance on gender and inclusion mainstreaming across the project cycle including developing global guidance documents, toolkits and providing technical input into other sector specific and MEL guidance documents, resources and quality assurance processes.
• In partnership with Country Offices and the Global Program Unit, establish quality assurance mechanisms, document learnings and report on delivery of RTP’s Strategic Plan and RTP’s Gender Equality Strategy.
• Collaborate with MEL team to effectively integrate GESI mainstreaming considerations within MEL approaches, standards and guidelines.
• Collaborate with MEL team to develop RTP’s global research agenda and evaluation approaches, including identifying appropriate partners and methodologies for monitoring and evaluating GESI and girls’ empowerment results.
• Collaborate with Country Offices to strengthen program adaptation based on results and learnings and drive efforts to share GESI related learnings and innovations across the organization.
• Contribute to organizational initiatives at the global level to implement and reinforce RTP’s Gender Equality Policy.

Coaching, Mentorship and Technical Exchange (25% of Time):
• Support ongoing technical exchange with Country Office Gender Specialists, Gender Focal Points and Program and MEL Teams on gender equality programming and measurement approaches.
• Provide technical backstopping on GESI related programming, based on needs and priorities identified by Country Offices.
• Lead global initiatives for GESI related coaching and capacity building, including the Gender Equality Community of Practice.
• Collaborate with Global People and Culture Team and Country Office Gender Specialists to develop and deliver organizational trainings on GESI and RTP’s Gender Equality Policy, including action plan monitoring and reporting.

Thought Leadership and Learning (20% of Time):
• Identify, research and share best practices and technical notes to position RTP’s play based learning approach within the gender equality sector.
• Drive collective advocacy initiatives at the global level to advance key GESI positions and contribute to policy papers, standards and tools in collaboration with networks globally.
• Provide guidance to country teams in local advocacy efforts related to GESI and girls’ empowerment.
• Contribute to external facing communication products, research reports, case studies, technical notes and training resources on GESI and girls’ empowerment outcomes.
• Collaborate with Communications Team to share GESI and girls’ empowerment related results, learnings and innovations across the organization.

Business and Partnership Development (15% of Time):
• Provide GESI technical leadership on multi-country and strategic business development opportunities.
• Support Country Offices in strategic partnership development on GESI and girls’ empowerment related themes.
• Work in partnership with Global Partnerships Team and Fundraising Offices to communicate RTP’s competitive advantage related to play and GESI and girls’ empowerment programming and outcomes, including contributing to capacity statements, proposal development and representing RTP in key donor forums.
• Develop and strengthen core partnerships and networks with key stakeholders in the gender equality sector, including global networks, and multi-lateral institutions, for scale and impact.

Other Tasks as Assigned (5% of Time)

WHAT YOU’LL BRING (ESSENTIAL):
EDUCATION/TRAINING/CERTIFICATION:
• Master’s Degree or equivalent in relevant field (Gender Studies, International Development, disability and inclusive development, etc.); or equivalent work experience.

EXPERIENCE:
• Experience working in women’s rights, gender equality and social inclusion within public institutions, non-governmental organizations, UN agencies and/or international organizations.
• Hands-on experience in designing GESI focused technical guidance, standards and capacity building strategies.
• Experience supporting the design of girls’ empowerment and GESI projects and programs, particularly within education and health sectors.
• Experience developing standards and tools to support GESI integration across the project cycle in an international development context.
• Familiarity with GESI research and GESI analysis, monitoring and evaluation methodologies and approaches and ability to interpret data for decision making and inform programming and strategies.
• Demonstrated experience in development of GESI related programming and operational standards, guidelines, tip-sheets and resources.
• Experience in strategic planning, and results-based management and reporting.

COMPETENCIES/PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:
• Ability to multi-task, maintain a high degree of organization, and meet deadlines.
• Highly adaptable, demonstrating a flexible attitude and an ability to work with people from various backgrounds and cultures.
• Demonstrated leadership, change management and conflict management skills.
• Excellent relationship management with internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to work on GESI in a range of cultural contexts and link GESI to other forms of oppression such as poverty and racism.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:
• Substantial experience and knowledge of gender responsive and transformative approaches, “Do No Harm” principles and GESI mainstreaming/integration.
• Analytical and communication skills, including research and proposal and report writing skills.
• An understanding of humanitarian, development and GESI issues in Right To Play project locations.

LANGUAGES:
• Fluency in spoken and written English


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

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Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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