Job Level Specifications

Essential Criteria

• Master’s degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Human Rights
  
• Minimum 5 experience at advisory level in Gender Equality Social Inclusion, safeguarding, protection, or related technical fields in development or humanitarian programmes.
  
• Demonstrated experience integrating Gender Equality Social Inclusion and safeguarding in market-systems, agriculture, youth employment, or livelihoods programmes.
  
• Strong understanding of power dynamics, social norms, gender-transformative programming, disability inclusion, and child-/youth-protection principles.
  
• Proven experience conducting safeguarding assessments, training, and coordinating response mechanisms.
  

Gender Equality Social Inclusion

• Lead the development and implementation of the programme’s Gender Equality Social Inclusion strategy, frameworks, and action plans.
  
• Conduct gender and social inclusion analysis to inform programme design, market-systems interventions, youth-employment pathways, and value-chain activities.
  
• Provide technical leadership for integrating women, youth, and marginalized groups into agri-food market systems, entrepreneurship, and employment opportunities.
  

Safeguarding

• Ensure GOAL’s policies on safeguarding are understood and adhered to. Ensure a zero tolerance and survivor centered approach is taken throughout programme implementation.
  
• Provide safeguarding leadership across the programme to develop and apply a robust, gender-sensitive and risk-based approach to safeguarding; Act as a reporting focal person for safeguarding related issues, concerns and experiences and ensure response steps occur in accordance with GOAL’s policies and procedures.
  
• Design the programme's safeguarding approach and procedures in line with Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)’s Safeguarding Core principles and GOAL’s Safeguarding Minimum Standards.
  

Capacity Strengthening

• Build capacity of programme teams and partners on Gender Equality Social Inclusion-responsive and safe programming approaches.
  
• Mentor youth-led organizations and agri-food actors to adopt inclusive and protective practices.
  
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), training tools, guidance notes, and communication materials on Gender Equality Social Inclusion and safeguarding.
  

Programme Implementation Support

• Work with value-chain, youth-employment, and systems-strengthening specialists to ensure interventions respond to the distinct needs of women and youth from diverse backgrounds.
  
• Support design of inclusive employment pathways, entrepreneurship models, and agri-business opportunities for young people.
  
• Ensure Gender Equality Social Inclusion and safeguarding considerations are embedded in partner selection, contracting, and performance monitoring.
  

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL)

• Collaborate with the MEL team to develop indicators, tools, and methodologies for Gender Equality Social Inclusion and safeguarding.
  
• Collaborate with the MERL team to review monitoring data and research to understand project effectiveness in efforts to enable young women’s participation in the identify market systems
  
• Track progress, support data disaggregation, and ensure ethical data collection practices.
  

Coordination and Representation

• Represent the programme in Gender Equality Social Inclusion, safeguarding, youth-employment, and protection coordination forums.
  
• Strengthen partnerships with referral mechanisms, protection service providers, women’s organizations, disability-rights groups, and relevant ministries.
  
• Liaise with donors and government ministries on compliance, progress, and learning.