Technical Advisor - Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI)
Human Resources / Recruitment / Training
About the Employer
Job Description
World Vision
World Vision is a Christian, relief, development, and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families, and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
We work through our main sectors: education, health and nutrition, water and sanitation, economic development, and child protection serving all people, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Our work is always child-focused, participatory, and community driven.
World Vision and has been in Sri Lanka since 1977 and currently serves in 28 locations in 13 Districts across the country through development programmes. In 2021 we directly impacted the lives of over 100,000 most vulnerable children and their families.
Technical Advisor - Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Location: Colombo
Job Profile
The purpose of this position will be to provide strategic advice in defining and achieving World Vision Lanka (WVL)'s Cross cutting themes under Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) framework. This position is also responsible in contributing for Country Strategy development, technical design processes including technical programmes, Grants and cooperate partnership Projects maintaining up-to-date knowledge of GESI trends, strategic networking and partnership with GC, Region, and National level positioning with corporate and institutional donors for coordination learning and tional donors advocacy.
Major Responsibilities
Provide technical guidance in the implementation of the GESI strategy and action plan in all WVL Business.
Support the business development process by ensuring that gender equality, women's empowerment, and social inclusion are a pivot of Technical Programing (TP), Grants, Cooperate Partnership Projects, and Private Non-Sponsorships.
Provide budget guidelines, operational guidelines integrating GESI with TPs at national and field level to ensure programmes adapt accurate technologies and approaches to achieve targets.
Ensure gender mainstreaming and considerations in emergencies and contribute to the response design, setting technical standards, and reporting.
- Actively and professionally represent WVL at different forums, working groups, and consultative sessions, with peers, donors, and government related to Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Support any research to be conducted that will produce good practice and evidence-based reports for use with government, donors, and within the WVI partnership.
Design and deliver trainings to build the capacity of the program staff, local partners, and stakeholders on gender equality core group of technical expertise is built within the organization and in the periphery.
Support the Technical staff of the Grant Projects to meet the standards and requirements set in the Project while implementing.
Facilitate the formation and coordination of networks that contribute to the sharing of best practices and outputs, strategy formation that promotes learning.
Required qualifications, experience & competencies
Eight (8) years of experience in the development sector with Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Programming.
A Masters' Degree specialized in Gender Studies.
Knowledge of national and provincial policies and national and international trends of GESI. Excellent interpersonal, representational, and networking skills.
- Work experience in Government / NGOs or INGOs Sectors in GESI.
The position requires the ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 50% of the time.
Trilingual (English, Sinhala, and Tamil) is preferred.
Excellent writing skills are essential.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Email to: [email protected] (Please mention the designation in the subject and the salary expectation in the email body)
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