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We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
· All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
· Violence against children is no longer tolerated
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JOB TITLE: Gender and Social Inclusion Officer TEAM/PROGRAMME: EU, Nigeria LOCATION: Jigawa with periodic visits to Kano GRADE: 4 POST TYPE: National CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 4 – The responsibilities of this post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children and young people.
As part of these responsibilities the post holder will support the establishment of child safeguarding systems, promote a culture of keeping children safe, and ensure that potential harm to children (by our own staff and/or as a result of how we do our work) is identified and addressed on an ongoing basis. The post holder should report and respond to interventions as determined by position related responsibilities identified in the Child Safeguarding Policy.
OVERVIEW.
Save the Children International (SCI) is a leading independent international organization creating lasting change for children in need around the world. SCI works in over 120 countries globally, including Nigeria, helping children to survive, learn, and be protected. We are working with the government to improve children’s education, health, nutrition, protection, and economic opportunities, and in times of acute crisis, mobilizing rapid life-saving assistance to help the children to recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural disasters.
Save the Children International in consortium with Plan International have been selected EU project of over an 18-month period, to implement education and youth empowerment in North-West Nigeriaacross states of Sokoto, Kano and Jigawa by providing youth, in particular girls in rural underserved and nomadic communities, with access to inclusive gender transformative and conflict sensitive equitable quality education and skill development. The project will support the governments’ efforts to address the challenge of Out of School Children and Youth (OOSCY) through the institutionalisation of Accelerated Basic Education Programme (ABEP) in the 3 states. The project will also support the efforts of the Federal and respective State governments to empower youth with job creative skills through vocational training as well as address the barriers that girls and women face to access education and livelihood opportunities.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Gender and Social Inclusion Officer will support the EU education project team and provide technical support to guide and inform gender and social inclusive programming through an “integrated approach” in Jigawa and Kano states.
The Gender and Social Inclusion Officer will support in mainstreaming gender and Social Inclusion as cross-cutting themes for all the programmatic activities. S/he will ensure gender is integrated into the results-based management frameworks, strengthen, and support social inclusion, apply gender equality strategies and facilitate gender equality capacity strengthening for field teams and partner organizations of SCI via training and tool development. S/he will not only ensure the project programmes are inclusive and gender sensitive but aims to provide support to make such programmes become gender sensitive.
Under the guidance of the Programme Manager, the Gender and Social Inclusion will ensure that gender and social inclusion issues are identified in the project are addressed, and that activities are responsive to the needs of girls, boys, young people, other vulnerable groups and, that all materials and trainings are inclusive.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Programme Manager
Staff directly reporting to this post: None.
Budget responsibility: None
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Programme Implementation, Coordination & Management:
MEAL
Human Resources Management and Development:
Internal and external engagements
Safeguarding
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Ambition:
Collaboration:
Creativity:
Integrity:
Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:
Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to partners and others
Desirable
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential Criteria
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal opportunities and diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
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