Gender Equality Social Inclusion and Safeguarding Advisor

Description (Public)

The Gender Equality, Social Inclusion (GESI) and Safeguarding Advisor will provide technical leadership across all components of the ASTYE Programme. The role involves developing and implementing the GESI & Safeguarding Strategy, ensuring systematic integration of gender equality and social inclusion considerations into strategic and operational processes. The Advisor strengthens inclusive, safe, and equitable access to programme opportunities while embedding robust prevention and response mechanisms for safeguarding risk management.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
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.
Conduct annual partner gender assessments, provide training and develop action plans that offer pathways to improve practice in relation to support and promoting women’s participation in the identified market systems
Promote gender-transformative and disability-inclusive approaches that address social norms, power dynamics, and structural barriers
Support private sector partner co-design process to ensure appropriate consideration and incentives for the inclusion of young women
Support partners in setting Gender Equality Social Inclusion targets, tracking progress, and documenting lessons learned.

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.
Lead on the pro’s safeguarding risk assessment and work with implementing partners, consultants and contractors, to review and strengthen their safeguarding approaches on an ongoing basis.
Conduct routine safeguarding assessments with partners (due diligence, OCAs, capacity-building plans).
Design and deliver capacity strengthening activities for the programme and provide training, capacity building and support with tools development to partners where required.
Conduct mapping exercises to ensure strong referral processes are established and build relationships with GBV service providers (and others as appropriate) for referrals.
Ensure safe, accessible and confidential reporting channels are established and functional for GOAL and all implementing partners and programme locations.
Ensure confidential and survivor-centered handlin