Gender Equality and Inclusion Specialist

About this role

CARE Canada is looking for a Gender Equality and Inclusion Specialist (12-month parental leave cover)
JOB SUMMARY
The Gender Equality and Inclusion Specialist is part of the Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) Team, within Gender Justice and Impact, which includes the GEI, Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Accountability (MEAL), and Environment and Climate Technical Teams of Global Programs. The Global Programs Team is responsible for developing and managing the organization’s programs in both development and humanitarian assistance focusing on the injustice of poverty and gender inequality. Our ultimate impact goal is to support women’s leadership for a gender-just future grounded in strong programs supporting safety/protection, health and dignified livelihoods across both humanitarian and development settings. The Global Programs unit is responsible for the overall management of CARE Canada’s global programming circa $50m annual development and humanitarian programming portfolio. Global Programs also supports the Revenue & Marketing Unit that is responsible for building innovative partnerships and sustainable, balanced revenue sources, including private-sector and corporate partnerships, institutional funding (Global Affairs Canada) and co-investment, and philanthropic funding (foundations, etc).
The Specialist will be part of a team of Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) experts to advance CARE Canada’s commitment to program quality, specifically by supporting gender equality and inclusion, as well as commitments to GBV across the organization and programs spanning Women Economic Justice, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Climate Justice and Gender in Emergencies sectors, among others. They will seek to ensure strong alignment of new programs and existing programs with CARE Canada’s gender equality commitments, with a particular focus on ensuring gender transformative and innovative program design and implementation.
The role works in collaboration with CARE Canada’s Gender Justice & Impact team (Including technical advisors and specialists on GEI, GBV, MEAL, climate); Program Management team; and Resource Mobilization and Partnerships team. Externally, they regularly engage with Country office teams, Global technical teams, Project/program partners and Sector partners.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Gender Equality and Inclusion Excellence in Programming

• As part of project matrix teams, provide technical support and guidance to CARE Country Offices (COs) and partners remotely and in person on assigned projects to strengthen the integration and achievement of gender equality and inclusion (GEI) and gender-based violence risk mitigation (GBV RM) outcomes.

• Support the development and implementation of key GEI and GBV RM deliverables, including gender and power analyses, GEI strategies and action plans, annual work plans, donor reports, training materials, technical guidance, and project tools.

• Support COs and partners to identify, adapt and operationalize gender-responsive and gender-transformative approaches and interventions, drawing on relevant CARE approaches and tools, including Social Analysis and Action (SAA), Community Score Card (CSC) and other relevant methodologies; and CARE best practices related to gender transformative change, inclusion and women’s economic justice.

• Support the integration of GEI, gender-transformative and feminist principles, GBV RM, do no harm, and safeguarding considerations into project activities, tools and implementation processes.

• Contribute GEI and GBV RM technical inputs to project monitoring, evaluation, research and learning activities, as assigned, including baselines, midlines, evaluations, climate vulnerability assessments, research partnerships and other technical deliverables.

Business Development and Mobilization

• Support CARE Country Offices and CARE Canada colleagues in responding to key GEI and GBV RM requirements for concept notes and proposals across development, resilience and humanitarian programming.

• Contribute to the development of GEI and GBV RM components and deliverables for concept notes and proposals, including gender analyses, theories of change/results frameworks, approaches, activities, indicators and risk mitigation measures.

• Contribute, as requested, to the development and improvement of GEI/GBV RM tools, templates and guidance for new business development.

• Support other business development and resource mobilization work, including research, if assigned.

Thought leadership and Learning

• Support the development and delivery of organizational learning opportunities related to GEI and GBV RM, including webinars, training sessions and other learning initiatives.

• Support CARE Canada GEI Team and project teams in the development of organizational GEI and GBV RM tools, processes, templates and guidance.

• Support GEI Team, project, and matrix teams in developing knowledge products for external dissemination, including abstracts, papers, case studies and other relevant publications.

• Participate in relevant CARE International or external Communities of Practice, technical working groups and learning events, as requested or based on relevance to assigned areas of work, and contribute learning back to CARE Canada teams.

• Support, as needed, networking, relationships and partnerships within the CARE Confederation as well as other NGOs, government, private sector and academics, with a view to position CARE Canada as a thought leader and partner of choice in terms of GEI and GBV.

• Provide support for ad-hoc initiatives within the GEI team if assigned.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Gender Studies, or in a related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience

• Three or more years of professional experience in role directly related to gender equality and inclusion, women’s rights, and/or…