Gender, Disability Social Inclusion and Education Advisor
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World Vision Kenya is hiring a technical advisor to lead mainstreaming of Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) and coordinate the education sector in Nairobi. The role supports strategy, programming, policy, and grant acquisition while building staff capacity and external partnerships.
- Lead GEDSI mainstreaming across World Vision Kenya strategy, policy and programming
- Coordinate the education sector portfolio for the national office
- Provide technical support and capacity building to staff and partners
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World Vision Kenya is hiring a technical advisor to lead mainstreaming of Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) and coordinate the education sector in Nairobi. The role supports strategy, programming, policy, and grant acquisition while building staff capacity and external partnerships.
- Lead GEDSI mainstreaming across World Vision Kenya strategy, policy and programming
- Coordinate the education sector portfolio for the national office
- Provide technical support and capacity building to staff and partners
- Work with donors, partners and internal teams on inclusive programming
- Based in Nairobi, full-time senior advisory position
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The purpose of this position is to provide technical guidance and coordination across World Vision Kenya’s strategy, programming, policy, grant acquisition and program implementation to enable World Vision Kenya’s strategies, organizational policies, structures and processes and programming to effectively integrate Gender Equality, Disability and Social inclusion and Education. In addition, the position will foster greater collaboration with sector teams and external partners to push for effective responses to the Gender Equality, Disability and Social inclusion (GEDSI) related vulnerability of girls and boys in fragile contexts and other emergencies. The position will provide the overall coordination for the education sector for the office.
Job Responsibilities:
Ensure effective mainstreaming of Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion in World Vision Kenya and Provide the general coordination and collaboration for the education sector for the office.
Develop and review WVK gender, Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion national approaches/plans regularly to ensure compliance with the World Vision Partnership, donor, national and international standards.
Develop and review assessment tools in line with World Vision Partnership, donor, national and international standards
Ensure assessment in gender and disability adequately done for all projects and grants as per partnership, donor, national and international standards.
Ensure well planned strategic interventions to address disability and gender issues in all programs and projects
Ensure Gender, Equality, disability and social inclusion issues well mainstreamed in programme/project designs, plans and budgets
Ensure skills and capacity development for staff and partners in, Gender, Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion and Education models and approaches.
Provide timely technical programming support for Gender, Disability and Education to staff at the national and field level
Champion meaningful Gender, Equality, Disability and social inclusion integration in organizational processes, structures and systems
Ensure staff and community partners are aware of expectations and standards regarding gender sensitive behavior, recognizing or reporting gender discrimination to appropriate channels.
Continuously identify Gender and disability programming gaps from ongoing projects and programs.
Provide effective technical support and quality assurance to ADPs and Grants implementing Education interventions
Participate in the development and review of relevant documents to ensure Education is integrated as applicable.
Participate in technical coordination, planning and review meetings for Education internally and externally.
Ensure that business processes, standards and guidelines related to education initiatives are effectively applied by field programs
Fund raising and increased resource acquisition for Gender Equality, Disability and Education
Actively participate in Program Development and Grants Acquisition
Ensure well mainstreamed gender and disability issues in all proposals as per donor requirement.
Ensure that Education, Gender and Disability proposals/concepts prepositioned, developed and marketed
Support Resource Acquisition & Management in start-up and handing-over processes of relevant projects.
Support effective prepositioning for Education and GEDSI
Quality assurance of gender, disability and Education in WV Kenya
Ensure accountability, learning and innovation in GEDSI and Education programming
Ensure that Gender and Disability issues captured in baselines and evaluations of Programs and grant projects
Ensure good practices in Education gender and disability programming are profiled and shared to unsure adaptation/up scaling of promising practices.
Analyze and interpret Gender, Disability and social inclusion and Education monitoring data ad ensure the data is utilized in programming and decision making
Support staff with relevant Education, Gender and Disability training (ensuring that staff, community and partners have an understanding of gender sensitivity and explain gender in terms of normative, transformative concepts.
Collaboration, partnering and policy Influencing
Ensure adequate engagement, networking and advocacy at all levels in the gender, disability and Education space
Identifying policy gaps and inconsistencies in the polices and providing recommendations
Document and disseminate gender, disability and Education best practices/evidence for use in compiling key advocacy messages for policy influencing.
Lead in development and utilization of MOUs / working agreements with partners.
Lead WVK into Participation in key National/ International Days such as International Women’s Day and international disability day is ensured.
Participate in the planning and execution of ECDE Networks in all the counties, County level conferences
Ensure WVK representation in key strategic Gender, Disability and Education working groups and forums
KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE
Required Professional experience
He/ she should have demonstrated track record in proposal development, funding acquisitions and grant management.
Proven track record in engaging with government ministries and other stakeholders
In-depth knowledge and understanding of WV working systems, policies and standards will be an added advantage
Required Education & Certification
Bachelor’s degree in Gender /Education/Special needs education, Social Sciences or related degree in a recognized university
Relevant Post graduate qualification(s) will be an added advantage
At least 7 years’ experience in Gender, Equality, Disability, Social Inclusion and Education programming with evidence of successful implementation of program
A good understanding of the international gender mainstreaming approaches
Membership to national/international social workers professional body will be an added advantage
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
Ability to deliver results
Good interpersonal, organizational and management skills
Ability to solve complex problems and to exercise independent judgment
Effective in written and verbal communication in English and Kiswahili.
Ability to build capacity of staff on Gender, Disability and Education programming
Strong budgetary and financial management skills.
Ability to collect and analyse community level data for gender and disability
World Vision Kenya:
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