Gender, Equality & Inclusion Specialist

About the Organization

Plan International is an international child centered community development organisation fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all persons meeting the skills and experience required.

Job Summary

The position holder will be responsible to support the implementation of the PIE's strategy by developing & ensuring the mainstreaming and promotion of gender equality and inclusion in all programs and strengthen specific programs/projects for the empowerment for girls; women and persons with disabilities to close gender gaps and help overcome gender-based inequality and discrimination.

This would be demonstrated in undertaking responsibilities which includes; to ensure gender transformative approaches are used in all projects, participate and ensure gender and inclusion activities and indicators are included in projects while proposal design and development, provide capacity building training for plan International and partners' staff, strengthen networking and resource mobilization, strengthen partnership with organizations and NGOs that have similar visions, missions and goals on Gender and Inclusion work and to monitor gender and Inclusion activities are progressed well as planned.

Key Responsibilities

Provide Technical Support – Program & Projects

• Provide technical support in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and Learning of all programs and projects

Program Design, Integration & Mainstreaming

• Ensure that all project activities are technically sound & are aligned to Plan Gender Policy
• Ensure that all implemented activities & acquired outputs are gender transformative.
• Provide technical assistance in all proposal developments from inclusive perspective
• Identify potential grant projects, provide technical inputs in Gender and Inclusion, gender equality and equity, gender transformative approaches
• Ensure that all programs and projects are inclusive sensitive
• Develop necessary guidelines & systems for gender mainstreaming in all programs
• Work closely with program staffs and support to allocate budget for gender equality and inclusive activity and ensure gender equality issues and sex disaggregated data are included in monitoring report
• Prepare over all operational plans & provide technical support to all PAs.
• Be responsible for gender mainstreaming in all plan program areas
• Ensure equal and fair opportunities and representation of both sexes and persons with disabilities in the program area.
• Prepare annual and quarterly implementation plans and budgets
• Prepare and submit periodic narrative and financial reports in a timely manner according to Plan and donor requirements

Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting

• Assist the development of monitoring and evaluation system in line with gender principles and values.
• Assist technically on gender related researches at various levels.
• Monitor and evaluate the mainstreaming of gender in all interventions
• Strive to implement and operationalize the GESA findings
• Prepare quality and timely preparation of annual progress reports including case studies and lessons learnt and preparation and documentation of quality case study on best practice.
• Identify, document and disseminate best practices from within and outside Plan to staff and other development partners.
• Ensure project learning and achievements are documented and disseminated widely.

Partner Development & Strengthening

• Provide technical assistance and build the capacities of local partners in project management.
• Provide high level guidance to field staff on smooth partnership management for enhanced project implementation.
• Ensure that appropriate partner assessment is done on time and communicated to relevant staff.
• Ensure adequate stakeholder consultation and participation at all stages of the project implementation
• Foster collaboration and support at program level to develop plans for integrating programs with other thematic areas

Staff Development

• Actively participate in the country program team in an open, cooperative and proactive manner and contribute towards ensuring smooth departmental collaboration and coordination.
• Provide technical assistance and training on promoting gender equality for partners and stakeholders.
• Build the capacity of staff and partners on gender mainstreaming, budgeting, etc
• Organize regular performance review meetings to assess progress but also to agree on and communicate any changes in strategy with the key project stakeholders
• Build the technical capacity of Plan staff and community volunteers and also ensure optimum community involvement in the conceptualization, development, management, monitoring and evaluation of the inclusion interventions.

Networking & Resource Mobilization

• Establish partnerships and networks with NGOs, Government bodies, forums and CBOs for cross learning, identification of lessons learned, best practices, resources mobilization and scaling-up to enhance program initiatives
• Network effectively with others to draw information and knowledge for the development of project inputs and strategy development.
• Actively participate in relevant networks at national, regional and global levels
• Closely work with the Regional Gender Advisor and Country Office program staffs
• Organize and facilitate national, regional and district level workshops and experience sharing visits.

Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International's Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International's safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International's global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International's global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Required Qualifications

Qualifications/ Experience/Skills Essential:

• Bachelor degree in Gender studies, social work and other related disciplines.
• Minimum 5 years substantial experience in gender and development programs/projects
• Good knowledge on Gender Mainstreaming, budgeting, analysis,
• Experience in gender programs and experience at community level projects
• Experience in gender advocacy and networking
• Experience in designing & facilitating training for staff and partners.
• Experience in participatory methodologies

Qualifications/ experience desirable:

• Knowledge of current international development trends and thinking on program effectiveness and in Child Rights programming.
• Extensive knowledge of mainstreaming Gender & inclusion and gender transformative approaches in all programs and projects
• Understanding of integrated development issues.

Languages required:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Required Skills and Competencies

• Ability to deliver quality work within deadlines
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines
• Ability to build strong working relationships

How to Apply

The closing date for the application is October 11, 2026. Qualified candidates should submit their application with the links provided below.

• Internal Applicants: Link
• External Applicants: Link

This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.

Please note that:

• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contracted.
• We are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated links.
• Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.
• Female candidates are highly encouraged to Apply

More information about Plan International can be found at http://plan-international.org

References will be taken and background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy.