Overview
This role provides technical leadership to ensure gender equality, inclusion, and protection from GBV are central to humanitarian emergency responses. The specialist will deploy rapidly to humanitarian crises worldwide to support country teams in delivering gender-transformative programmes.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and strengthen GBV programming, particularly for child and adolescent survivors
- Ensure gender is mainstreamed across all humanitarian programmes
- Provide expert guidance aligned with global standards (IASC, GBV Minimum Standards, Sphere, PSEA)
- Conduct Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) in acute emergencies
- Contribute to multi-sectoral needs assessments
- Advise senior leadership on gender-responsive programming
- Train, coach, and mentor staff and partners
- Strengthen local capacity, especially women- and girls-led organisations
- Represent Plan International in GBV and Gender clusters and working groups
- Build strong relationships with UN agencies, donors, and partners
- Support proposal development and ensure strong gender integration
- Contribute to advocacy, policy, and influencing efforts
- Strengthen Plan’s global profile in gender equality in emergencies
- Document lessons learned and best practices
- Support Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP)
- Promote meaningful participation of girls and women in programmes
Required Experience
- Significant experience in GBV programming (especially for children) in humanitarian contexts
- Strong expertise in gender analysis and addressing inequality in emergencies
- Experience working with UN agencies, INGOs, NGOs, or inter-agency systems
- Proven ability to engage in cluster coordination and inter-agency collaboration
- Solid track record in capacity building and mentoring
