Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Officer- Mandera at Womankind Worldwide

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership
• Mainstream GESI principles in project planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
• Ensure all activities (GTWG establishment, paralegal training, gender desks, policy dialogues) adopt a survivor-centered and inclusive approach.
• Provide technical support to Ministry of Interior and National Administration (MoINA), police gender desks, paralegals, and CSOs on gender, safeguarding, and protection.
• Capacity Strengthening
• Conduct GESI awareness and safeguarding training for project staff, frontline responders, paralegals, and GTWG members.
• Mentor local partners to integrate gender and inclusion into their community engagement and service delivery.
• Advocacy and Coordination
• Support establishment and operationalization of Sub-County Gender Technical Working Groups (GTWGs).
• Facilitate inclusive dialogues between customary and formal justice systems, ensuring survivor protection.
• Work with MCAs, elders, and religious leaders to promote gender-responsive policies and challenge harmful norms such as GBV and its stigma.
• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
• Ensure sex, age, clan, and disability-disaggregated data is collected and reported.
• Document lessons, case studies, and success stories on GESI integration and community impact.
• Contribute to Deriswanaag’s MEL framework by providing timely and accurate GESI updates.
• Safeguarding and Risk Mitigation
• Ensure compliance with organizational Gender, safeguarding and protection policies.
• Strengthen confidential survivor referral pathways and safe reporting mechanisms.
• Mitigate risks of exclusion, backlash, or re-traumatization by ensuring conflict-sensitive and culturally appropriate engagement.

Expected Deliverables

• County-specific GESI Action Plans for Wajir, and Mandera.
• Functioning and inclusive GTWGs with endorsed ToRs.
• At least 90 paralegals trained from minority/underrepresented clans with improved GESI awareness.
• Six gender desks equipped and functional at strategic border points.
• Monthly/Quarterly GESI progress reports with disaggregated data and success stories.
• Documentation of at least 3 best practices/lessons learned on bridging GESI, GBV, and peacebuilding.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or related field (master’s preferred).
• Minimum 2–5 years of experience in GESI, GBV, protection, or related thematic areas.
• Proven experience in GBV coordination, community dialogue facilitation, and working with justice/security actors.
• Familiarity with ASAL and borderland contexts (Wajir, Mandera).
• Strong communication, advocacy, and report-writing skills in English and Kiswahili; Somali language is an asset.

Competency

• Commitment to gender equality, safeguarding, and social justice.
• Skills in conflict sensitivity, survivor-centered approaches, and inter-clan inclusive programming.
• Ability to build trust with communities, state actors, and informal leaders.
• Strong facilitation, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
• Candidate is available to be engaged from September.