Job Vacancies at International Rescue Committee

Job Overview:

This Business Development Officer, filling a critical gap in Technical Excellence, will sit within the Grant Operations & Analytics Team (GOAT) and will be responsible for leading effective business development processes for highly complex global funding opportunities. The position collaborates closely with Technical Excellence program and grants teams, Country Program teams and IRC support departments like Finance and the Awards Management Unit to ensure that all proposals are developed and submitted in accordance with IRC and Donor policies.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Development (90%)

• Bid Coordination: Serve as the bid lead for Technical Excellence opportunities and coordinate with the Awards Management Unit (AMU) on opportunities with an AMU assigned bid lead 
• Support the technical team in donor-specific program scoping in advance of anticipated calls, including pre-development of concept notes and donor feedback solicitations for specific programmatic elements/ideas
• Drive the proposal timeline forward, including HQ approval processes and submission 
• Manage OTIS (Opportunity Tracking Information System) workflow for proposals
• Be responsible for the coordination with country programs and partners on documents needed
• Provide templates and guidance to program teams
• Lead on the coordination of reviews between technical units
• Work with AMU on potential institutional funding opportunities and solicitations
• Attend key cross-unit and cross-departmental meetings regarding business development
• Develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of Technical Unit funding streams and business development priorities
• Proposal Budget development: Lead on the development of proposal budgets that reflect the technical design 
• Develop proposal budgets to ensure consistency and accuracy across projects. Design, draft, refine, and finalize budgets and budget narratives (as needed) that are reflective of program design costs
• Ensure appropriate internal formats and donor formats for budget development are used
• Advise on the allowability of costs
• Guide supporting financial documentation for proposals in coordination with the HQ Finance Department, including annexes
• Coordinate with and support country program finance and grant staff on proposals, providing guidance and feedback on workplans, deadlines, and proposal parameters 
• Secure approvals across departments for submissions
• Proposal Development: Support the proposal development processes for TU-specific opportunities as required for multi-country, multi-Technical unit, and/or multi-region opportunities 
• Support Unit technical staff in the development of proposals, including reviewing and contributing to concept notes, proposals and creating budgets ensuring donor and IRC compliance
• Track Technical Excellence’s pipeline for business development and assist with assigning business development (concept note, expressions of interest, proposal development) to Grants Managers
• Coordinate with GOAT staff to ensure visibility on all opportunities and the appropriate level of salary support in the post-award phase 

Process Management and Creation (10%) 

• Handover Procedures: Working closely with the Sr BD Advisor and the Sr Grants Advisor, develop standard processes for handover procedures between pre- and post-award. 
• Support on KIIs with key staff on the gaps in the current handover process 
• Support the creation, piloting, and iteration of process improvement changes for handover procedures for both public and private awards 
• Collect lessons learned from previous handover processes 
• Go/No Go (GNG) Process: Working closely with the Sr BD Advisor and BD Officer, support on process changes in the Technical Excellence GNG processes, including the following:
• Support the collection of GNG inputs on live opportunities for appropriate next steps
• Support on KIIs with key staff when changes are being proposed
• Collect lessons learned from previous iterations of the GNG process

Key Working Relationships:

• You will report to: the Senior Business Development Advisor, GOAT

Other Internal and/or external contacts: 

• Internal: Regular contact with Technical Unit teams, GOAT Grant & Contract Mangers, GOAT BD Officer, and Country Program staff, the Awards Management Unit, Finance, Human Resources and Global Supply Chain.
• External: Interact with donors, vendors, contractors, and consultants. 

Desired Qualifications:

• 3+ years of progressive work experience connected to business development and working in or closely with Technical teams 
• Highly collaborative and pro-active colleague with a talent for delivering results with cross-functional groups
• Experience working with IRC systems is a plus
• Dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion, and a strong passion for our mission
• Comfortable adapting to new challenges and dynamic priorities, while maintaining professional grace
• Sophisticated Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint) and experience with organizational information and financial systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a multi-cultural environment 
• University degree in Business Administration, Finance, International Development or a relevant field, or equivalent work experience
• Fluent in English; French, Spanish or Arabic language a plus

Working Environment 

• Standard office working environment, flexibility to work remotely
• Workspace booked via a desk reservation system in an open-plan office when in person
• Limited travel expected
• This role may require working remotely full or part time depending on pandemic and public health changes

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 Project Objectives

The overall objective of this assignment is to conduct safety audits in Isiolo, Turkana, Kajiado, Garissa and Samburu counties. The specific objectives of the consultancy are:

• Objective 1: To gather information from various groups of girls and women about their main safety concerns in the community, the places where they feel safe and unsafe, the threats that contribute to these feelings, and the best ways to increase their protection and safety.
• Objective 2: Assess the specific needs of women and girls in relation to their exposure to GBV risks. Determine the types of gender-based violence (GBV) that are occurring, the needs of the community in relation to GBV, any gaps in meeting these needs, and factors affecting girls' and women's risks of and resilience to GBV.
• Objective 3: Ascertain the presence of GBV prevention and response measures at the county level, as well as the views and awareness of GBV among healthcare workers and the community.
• Objective 4: To recommend an action plan with short-, medium- and long-term changes and recommendations to improve women’s safety in public spaces.

Scope of Work

In liaison with the Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Program Team, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team, guidance from UNFPA and input from partners, the consultant will be required to:

• Undertake a desk review related to County safety audits and gender-based violence situation in Turkana, Isiolo, Garissa, Kajiado and Samburu.
• Conduct consultations with relevant stakeholders and use the recommendations to enrich the safety audits.
• Collect qualitative and quantitative data from women and girls to assess their safety and security concerns, safe access to services and other concerns that put them at risk of GBV in the four counties. 
• Develop, in consultation with IRC, a detailed data management plan, including Developing /adoption of tools; recruitment and training of research assistants; pre-testing and review of tools; sampling methodology; implementation of data collection in the field; quality assurance; ethical considerations; qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and reporting.
• Lead data collection in the counties including designing and leading key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
• Analyze data in a rigorous, robust manner using appropriate statistical and qualitative analysis techniques.
• Conduct a validation exercise with stakeholders, including IRC.
• Submit the approved safety audits reports per County to IRC.
• Using a feminist approach, the safety audit assessment will gather information on the various needs, abilities, and coping mechanisms of men, women, boys, and girls. The following primary areas of inquiry will be the focus of data collection, with the consultant expected to develop data collection tools that capture sufficient information.
• Deliverables / Outputs
• An inception report defining the audit study approach, methodology including the sampling criteria, and tools used for both qualitative and quantitative data collection. The sampling plan should be inclusive of all demographic groups and take gender equality into account.
• A thorough and well-structured safety audit report not longer than 25 pages per County.
• Supplementary files, including photographs, original and cleaned datasets, and statistical output files.
• Presentations using PowerPoint and a fact sheet, abstract, or both will be utilized to share results with stakeholders.
• Present the report to relevant parties, such as the protection, GBV and SRH working groups, who will be asked to validate the findings and contribute.
• An executive copy with a summarized summary of findings in words of no longer than 15 pages, and in power point presentation.

Date and Duration of Consultancy

The consultancy period shall be for 15 days per County. The Executive reports and county specific audit reports must be submitted to IRC within 10 days after validation exercise.

Qualifications

The ideal consultant should have: -

• A post-graduate degree in Gender and Development, social sciences or another relevant field.
• Over 5 years of experience conducting gender studies with evidence of publications or field reports on gender and gender- based violence issues with experience in women and adolescents programming.
• The consultant must be able to demonstrate experience in conducting safety audits of a similar or related assignment.
• Experience in working collaboratively with government and other development partners. 
• Experience working with marginalized and special groups.
• Ability to communicate in English and Kiswahili and in local languages in Turkana, Isiolo, Samburu, Kajiado or Garissa is an added advantage.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Follow protection guidelines when engaging with all participants in the safety audit process.
• Adhere to organization policy of different partners that will be involved in the safety audit assessment.
• Adhere to human rights, Protection Principles, socio-ecological, systems strengthening and MHPSS approaches.
• Be guided by the spirit of collaboration, cooperation, partnerships, balance of power, meaningful engagement of marginalized voices and women, girls, young people, vulnerable, persons living with disability among others.

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 Project Objectives

The overall objective of this assignment is to conduct safety audits in Isiolo, Turkana, Kajiado, Garissa and Samburu counties. The specific objectives of the consultancy are:

• Objective 1: To gather information from various groups of girls and women about their main safety concerns in the community, the places where they feel safe and unsafe, the threats that contribute to these feelings, and the best ways to increase their protection and safety.
• Objective 2: Assess the specific needs of women and girls in relation to their exposure to GBV risks. Determine the types of gender-based violence (GBV) that are occurring, the needs of the community in relation to GBV, any gaps in meeting these needs, and factors affecting girls' and women's risks of and resilience to GBV.
• Objective 3: Ascertain the presence of GBV prevention and response measures at the county level, as well as the views and awareness of GBV among healthcare workers and the community.
• Objective 4: To recommend an action plan with short-, medium- and long-term changes and recommendations to improve women’s safety in public spaces.

Scope of Work

In liaison with the Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Program Team, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team, guidance from UNFPA and input from partners, the consultant will be required to:

• Undertake a desk review related to County safety audits and gender-based violence situation in Turkana, Isiolo, Garissa, Kajiado and Samburu.
• Conduct consultations with relevant stakeholders and use the recommendations to enrich the safety audits.
• Collect qualitative and quantitative data from women and girls to assess their safety and security concerns, safe access to services and other concerns that put them at risk of GBV in the four counties. 
• Develop, in consultation with IRC, a detailed data management plan, including Developing /adoption of tools; recruitment and training of research assistants; pre-testing and review of tools; sampling methodology; implementation of data collection in the field; quality assurance; ethical considerations; qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and reporting.
• Lead data collection in the counties including designing and leading key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
• Analyze data in a rigorous, robust manner using appropriate statistical and qualitative analysis techniques.
• Conduct a validation exercise with stakeholders, including IRC.
• Submit the approved safety audits reports per County to IRC.
• Using a feminist approach, the safety audit assessment will gather information on the various needs, abilities, and coping mechanisms of men, women, boys, and girls. The following primary areas of inquiry will be the focus of data collection, with the consultant expected to develop data collection tools that capture sufficient information.
• Deliverables / Outputs
• An inception report defining the audit study approach, methodology including the sampling criteria, and tools used for both qualitative and quantitative data collection. The sampling plan should be inclusive of all demographic groups and take gender equality into account.
• A thorough and well-structured safety audit report not longer than 25 pages per County.
• Supplementary files, including photographs, original and cleaned datasets, and statistical output files.
• Presentations using PowerPoint and a fact sheet, abstract, or both will be utilized to share results with stakeholders.
• Present the report to relevant parties, such as the protection, GBV and SRH working groups, who will be asked to validate the findings and contribute.
• An executive copy with a summarized summary of findings in words of no longer than 15 pages, and in power point presentation.

Date and Duration of Consultancy

The consultancy period shall be for 15 days per County. The Executive reports and county specific audit reports must be submitted to IRC within 10 days after validation exercise.

Qualifications

The ideal consultant should have: -

• A post-graduate degree in Gender and Development, social sciences or another relevant field.
• Over 5 years of experience conducting gender studies with evidence of publications or field reports on gender and gender- based violence issues with experience in women and adolescents programming.
• The consultant must be able to demonstrate experience in conducting safety audits of a similar or related assignment.
• Experience in working collaboratively with government and other development partners. 
• Experience working with marginalized and special groups.
• Ability to communicate in English and Kiswahili and in local languages in Turkana, Isiolo, Samburu, Kajiado or Garissa is an added advantage.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Follow protection guidelines when engaging with all participants in the safety audit process.
• Adhere to organization policy of different partners that will be involved in the safety audit assessment.
• Adhere to human rights, Protection Principles, socio-ecological, systems strengthening and MHPSS approaches.
• Be guided by the spirit of collaboration, cooperation, partnerships, balance of power, meaningful engagement of marginalized voices and women, girls, young people, vulnerable, persons living with disability among others.

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 Project Objectives

The overall objective of this assignment is to conduct safety audits in Isiolo, Turkana, Kajiado, Garissa and Samburu counties. The specific objectives of the consultancy are:

• Objective 1: To gather information from various groups of girls and women about their main safety concerns in the community, the places where they feel safe and unsafe, the threats that contribute to these feelings, and the best ways to increase their protection and safety.
• Objective 2: Assess the specific needs of women and girls in relation to their exposure to GBV risks. Determine the types of gender-based violence (GBV) that are occurring, the needs of the community in relation to GBV, any gaps in meeting these needs, and factors affecting girls' and women's risks of and resilience to GBV.
• Objective 3: Ascertain the presence of GBV prevention and response measures at the county level, as well as the views and awareness of GBV among healthcare workers and the community.
• Objective 4: To recommend an action plan with short-, medium- and long-term changes and recommendations to improve women’s safety in public spaces.

Scope of Work

In liaison with the Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Program Team, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team, guidance from UNFPA and input from partners, the consultant will be required to:

• Undertake a desk review related to County safety audits and gender-based violence situation in Turkana, Isiolo, Garissa, Kajiado and Samburu.
• Conduct consultations with relevant stakeholders and use the recommendations to enrich the safety audits.
• Collect qualitative and quantitative data from women and girls to assess their safety and security concerns, safe access to services and other concerns that put them at risk of GBV in the four counties. 
• Develop, in consultation with IRC, a detailed data management plan, including Developing /adoption of tools; recruitment and training of research assistants; pre-testing and review of tools; sampling methodology; implementation of data collection in the field; quality assurance; ethical considerations; qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and reporting.
• Lead data collection in the counties including designing and leading key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
• Analyze data in a rigorous, robust manner using appropriate statistical and qualitative analysis techniques.
• Conduct a validation exercise with stakeholders, including IRC.
• Submit the approved safety audits reports per County to IRC.
• Using a feminist approach, the safety audit assessment will gather information on the various needs, abilities, and coping mechanisms of men, women, boys, and girls. The following primary areas of inquiry will be the focus of data collection, with the consultant expected to develop data collection tools that capture sufficient information.
• Deliverables / Outputs
• An inception report defining the audit study approach, methodology including the sampling criteria, and tools used for both qualitative and quantitative data collection. The sampling plan should be inclusive of all demographic groups and take gender equality into account.
• A thorough and well-structured safety audit report not longer than 25 pages per County.
• Supplementary files, including photographs, original and cleaned datasets, and statistical output files.
• Presentations using PowerPoint and a fact sheet, abstract, or both will be utilized to share results with stakeholders.
• Present the report to relevant parties, such as the protection, GBV and SRH working groups, who will be asked to validate the findings and contribute.
• An executive copy with a summarized summary of findings in words of no longer than 15 pages, and in power point presentation.

Date and Duration of Consultancy

The consultancy period shall be for 15 days per County. The Executive reports and county specific audit reports must be submitted to IRC within 10 days after validation exercise.

Qualifications

The ideal consultant should have: -

• A post-graduate degree in Gender and Development, social sciences or another relevant field.
• Over 5 years of experience conducting gender studies with evidence of publications or field reports on gender and gender- based violence issues with experience in women and adolescents programming.
• The consultant must be able to demonstrate experience in conducting safety audits of a similar or related assignment.
• Experience in working collaboratively with government and other development partners. 
• Experience working with marginalized and special groups.
• Ability to communicate in English and Kiswahili and in local languages in Turkana, Isiolo, Samburu, Kajiado or Garissa is an added advantage.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Follow protection guidelines when engaging with all participants in the safety audit process.
• Adhere to organization policy of different partners that will be involved in the safety audit assessment.
• Adhere to human rights, Protection Principles, socio-ecological, systems strengthening and MHPSS approaches.
• Be guided by the spirit of collaboration, cooperation, partnerships, balance of power, meaningful engagement of marginalized voices and women, girls, young people, vulnerable, persons living with disability among others.

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 Project Objectives

The overall objective of this assignment is to conduct safety audits in Isiolo, Turkana, Kajiado, Garissa and Samburu counties. The specific objectives of the consultancy are:

• Objective 1: To gather information from various groups of girls and women about their main safety concerns in the community, the places where they feel safe and unsafe, the threats that contribute to these feelings, and the best ways to increase their protection and safety.
• Objective 2: Assess the specific needs of women and girls in relation to their exposure to GBV risks. Determine the types of gender-based violence (GBV) that are occurring, the needs of the community in relation to GBV, any gaps in meeting these needs, and factors affecting girls' and women's risks of and resilience to GBV.
• Objective 3: Ascertain the presence of GBV prevention and response measures at the county level, as well as the views and awareness of GBV among healthcare workers and the community.
• Objective 4: To recommend an action plan with short-, medium- and long-term changes and recommendations to improve women’s safety in public spaces.

Scope of Work

In liaison with the Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Program Team, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team, guidance from UNFPA and input from partners, the consultant will be required to:

• Undertake a desk review related to County safety audits and gender-based violence situation in Turkana, Isiolo, Garissa, Kajiado and Samburu.
• Conduct consultations with relevant stakeholders and use the recommendations to enrich the safety audits.
• Collect qualitative and quantitative data from women and girls to assess their safety and security concerns, safe access to services and other concerns that put them at risk of GBV in the four counties. 
• Develop, in consultation with IRC, a detailed data management plan, including Developing /adoption of tools; recruitment and training of research assistants; pre-testing and review of tools; sampling methodology; implementation of data collection in the field; quality assurance; ethical considerations; qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and reporting.
• Lead data collection in the counties including designing and leading key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
• Analyze data in a rigorous, robust manner using appropriate statistical and qualitative analysis techniques.
• Conduct a validation exercise with stakeholders, including IRC.
• Submit the approved safety audits reports per County to IRC.
• Using a feminist approach, the safety audit assessment will gather information on the various needs, abilities, and coping mechanisms of men, women, boys, and girls. The following primary areas of inquiry will be the focus of data collection, with the consultant expected to develop data collection tools that capture sufficient information.
• Deliverables / Outputs
• An inception report defining the audit study approach, methodology including the sampling criteria, and tools used for both qualitative and quantitative data collection. The sampling plan should be inclusive of all demographic groups and take gender equality into account.
• A thorough and well-structured safety audit report not longer than 25 pages per County.
• Supplementary files, including photographs, original and cleaned datasets, and statistical output files.
• Presentations using PowerPoint and a fact sheet, abstract, or both will be utilized to share results with stakeholders.
• Present the report to relevant parties, such as the protection, GBV and SRH working groups, who will be asked to validate the findings and contribute.
• An executive copy with a summarized summary of findings in words of no longer than 15 pages, and in power point presentation.

Date and Duration of Consultancy

The consultancy period shall be for 15 days per County. The Executive reports and county specific audit reports must be submitted to IRC within 10 days after validation exercise.

Qualifications

The ideal consultant should have: -

• A post-graduate degree in Gender and Development, social sciences or another relevant field.
• Over 5 years of experience conducting gender studies with evidence of publications or field reports on gender and gender- based violence issues with experience in women and adolescents programming.
• The consultant must be able to demonstrate experience in conducting safety audits of a similar or related assignment.
• Experience in working collaboratively with government and other development partners. 
• Experience working with marginalized and special groups.
• Ability to communicate in English and Kiswahili and in local languages in Turkana, Isiolo, Samburu, Kajiado or Garissa is an added advantage.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Follow protection guidelines when engaging with all participants in the safety audit process.
• Adhere to organization policy of different partners that will be involved in the safety audit assessment.
• Adhere to human rights, Protection Principles, socio-ecological, systems strengthening and MHPSS approaches.
• Be guided by the spirit of collaboration, cooperation, partnerships, balance of power, meaningful engagement of marginalized voices and women, girls, young people, vulnerable, persons living with disability among others.

go to method of application »

 Project Objectives

The overall objective of this assignment is to conduct safety audits in Isiolo, Turkana, Kajiado, Garissa and Samburu counties. The specific objectives of the consultancy are:

• Objective 1: To gather information from various groups of girls and women about their main safety concerns in the community, the places where they feel safe and unsafe, the threats that contribute to these feelings, and the best ways to increase their protection and safety.
• Objective 2: Assess the specific needs of women and girls in relation to their exposure to GBV risks. Determine the types of gender-based violence (GBV) that are occurring, the needs of the community in relation to GBV, any gaps in meeting these needs, and factors affecting girls' and women's risks of and resilience to GBV.
• Objective 3: Ascertain the presence of GBV prevention and response measures at the county level, as well as the views and awareness of GBV among healthcare workers and the community.
• Objective 4: To recommend an action plan with short-, medium- and long-term changes and recommendations to improve women’s safety in public spaces.

Scope of Work

In liaison with the Women Protection and Empowerment (WPE) Program Team, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team, guidance from UNFPA and input from partners, the consultant will be required to:

• Undertake a desk review related to County safety audits and gender-based violence situation in Turkana, Isiolo, Garissa, Kajiado and Samburu.
• Conduct consultations with relevant stakeholders and use the recommendations to enrich the safety audits.
• Collect qualitative and quantitative data from women and girls to assess their safety and security concerns, safe access to services and other concerns that put them at risk of GBV in the four counties. 
• Develop, in consultation with IRC, a detailed data management plan, including Developing /adoption of tools; recruitment and training of research assistants; pre-testing and review of tools; sampling methodology; implementation of data collection in the field; quality assurance; ethical considerations; qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and reporting.
• Lead data collection in the counties including designing and leading key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
• Analyze data in a rigorous, robust manner using appropriate statistical and qualitative analysis techniques.
• Conduct a validation exercise with stakeholders, including IRC.
• Submit the approved safety audits reports per County to IRC.
• Using a feminist approach, the safety audit assessment will gather information on the various needs, abilities, and coping mechanisms of men, women, boys, and girls. The following primary areas of inquiry will be the focus of data collection, with the consultant expected to develop data collection tools that capture sufficient information.
• Deliverables / Outputs
• An inception report defining the audit study approach, methodology including the sampling criteria, and tools used for both qualitative and quantitative data collection. The sampling plan should be inclusive of all demographic groups and take gender equality into account.
• A thorough and well-structured safety audit report not longer than 25 pages per County.
• Supplementary files, including photographs, original and cleaned datasets, and statistical output files.
• Presentations using PowerPoint and a fact sheet, abstract, or both will be utilized to share results with stakeholders.
• Present the report to relevant parties, such as the protection, GBV and SRH working groups, who will be asked to validate the findings and contribute.
• An executive copy with a summarized summary of findings in words of no longer than 15 pages, and in power point presentation.

Date and Duration of Consultancy

The consultancy period shall be for 15 days per County. The Executive reports and county specific audit reports must be submitted to IRC within 10 days after validation exercise.

Qualifications

The ideal consultant should have: -

• A post-graduate degree in Gender and Development, social sciences or another relevant field.
• Over 5 years of experience conducting gender studies with evidence of publications or field reports on gender and gender- based violence issues with experience in women and adolescents programming.
• The consultant must be able to demonstrate experience in conducting safety audits of a similar or related assignment.
• Experience in working collaboratively with government and other development partners. 
• Experience working with marginalized and special groups.
• Ability to communicate in English and Kiswahili and in local languages in Turkana, Isiolo, Samburu, Kajiado or Garissa is an added advantage.

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Follow protection guidelines when engaging with all participants in the safety audit process.
• Adhere to organization policy of different partners that will be involved in the safety audit assessment.
• Adhere to human rights, Protection Principles, socio-ecological, systems strengthening and MHPSS approaches.
• Be guided by the spirit of collaboration, cooperation, partnerships, balance of power, meaningful engagement of marginalized voices and women, girls, young people, vulnerable, persons living with disability among others.