GESI Advisor

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future. The Programme Mercy Corps has been operating in Somalia since 2008 with dedicated skilled staff and programs funded by multitude of donors including the United Nations (UN), USAID, Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC), ECHO and Private Foundations. Mercy Corps’ overall country goal is building a peaceful and prosperous Somalia where all people feel secure, are economically empowered, and are meaningfully engaged. Mercy Corps’ current portfolio in Somalia focuses on humanitarian response and resilience; inclusive economic growth; enhancing trust and accountability between communities and their government; and improving youth livelihood and education opportunities. Through the Peace and Governance Pillar- Mercy Corps works to increase participation, trust, and accountability between communities and their government. We strengthen the capacity of formal and informal government structures through context-specific training and promote local community participation, especially of minority groups, in all processes of governance. Mercy Corps works with youth to provide solutions to chronic poverty and unemployment, including vocational skills and training, creating links to employers, and supporting start-up businesses. We promote youth leadership to ensure they have a seat at the table in community-related decisions. We develop and manage savings groups, particularly for internally displaced youth and women. We also provide training in marketable skills and then place participants in apprenticeships to get on-the-job experience. Mercy Corps is seeking a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Adviser to provide technical leadership in the implementation of an anticipated two-year FCDO-funded Women to Women Security Phase 2 programme in Somalia, as part of FCDO’s Integrated Security Fund (ISF) Women, Peace, and Security component. The aim of the programme will be \"to advance women’s meaningful participation in resolving security and safety issues impacting women and girls at community and local levels\". The programme will include: dialogues and capacity building with local women and grassroots organisations to identify and respond to their security needs and priorities, dialogues between these participants and key security and government stakeholders, a micro-grant mechanism and capacity building training to recipient WROs and CSOs, and activities designed to engage men and boys at community level to both identify gendered security issues affecting them and to better understand the security and protection issues affecting women. The Position The GESI Adviser will provide technical leadership and direction in programme design, implementation, quality assurance and strategy development. The Adviser will provide technical leadership across all programme outcome areas and ensure best practices and gender sensitive approaches across all interventions. The Advisor will be responsible for the participatory design and implementation of a strategy to ensure the programme appropriately addresses the varied needs of women, men, girls, and boys, and that programme and partner staff are sensitive to gender, age, religion, ability, and other social markers. Essential Responsibilities TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP, STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT