Expertise to the benefit of children, families and communities across the world. Save the Children Australia run programs all around the world and in every state and territory across Australia. We need your unrivalled knowledge and experience to ensure high quality gender equality programming in our internationally funded programs. Be the voice of gender equality in all that we do.

Save the Children is no ordinary not-for-profit.

We're ambitious, creative and outspoken. We stand up for children's rights. We want all children to be educated, healthy and live a life free from violence. We run programs in Australia and overseas and, if there's a disaster - like an earthquake, drought or conflict - we are there on the ground.

Where you come in:

Reporting to the Principal Advisor Child Protection, you will support Save the Children to advance Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion into proposals and programming in the Asia-Pacific region. This is a full-time position, based in the Pacific or Australia (with a preference for the successful applicant to be based in one of our country offices in the Pacific (Solomon Islands or Vanuatu) for at least the first year.

You will make an impact by:

• Implementing Save the Children Australia's Gender Equality and Disability Inclusion Strategy for the Pacific and co-facilitate the Pacific GEDSI Community of Practice.
• Providing support to develop inclusive and transformative programmes and support gender and disability-specific and mainstreaming approaches throughout the project lifecycle
• Scoping new business development opportunities including leading and contributing to the development of proposals to secure funding for international programs, including addressing donor requirements on gender, disability and social inclusion.
• Strengthening the coordination of, and the capacity amongst, the GEDSI Coordinators in our Pacific Country Offices.
• Improving monitoring, evaluation and reporting on gender equality, disability and social inclusion.
• Strengthening relationships with civil society organisations, Ministries and regional initiatives focussed upon strengthening equality and rights for women, girls and people with disabilities.

Does this sound like you?

You have expert knowledge and experience of gender and/or disability mainstream and specific approaches, particularly in the Asia‑Pacific context. Building capacity through training and mentoring, your experience has seen you contribute to transformative program design, implementation and monitoring. Your outstanding communication skills, flexibility and resilience will see you achieve great outcomes for vulnerable children whilst working with multiple teams and stakeholders.

This role requires:

• Demonstrated results in leading gender equality, disability and social inclusion mainstreaming and specific efforts at organisational and programmatic levels
• Experience in gender and/or disability data collection methods and analysis
• Demonstrated experience in delivering participatory and/or remote training and mentoring

• Understanding and implementation of child rights programming and human rights-based approaches

• Experience in providing expert gender, disability and social inclusion inputs and content towards developing funding proposals and tenders in development and humanitarian programs
• Accountability in implementing, managing and / or providing technical assistance to programs, preferably in the Pacific

Working at Save the Children is more than just a job.

It's the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making the world a better place for children and working with others who feel the same. In addition to a connection to social causes, you will have access to:

• Opportunity to work on additional projects alongside business as usual  
• Individual learning plans to assist in your career development 
• Internal employment and development opportunities 
• Friendly and flexible work environment 
• Agile work environment including working from home 
• Pet and child friendly work environment  
• Generous salary plus full salary packaging benefits (Use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)
• Additional annual leave and paid parental leave 

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Sound interesting?

We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume by clicking on one of the buttons in the 'Apply' section.

Sound interesting?

We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume by clicking on the 'Apply' section.

Position Description - Gender Equity, Disability and Social Inclusion Technical Advisor

For more information about this position, please contact Karen Flanagan, Principal Advisor Child Protection - International Programs: [email protected] using the subject line: Gender, Disability and Social Inclusion Technical Advisor - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation. Successful applicants are required to provide evidence of vaccination against COVID-19, or proof of medical exemption.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn't quite hit the mark for you, please let us know! We're dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a workplace suitable for all people and can modify our processes to suit you - no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check where necessary, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.