Advisor – Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

*Position Location – Remote (Home based) to be determined by the home country of the successful candidate in a jurisdiction (US state or country) where WVI is registered to operate.

World Vision International

With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Here’s where you come in:

As Advisor – Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, you will work alongside national, regional, global and support office staff to insure quality GESI mainstreaming and to track GESI-related impact in line with the GESI Policy. Your primary responsibilities will be to:

• Provide technical support for the Partnership’s GESI mainstreaming work;
• Strengthen World Vision staff’s GESI competence and support regional office GESI advisors;
• Identify, track and promote promising GESI approaches and GESI impact across all aspects of World Vision’s work; and
• Support World Vision’s external engagement efforts in strategic gender equality and/or disability inclusion-related forums.

Requirements include:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in development studies, social development, human rights, social work, political or social sciences, gender and development or other relevant discipline
• At least 5 years working in the sector in gender equality, disability or social inclusion-related roles.
• Proven knowledge and understanding of the gender equality/disability and social inclusion competency needs within international NGOs and track record of building staff GESI competence.
• A proven track record of work within a complex international organization and preferably including implementation experience in long term development or fragile contexts.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English and proficient in one other language – Spanish, French (preferred)
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30 % of the time.