Women and Girls Adviser

Location:  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Deadline: 4 December 2026

Job Description

Main purpose of job:

The Women and Girls Adviser will play a central role in the British Embassy Addis Ababa’s Women and Girls Hub, delivering the Embassy’s commitments on women and girls across all areas of its work from climate to humanitarian, financing to corporate services.

Reporting to the Women and Girls Lead (G7 UK-Based Social Development Adviser), the postholder will be the lead adviser for the Embassy’s programming on women and girls, shaping a large portfolio of programming in one of the UK’s top ODA spending posts. The adviser will lead on tracking and reporting commitments and provide politically-informed policy and diplomatic advice. The postholder will be line managed by a G7 Social Development Adviser who will spend a proportion of her time on the Women and Girls Hub whilst also covering social protection and humanitarian issues.

The Adviser will lead the Hub’s communications and coordination functions, working closely with teams across the Embassy and with colleagues in London to communicate the Embassy’s vision, achievements and learning on women and girls. They will support cross-Embassy collaboration through a hub-and-spoke model, working with Women and Girls focal points across teams to strengthen delivery and build capability.

The role will also lead key corporate gender-related compliance processes, including Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) returns, while supporting strategic thinking and horizon scanning on emerging issues affecting women and girls in Ethiopia. The postholder will advise Corporate Services on creating an inclusive workplace by supporting relevant Embassy committees and initiatives that promote equality, inclusion and safeguarding.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience

• Demonstrated experience providing policy, advisory, programme, advocacy or coordination support on gender equality, women and girls’ rights and empowerment, social inclusion, safeguarding or related issues.
• Strong understanding of issues affecting women and girls and the barriers to achieving gender equality globally and in Ethiopia.
• Understanding of the international system as it relates to diplomacy, development and humanitarian assistance.
•  Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for a range of audiences.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills, including the ability to work effectively across teams and with senior stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple workstreams and deliver high-quality outputs to tight deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to synthesise information from diverse sources to support decision making.
• Experience coordinating reports, compliance processes, monitoring frameworks or corporate returns.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while contributing effectively to multidisciplinary teams.
• Proficient in English language (both written an oral English)

Desirable qualifications, skills and experience

• Experience working on women and girls issues, gender equality, safeguarding or social development in Ethiopia or a comparable context.
• Knowledge of violence against women and girls (VAWG), conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), safeguarding or related thematic areas.
• Experience supporting communications, advocacy campaigns or public engagement activities.
• Familiarity with equality legislation, gender mainstreaming approaches, Equality Impact Assessments or similar compliance processes.
• Understanding of the Ethiopian policy, development and institutional landscape relating to women and girls.
• Proficiency in Amharic and/or other Ethiopian languages is an added advantage.

Required behaviours  

• Communicating and Influencing, Delivering at Pace, Making Effective Decisions, Working Together

Other benefits and conditions of employment

Learning and development opportunities:

• The successful candidate will have opportunities to develop expertise in gender equality, women and girls policy, strategic influencing, international development, corporate compliance, stakeholder engagement and cross-government coordination. They will also have access to FCDO learning and development opportunities, including professional development relating to safeguarding, inclusion, programme delivery, policy development and leadership.

Additional information

Please ensure that your application is authentically written based on your own experiences. If AI tools are used, their usage must only be limited to specific tasks such as ensuring formatting consistency and keyword relevance. The core content, personal narratives, and responses to behaviour and skill-based questions must genuinely reflect your professional journey, experiences, and achievements. We place great importance on originality and individual effort throughout the application process. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.

• The British Embassy will never request any payment or fees to apply for a position
• The base salary is subject to tax and other statutory deductions
• Employees recruited locally by the British Embassy in Addis Ababa are subject to Terms and Conditions of Service according to local employment law in Ethiopia.
• All candidates must be legally able to work and reside in the country of the vacancy with the correct visa/work permit status or demonstrate eligibility to obtain the relevant permit

The responsibility lies on the successful candidate to:

1.Obtain the relevant permit
2.Pay the fees for the permit
3.Make arrangements to relocate
4.Meet the costs to relocation

• Employees who are not liable to pay local income tax on their Mission salary may have their salaries reduced by the equivalent local income tax amount.
• Information about the Civil Service Success Profiles can be found on this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/success-profiles
• Reference checking and security clearances will be conducted on successful candidates
• Please log into your profile on the application system on a regular basis to review the status of your application
• Appointable candidates who were unsuccessful may be placed on a ‘reserve list’. If during the reserve period of 6 months the same or a largely similar role becomes available, that role may be offered to the second or subsequent candidate.

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