Categories: Vacancies, April 2026

Gender, protection, safeguarding technical lead /Coordinator

Location: Addis Ababa

Deadline: January 5, 2025

Job Description

FH Culture

All we do, and how we do it, seeks to promote God’s beauty, goodness, and truth in a broken world. As such, we are defined by our ability to make people’s lives measurably better; our ability to deliver impact is the measure of our collective success. For we know that we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has already prepared in advance for us to do. At Food for the Hungry, we operate under a set of values called Heartbeat Values

Position: Gender, protection, safeguarding technical lead /Coordinator

Duty Station: Addis Ababa

Duration of Contract: One-year contract, renewable (with 60 working days of Probation)

Closing date: January 4, 2025

Job Summary

The Gender, Safeguarding, and Protection Technical Lead will coordinate and advocate for integrating gender, safeguarding, and protection programming across FH-JEOP operational areas, aligning with international humanitarian standards, donor guidelines, and FH’s mission. The Gender, Safeguarding, and Protection Lead will ensure that JEOP’s response addresses gender, safeguarding, and protection issues and works closely with headquarters and field teams in each sector to harmonize FH’s humanitarian efforts. The individual will also build the capacity of JEOP staff and mainstream gender, safeguarding, and protection throughout the program, and liaise with internal and external stakeholders to ensure cohesive implementation.

Principal Responsibilities

Key Result #1 – Implementation and Coordination

Implement consortium-wide strategies, tools, and best practices in gender, safeguarding, and protection across JEOP programming areas, ensuring alignment with international standards and FH’s principles.
Conduct gender, protection, and safeguarding assessments/ analysis to identify risks and establish mitigation measures, including developing effective referral pathways for protection concerns.
Implement the gender audit and analysis findings and recommendations within JEOP by following the action plan and achieving tangible results in the organization’s structures and systems in collaboration with other sectors and partners
Provide capacity-building initiatives for JEOP staff by organizing tailored training on gender, protection, safeguarding mainstreaming, and protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).
Monitor capacity-building activities and provide ongoing technical support to ensure effective integration of gender and protection principles.
Support the integration of the JEOP gender action plan in all activities and monitor progress towards gender equality and protection goals.

Key Result #2 –Monitoring, Reporting and partnership/networking

Participate in consortium and partner meetings, ensuring that gender and protection issues are regularly addressed and integrated into decision-making processes.
Support the establishment and management of feedback and response mechanisms for protection and safeguarding issues within FH-JEOP operations.
Monitor the implementation of gender and protection activities in Final distribution points through a gender-sensitive lens and provide recommendations for continuous improvements.
Develop reports on gender, Safeguarding, and protection activities implemented within JEOP programming.
Contribute to the dissemination of IEC materials on gender and protection.
Organize Gender-related events and create learning platforms that enable participants to gain awareness of Gender issues. This includes organizing events aligned with international campaigns such as International Women’s Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, and other relevant initiatives.
Promote good practices and lessons learned, contributing to a collection of good practices for gender equality programming.
Provide support related to gender, Protection, and safeguarding issues as required by JEOP manage

About You

Job Level Specifications

Demonstrated ability to work in a team-oriented environment with good interpersonal skills
Observation, active listening, and analysis skills with the ability to make sound judgment
Good relationship management skills and the ability to work closely with local partners and community members
Attention to detail, accuracy, and timeliness in executing assigned responsibilities
Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented

Education and Experience

BA Degree/master’s degree in gender studies, social sciences, development studies, or related disciplines along with substantial work experience in gender, Protection, and safeguarding programs in an emergency context.
Minimum of five years’ experience for bachelor’s degree holders/ four years’ experience for Master’s degree holders
Knowledge of technical principles, concepts, and standards in Gender and protection to affected populations; general knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.
Proven experience in delivering training on Gender-responsive programming.
Demonstrated understanding of international protection and gender standards.
Demonstrated ability to conduct assessments and studies, including protection risk analyses.
Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
A previous experience in an international NGO and/or institution is a strong advantage

Language

Basic Proficiency in both spoken and written English and local languages.

Supervisory Responsibility

The position holder has technical supervisory roles

SAFEGUARDING POLICY

FH strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out in honest and fair methods, in alignment with the FH Heartbeat and safeguarding and associated policies. Violations to stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

SAFETY AND SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES

⮚ Each FHE staff member should adhere to all pertinent policies concerning safety and security policy of FH. Lapses in safe conduct can jeopardize the health and welfare of all staff.

⮚ Every FHE staff member has an obligation to learn and understand the security situation where they are located.

⮚ Each FHE staff member should adhere to all pertinent policies concerning safety and security. This includes, but not limited to,

personal safety, road safety, etc.

⮚ Has a responsibility to become familiar to social, cultural and other associated features of their duty stations;

⮚ Abstains from inappropriate or offensive behavior that can put FHE in a difficult position, impair operations, and jeopardize the

health and welfare of all staff of FHE.

⮚ All FHE staff should promotes safe conducts and exercises caution in all work activities; staff should accountable for own personal and professional actions and conduct;

GENDER RESPONSIBILITIES

⮚ Be aware of the stereotypes about women’s and men’s capacities, and discuss how they influence staff, in assigning responsibility, and in managing resources at unit and organization level.

⮚ Be able to describe how gender issues relate to one’s job responsibilities and how gender equity can be promoted through the execution of those responsibilities.

⮚ Be familiar with the local Gender Focal Point(s), and go to her/him to learn more about gender issues, or when there is a gender grievance or harassment issue to resolve

⮚ Within each project and department, discuss FH’s Gender & Diversity and Sexual Harassment and sexual exploitation Policies, so that all staff are conversant with them.

⮚ Refrain from any comments or gestures that indicate prejudicial views of female staff, especially female supervisors.

⮚ In each Project and Head Office, ask women staff what changes would make it more “gender-friendly”, organization and implement the recommendations

Required Skills

Project management
Communication

Desired Skills

Communication
Team work

How to Apply

Women Candidates are highly encouraged to apply

Competent candidates can submit ONLY their application and CV to: recruitment_fhe@fh.org. Candidates MUST refer to the position title “Gender, protection, safeguarding technical lead /Coordinator ” on the subject line of their email and applications.

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