GEDSI Specialist (Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion)

About the role

World Vision International Lao PDR is looking for a Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Specialist to lead the project's strategy and linked activities advancing GEDSI and Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) outcomes across the project cycle. The role is field-focused, supporting capacity building of team members in value chain development (VCD) and market systems development (MSD) programming, gender mainstreaming and targeted WEE approaches. It provides technical backstopping, promotes GEDSI/WEE in quality assurance and M&E, and liaises with other technical staff and the Field Office. The position is local, fixed-term.

Key responsibilities

• Project design: support the design of gender-responsive market assessments, assessment methodologies, data collection and analysis, and prepare reports on findings; develop the GEDSI & WEE strategy and work plan, contribute to the Theory of Change and review M&E plans.
• Project implementation: act as focal point for GEDSI/WEE implementation, engage project partners to include GEDSI/WEE, give technical advice to field teams and support responsive fact-finding.
• Stakeholder engagement: manage or support partnerships with the private sector, government, women-led organizations and others, and develop a communication strategy for them.
• MEL: work with the MEL team to monitor activities using gender-disaggregated data, support data collection, analysis and reporting of GEDSI/WEE outcomes to donors and the Field Office.
• Capacity building: train the project team on GEDSI/WEE and recommend external learning opportunities where needed.

Required profile

• Master's degree in a relevant discipline (international development, business administration, social sciences, women's studies or similar).
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience implementing or advising on GE/WEE initiatives in VCD, MSD and gender-transformative programming.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including with the private sector, and experience with gender-transformative and social behaviour change programmes.
• Experience on grant-funded projects and knowledge of NGO work; presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring and coaching skills.
• Good physical condition to travel to districts and reach remote villages.

Required skills

• Technical writing skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), web conferencing applications, information and budget management systems and knowledge-sharing networks.
• Strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills.