GEDSI Officer

Employee Contract Type: Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term) Job Description:

GEDSI Integration and Mainstreaming:

• Integrate GEDSI approaches across program design, implementation, and monitoring.
• Ensure inclusive practices in water, climate resilience, and disaster preparedness activities.
• Support partners to apply GEDSI standards in field implementation.

Capacity Building:

• Provide training and mentoring to staff, partners, and community groups on GEDSI.
• Strengthen understanding of disability inclusion tools (e.g. Washington Groups Questions).
• Promote inclusive leadership among women and marginalized groups.

Community Engagement:

• Facilitate participation of women, people with disabilities, and marginalized communities.
• Support community – led inclusive planning and decision – making processes.
• Ensure safeguarding and protection principles are upheld.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting:

• Support GEDSI – sensitive data collection, including disability – disaggregated data.
• Track GEDSI indicators and contribute to program reports.
• Document lessons learned and best practices on inclusion.

Coordination and Advocacy:

• Collaborate with CARE in Timor-Leste, local authorities, and civil society partners.
• Advocate for inclusive policies within sub-national planning systems.
• Ensure alignment with DFAT GEDSI requirements.

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), community development, or humanitarian/development programs
• Proven experience in mainstreaming gender and disability inclusion across projects
• Demonstrated experience working with vulnerable communities, including women, people with disabilities, and rural populations
• Experience in facilitation, training, and capacity building for staff and partners
• Familiarity with data collection tools, including disability-disaggregated approaches (e.g., Washington Group Questions)
• Experience working with NGOs, government stakeholders, or donor-funded programs (DFAT experience is an advantage)

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health, or a related field
• Relevant training in Gender Equality, Disability Inclusion, Safeguarding, or Social Inclusion
• Certification in Monitoring & Evaluation, GEDSI, or Protection is an asset
• No specific license required, but professional development in inclusive programming is strongly valued

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Strong understanding of GEDSI frameworks, including international standards and donor requirements (e.g., DFAT GEDSI framework)
• Knowledge of climate resilience, water security (WASH), and disaster risk reduction (DRR) programming
• Familiarity with Timor-Leste social, cultural, and governance context
• Understanding of barriers faced by people with disabilities and gender inequality issues
• Experience in community engagement and participatory approaches
• Ability to analyse and interpret gender- and disability-disaggregated data

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