Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion Lead

Job Overview and Reporting Line:

The Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG) Programme will support a more stable and peaceful Nigeria, the impact of which will be that citizens will benefit from reduced violence and increased resilience to climate change. It will achieve this by supporting Nigerian stakeholders to resolve conflict and improve security, justice, and natural resource management challenges in target areas. 

SPRiNG will support locally led enhancements to conflict prevention, violence reduction, security and justice and natural resource management; work to remove or lessen the impact of critical barriers to peace; and support partnerships for peace with like-minded international partners to multiply funding spent by the FCDO 
SPRiNG is a politically led programme grounded in research, evidence, and science, including political economy, conflict analysis, and environmental science, to ensure that it addresses the root causes of violence. It is problem-driven, evidence-based, iterative, adaptive in approach, reflective, responsive, and scalable. 

SPRiNG will seek to address a complex set of interwoven political, conflict, and ecological conflict drivers impacting security across North-West and North-Central Nigeria.

The SPRiNG Programme is seeking a committed and technically proficient Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Advisor to guide and implement inclusive strategies across all programme components. The GEDSI Advisor will ensure that SPRiNG integrates gender, disability, youth, and other social inclusion dimensions in design, implementation, and learning, and lead the development and delivery of GEDSI-specific work, particularly under Workstream 3: Women, Peace and Security, but also across the entire programme portfolio. 

Based in Abuja and reporting to the Team Leader, the GEDSI Advisor will work closely with technical leads, regional teams, and implementing partners to embed inclusive practices across all programme levels. The role includes providing capacity building, technical advice, oversight of inclusive indicators, and ensuring representation and accountability to marginalised and vulnerable populations. 

Main Duties:

Strategic and Programme Coordination

• Lead the integration of gender equality and social inclusion principles across programme strategies, activities, and monitoring frameworks, ensuring all programming meets requirements for GESI marker C and expanding the GEDSI impact of all programming
• Play a leading role in the development of GEDSI-focused work (up to 30% of total programme spend) – leading work under the Women, Peace and Security component
• Ensure GEDSI is embedded in the programme's Theory of Change, log frame, workplans, and learning cycles.
• Support the adaptive management approach by analysing GEDSI-related trends and recommending course corrections.
• Conduct gender impact assessments and train partners and counterparts on effective implementation.

Technical and Analytical Leadership

• Provide technical input on GEDSI for programme design, implementation, and reporting.
• Conduct training and mentoring for staff, partners, and stakeholders to build GEDSI capacity and ownership.
• Develop and update GEDSI tools, guidelines, and checklists to support inclusive practices.
• Support the integration of safeguarding and protection principles into operational planning and delivery.
• Provide quality assurance for GEDSI activity design and delivery to ensure gender-responsive interventions meet programme objectives.
• Deliver direct technical assistance to ministries and other partners as required by programme scope

Monitoring, Learning, and Accountability

• Collaborate with the MEL team to ensure inclusion-related indicators are tracked and reported.
• Support the collection of disaggregated data (by gender, age, disability, and other relevant markers).
• Support the MEL team in integrating gender indicators, including mentoring and tools to assess GESI impacts across programme components.
• Facilitate inclusive learning reviews, contribute to donor reports, and document lessons on what works in promoting gender equality and inclusion.
• Report on gender equality progress, contributing to donor policy objectives and learning agendas.
• Promote participatory approaches to monitoring and learning that elevate the voices of marginalised groups

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work with civil society, community groups, women’s and youth-led organisations to ensure their participation in programme processes.
• Represent SPRiNG in relevant GEDSI networks and advocacy platforms.
• Liaise with government stakeholders to support policy dialogue on gender and social inclusion.
• Engage with traditional, religious, and community leaders to promote inclusive norms and practices.

Operational and Programme Delivery

• Provide GEDSI input into regional and sectoral planning.
• Identify barriers to participation and access to services and propose responsive strategies.
• Ensure "do no harm," accountability, and safeguarding principles are upheld throughout programme delivery.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of community engagement and behaviour change initiatives.

Aptitude and skills:

• Demonstrated expertise in designing and applying GEDSI frameworks and tools in donor-funded programmes.
• Experience working with FCDO, USAID, or other development partners.
• Proven ability to engage with diverse stakeholders, including government, CSOs, and marginalised groups.
• Proven ability to deliver direct Technical Assistance or training to government institutions and community organisations.
• Familiarity with international best practices on gender, disability, youth engagement, and inclusive governance
• Excellent facilitation, training, and writing skills.
• Excellent understanding of conflict dynamics and gender-related vulnerabilities in North-West and North-Central Nigeria.
• Well known and networked with other GEDSI champions and organisations in Nigeria.
• Hausa language skills or other local dialects are an advantage.
• Willingness to travel to field locations regularly.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Sociology, Social Work, or a related field a postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage.
• A high level of recurrent demonstrable experience, in GESI-related roles in complex development programmes in Nigeria, is essential, preferably focused on peacebuilding, governance and resilience contexts.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

In accordance with the Equality Act 2010, Tetra Tech prides itself in a workplace culture that complies with and ensures the workplace is free from discrimination, harassment, bullying, racism, and hate speech of any form regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage, and civil partnerships. We encourage all applicants from different backgrounds to apply for this role.  

Disability Confident Employer:

Disability Confident is a UK government scheme that supports employers in creating and fostering diverse and inclusive workplaces. We have self-identified as registered disability confident participants.

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Safeguarding:  

Tetra Tech International Development has robust policies and guidelines which exemplify our commitment to safeguarding and technical excellence in gender equality. Our team of dedicated GEDSI advisers work closely with our staff and partners to ensure a context-specific and consistent approach is applied to all of our programmes to improve the livelihoods of the world’s most marginalised groups.

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