Gender, Equality, and Social Inclusion Manager (GESI) at RTI International

Position Description
RTI is seeking a Gender, Equality, and Social Inclusion Manager (GESI Manager). The GESI Manager is responsible for ensuring that considerations for gender, youth, and other marginalized populations are incorporated as appropriate across the project, from planning of policy reform to interventions under the EECA activity. This position will report to the Institutional Performance Improvement Lead/Cross-Cutting Lead and will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Your primary responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Provide technical leadership and oversight, and integration of gender approaches across program activities
• Develop and lead the implementation of the project’s gender strategy, including the adaptation and development of tools and approaches to support the strategy;
• Work with senior project management to raise awareness and capacity of project staff on issues related to gender, and to expand gender content of projects Identify target groups through social assessments, ensure participatory wealth ranking and social mapping is conducted and stakeholders involved understand the importance of such assessments;
• Provide guidance and support to field level staff for promotion of inclusion, and ensure capacity is built at local level to sustain change;
• Assess the representation and active participation of women in project related stakeholder groups (such as community and local governance bodies) and make recommendations for engaging these groups;
• Support the integration of gender activities within the work plan; lead the design of gender sensitive performance indicators and gender specific tools in work planning to promote gender balance in the project implementation;
• Identify potential opportunities for gender inclusion and design and implement solutions that promote gender mainstreaming;
• Support development of gender sensitive behavior change communication activities and messages;
• Works closely with M&E team to ensure that gender issues are reflected in M&E plan, frameworks, and reports to assess whether the gender objectives are being met;
• Work closely with project staff to build their understanding of gender issues;
• Support the partners in mainstreaming gender in their policies, management systems and programs and provide training and education in implementing the policies.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience, Master’s degree and 6 years of relevant GESI experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Prior experience working on donor-funded projects preferred.
• Demonstrated experience providing training on gender, youth and social inclusion–related issues.
• Experience working on energy programs preferred
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with USAID, government counterparts at all levels, local organizations, community groups, and other program partners and stakeholders.
• Ability to conceptualize, plan, guide, and implement work with demonstrated experience in mainstreaming GESI or promoting women’s leadership
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English.