Gender and Disability Specialist

 

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📌 Job Opportunity: Gender and Disability Specialist – Save the Children

📍 Location: Kaduna State, Nigeria
🗂️ Category: Programme Development and Quality
📅 Deadline: 14th July 2025
👥 Employer: Save the Children
📌 Position: Gender and Disability Specialist
🔢 Slots: Not Specified

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📝 Role Summary

Provide technical support for gender and disability-inclusive programming in Kaduna State to ensure holistic education for all children—especially girls and children with disabilities.

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🎯 Key Responsibilities

✅ Mainstream gender inclusion across educational initiatives
✅ Design gender- and disability-responsive strategies
✅ Lead capacity building for project and partner staff
✅ Address specific needs of girls, especially adolescents
✅ Ensure school facilities are gender-sensitive and disability-accessible
✅ Conduct gender analysis and safety audits regularly
✅ Collaborate on inclusive recruitment strategies
✅ Integrate inclusion components in training and IEC materials
✅ Support intersectionality analysis of gender and disability
✅ Build networks and attend gender working groups
✅ Advocate for removal of systemic and policy barriers
✅ Contribute to staff and partner technical capacity
✅ Stay updated on gender and GBV-related policies
✅ Support MEAL team with data collection and reporting

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🧠 Skills and Competencies

• Ability to identify gender/disability gaps
• Experience in gender-transformative and disability-inclusive programming
• Strong advocacy, communication, and advisory skills
• Politically and culturally sensitive

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🎓 Qualifications

🎓 MSc in Gender Studies, Human Rights, International Relations, or related fields
🧰 Minimum 8 years’ experience in gender mainstreaming in both development and humanitarian settings

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📨 How to Apply

Submit a cover letter and CV (single document) with current remuneration and salary expectations via Save the Children’s career portal:

👉 Apply Here