Gender Equality, Safeguarding And Inclusion Advisor

Gender Equality, Safeguarding and Inclusion AdvisorCommunity Development (Community Services & Development)
Full time
MSI Asia Pacific (MSIAP) is part of the MSI Reproductive Choices global partnership.
As our name suggests, we are unapologetically pro-choice.
We believe that everyone should have the freedom to determine their own future, on their terms.
Our teams work across 36 countries and six continents, supporting over 93,000 women and girls to access reproductive healthcare — including abortion and contraception — every day.
MSIAP is committed to creating an inclusive environment.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and give equal consideration to all qualified applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.
We are committed to promoting equality and safeguarding the welfare of all team members and clients, with a focus on vulnerable groups.
MSIAP welcomes applications from people with relevant lived experience, including people originating from the countries in which MSI works.
The RoleMSIAP is based in Naarm-Melbourne.
We are one of three support offices housing shared services for MSI's country programs.
MSIAP leads advocacy, income generation and grant management for the Asia and Pacific region.
The Gender, Equality, Safeguarding and Inclusion (GESI) Advisor will support MSI's country programs in the Asia and Pacific region to maximize opportunities to reach women, adolescents, people with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual orientation and gender identity, responding to their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs.
This will involve working closely with MSIAP's Senior Advisor, Program Design & Development, Senior MEL Advisor, and Project Grant Officers to integrate gender transformative and socially inclusive approaches into our work and evaluate their impact.
Key ResponsibilitiesLead GEDSI capacity strengthening: Support CPs to periodically assess their GEDSI capacity; design and deliver capacity strengthening initiatives for CPs; and facilitate a GEDSI community of practice among GEDSI leads across the Asia and Pacific region.Provide GEDSI technical assistance: Support MSI's country programs to develop and implement GEDSI strategies at a project and organizational level; and develop tools, frameworks and other resources to support the implementation of GEDSI strategies.Build networks and partnerships: Build strategic networks and partnerships that support the GEDSI-related advocacy and programming goals of MSIAP and MSI's country programs.Support institutional fundraising: Support efforts to catalyze funding opportunities; contribute to the design of proposals, including the intervention design, results framework and budget; lead gender marker assessments for proposals; review proposals; and field GEDSI-related questions from prospective donors.Support evidence generation and knowledge translation: Contribute to the design, planning and implementation of research, monitoring and evaluation of projects; support MSI country programs to develop case studies which showcase our approaches and learning; identify learning and results which can be showcased in publications, communication materials and conferences.Position MSIAP as a leader on GEDSI in the Asia and Pacific region: Represent MSIAP in relevant internal and external forums and working groups.Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI): Provide support in the development and implementation of the MSIAP Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) Action Plan.Advise MSIAP's leadership: Support MSIAP's leadership team to strengthen their capacity and the organization's approach to GEDSI, DEI and safeguarding; contribute to board reports, risk committees and other internal forums.Safeguarding compliance and support: Keep up to date on the safeguarding compliance requirements of MSI, MSIAP's donors and ACFID; lead safeguarding assessments and periodic reviews of the safeguarding policies, systems and practices of MSIAP, MSI country programs and partner organizations; lead the development of safeguarding action plans; monitor progress against safeguarding action plans; and maintain the MSIAP safeguarding risk register.Safeguarding reporting: Ensure MSI country programs understand MSI and donor reporting requirements for suspected safeguarding incidents; sit on the decision committee for safeguarding incident reporting; lead safeguarding reporting to MSIAP's donors.Foster collaboration: Proactively collaborate with internal stakeholders across the MSI global partnership including the GEDSI and safeguarding leads at the Global Support Office.Desirable Skills, Knowledge and ExperienceIf you think you could excel in this position, but you don't tick all the boxes below, please get in touch.
Skills Cultural competenceProviding technical assistanceInfluencing othersDeveloping strategies, policies and workplansWorking collaboratively with diverse stakeholdersCommunicating effectivelyAnalysing qualitative and quantitative dataSynthesising informationWriting with brevityUsing Office 365Knowledge GEDSI and intersectionalityChild and adult safeguardingDFAT GEDSI and safeguarding compliance requirementsKnowledge translationSexual and reproductive healthHealth systems strengthening, in low resource settingsThe Asia and Pacific regionExperience Relevant lived experience5+ years providing GEDSI technical assistance3+ years working with local partners3+ years developing and implementing safeguarding policies and practices3+ years working on international development programmes, ideally in the Asia and Pacific region3+ years providing capacity strengthening3+ years working on projects funded by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)Qualifications Safeguarding trainingPersonal Attributes Unequivocally pro-choiceTeam player; energetic, enthusiastic and positive.Quality-focused and results-orientedCalm under pressureStrong attention to detail and follow-upAbility to take initiative and achieve results with limited supervisionHighly organisedResponsive, resourceful and committedSound judgementIntegrityMSI's Core ValuesMission driven: We go to work every day to enable more women to have children by choice, not chance.Customer focused: We meet the needs and exceed the expectations of all our customers.Results orientated: We achieve high quality, measurable outcomes.Pioneering: Through learning, innovation, and risk taking, we remain at the forefront of family planning, safe abortion and reproductive healthcare globally.Sustainable: We build effective programmes and change behaviours which will have lasting impact for individuals, their communities and their countries.People-centred: Our continued success depends on the creativity, commitment and courage of MSI team members worldwide.MSIAP is a child-safe organisation and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.
All successful applicants will be required to abide by our Child Safeguarding Code of Conduct and our Global Code of Conduct in addition to undergoing a police check prior to commencement.
Application ProcessThe deadline for applications is midnight, 9th December 2024.
Please apply by submitting:
A resume, no longer than 4 pages.A cover letter introducing yourself and explaining your motivation for applying, no longer than 1 page.Applications can be submitted:
In writing to MSI Asia Pacific, 425 Smith Street, Melbourne 3065Shortlisting of anonymised applications by a panel.Interview with MSIAP, focused on getting to know each other.Interview with MSIAP and MSI country programs, focused on your technical expertise and approach.Provisional job offer, subject to satisfactory references and background checks.Formal job offer and contract.Applicants invited for an interview will receive a set of questions in advance.
Applicants are encouraged to highlight any factors requiring reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
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