Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Officer

World University Service of Canada (WUSC - EUMC)

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The Nurturing, Advancing, and Sustaining High-potential Women-led Microenterprises through Innovations Accelerating Growth in Jordan (NASHMIA) Project aims to support empowerment of women entrepreneurs across Jordan, including refugee women and women with disabilities, to support their participation and leadership in the green economy. It will be delivered by a partnership between WUSC, EcoConsult, Arcan Impact, Seedstars, and the Arab Women Organization. The project will specifically address barriers to women s economic advancement, including limited access to finance, weak market integration, discriminatory social norms, and the burden of care work.

The project pursues two interlinked pathways to enhance women s economic empowerment:

1. Enhanced competitiveness and sustainability of women-led climate MSMEs including those led by women with disabilities and refugees in target regions. This includes market and policy assessments, technical assistance, and targeted training, including digital tools.
   
   
   
   
2. Reduced gender-specific barriers to women s climate entrepreneurship and participation in the green economy including women with disabilities and refugees in the target regions.
   This involves providing coworking spaces, networking opportunities, targeted grants, and awareness campaigns to challenge restrictive social norms.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the (NASHMIA) Project Director, the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Officer will be responsible for ensuring that GESI considerations are mainstreamed across all project activities. This is a key role in (NASHMIA), helping to support the project s overall economic empowerment goal through targeted capacity strengthening, tools development, implementation support, and reporting. The successful candidate will have strong analytical skills, a firm understanding of gendered inequalities built through academic and professional experience, and will excel at working with diverse groups, including the private sector, to build support for gender equality and social inclusion.

GESI Mainstreaming, Technical Leadership, and Strategy Implementation:

• Support an in-depth GESI analysis to ensure a full contextual understanding of the gendered barriers and inequalities in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Jordan;
• Co-design the project s GESI Strategy based on the findings of the GESI analysis, labour market assessment, baseline study, and ongoing contextual analyses;
• Provide technical advice to project teams and partners on gender equality, disability inclusion, gender mainstreaming, refugee inclusion, intersectional analysis, gender and finance, gender and environment, intersectionality, social norms, women s entrepreneurship, and gender-based violence;
• Participate in GESI working groups and maintain close working relationships with counterparts in other relevant organizations in Jordan (including international and local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), intergovernmental organizations, private sector organizations, and governmental partners);
• Support the establishment of advisory and consultation mechanisms with women s rights organizations (WROs), disabled people s organizations (DPOs), and refugee-led organizations (RLOs) to ensure continuous participation, feedback, and context-responsive adaptation of interventions.
  
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QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES:

Education:

• B.A./MA or equivalent qualification in Social Science, Gender, International Development, Community Development, or other relevant field.

Experience & Competencies:

• At least 5 years of practical experience in the field of gender equality and social inclusion;
• Thorough understanding of the gender context in Jordan, gained through academic or practical experience;
• Experience working with diverse organizations, including government institutions, international NGOs, the private sector, and community-based or women s rights organizations;
• Experience conducting intersectional gender analyses and the development of recommendations for gender transformative economic empowerment initiatives which address power imbalances and structures of oppression;
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills;
• Ability to translate GESI concepts into practical language for diverse audiences, including the private sector;
• Knowledge of international agreements and national legislation relevant to GESI, as well as international best practices;
• Knowledge or experience in women s entrepreneurship, gender-lens investing, and advancing gender equality through market systems tools is a strong asset;
• Proven leadership, initiative, interpersonal, cross-cultural, coordination, facilitation skills, and ability to motivate and work as a key member of a diverse country team;
• Excellent capacity building skills, with demonstrated experience in effective training, coaching and facilitation related to Gender, Inclusion, economic empowerment;
• Adaptable and flexible, with the ability and initiative to generate or find new ways of working to manage internal and external changes that affect project implementation or organizational change;
• Strong reporting and writing abilities;
• Demonstrates integrity, respect, and sensitivity to culture, gender, religion, nationality and age;
• Adherence to the Gender Equality approach and the values of social inclusion.
  
  

Languages:

• Complete fluency (spoken and written) in English and Arabic is required.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

• This is a full-time job position.
• Working hours and days are Sunday till Thursday, 7:30/9:30 A.M. 3:30/5:30 P.M. with the possibility of working for extra hours in case any event is taking place.