Gender and Inclusion Coordinator

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced coordinator, and a strong advocate practitioner and excellent networker, to contribute to gender equality and inclusion across the Fiji Program Support Facility.

Why Tetra Tech International Development?

As a leading global development consulting firm, our purpose is to contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.

Tetra Tech International Development works with governments, businesses and NGOs to solve complex development challenges. Our dedicated team helps partners including DFAT, USAID and the Asian Development Bank to deliver effective and sustainable projects in more than 80 countries around the world.

· An opportunity to promote gender equality and inclusion across the Facility’s sector programs and their Ministry and civil society partners and partners

· Contract to December 2021, with the possibility of extension

· Based in Suva, Fiji

The Program

The Fiji Program Support Facility (the Facility) was established in 2017 to support and implement Australia’s aid programs such as health, education, Australia Awards and governance in Fiji. The Facility also supports the Australia Awards and education programs in Tuvalu. The Facility integrates cross-cutting themes, including gender equality, disability inclusion, climate change, emergency preparedness and response and civil society engagement, across sectoral programs. In particular, the Facility seeks to strengthen program outcomes by better addressing the needs of targeted beneficiaries including those who are often marginalised.

The Facility has a Gender equality, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) Strategy and Action Plan that guides the integration of GEDSI across the Facility’s sector programs, as well as management and operations,to enable outcomes to be achieved. The Facility’s GEDSI team works closely with DFAT, government counterparts and key stakeholders to integrate GEDSI across programs, including through mainstreaming advice, development of sector specific strategies, capacity building interventions, policy influencing, data analysis and monitoring, evaluation and learning activities.

The Position

Under the overall guidance of the Gender and Inclusion Senior Adviser, the Gender and Inclusion Coordinator (the Coordinator) will support the integration of GEDSI across all the Facility’s programs and operations, by supporting the operationalisation of the GEDSI Strategy and Action Plan.

The Coordinator will support the GEDSI team with the delivery of evidence-based technical advice to support mainstreaming of GEDSI throughout the program cycle including design, implementation, and monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL). They will undertake research and analysis, maintain progress trackers and databases, and contribute to reporting and capacity building activities.

The Person

The ideal candidate will hold a degree qualification in relevant discipline, such as, gender, social policy, disability, social research, international development, public health, public policy or management or equivalent demonstrated experience working in the field of gender, disability inclusion or social policy.

They will have existing knowledge on gender equality and/or inclusion mainstreaming across different sectors and organisations, including an understanding of donor’s policies and the institutional, legal and policy frameworks that address GEDSI issues in Fiji and the Pacific.

Central to all this, the successful candidate will be a strong team player with the ability to build positive relationships across the Facility, with Government counterparts, CSOs and the broader development community in Fiji and Tuvalu to achieve results.

This is a locally engaged position. The role is open to Fijian citizens only, and the salary offered does not include accommodation or other allowances.

Equal Opportunity and Inclusion

We care about what makes us different – and it’s our people. We value our unique backgrounds, experiences and thinking, our clients do too. They’re the very things that drive collaboration and ingenuity in the solutions we deliver.

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 our programmes to improve the livelihoods of the world’s most marginalised groups.

We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds, including women and people with disabilities. We are happy to make adjustments to the recruitment process for your accessibility requirements. Please contact us via your preferred type of communication: [email protected] or call Ali on +679 717 7839 with your request(s).

Tetra Tech International Development is an equal opportunity employer of choice and is committed to child protection.

Tetra Tech International Development is also committed to respectful workplaces and does not tolerate sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment of any kind.

This program is managed by Tetra Tech International Development, on behalf of the Australian Government.

Tetra Tech International Development has a 40-year history in successfully delivering international development projects on behalf of donors right around the world, including Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, USAID and the UK’s Department for International Development (now known as the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office). Our people work side by side with local partners to support stability, economic growth and good governance, positively changing people’s lives.