GESI, Protection & Safeguarding Advisor
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Mercy Corps
- Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 10+ years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Not Specified
- Right to work requirements: Not specified
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Not specified
- Location: Kenya
About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future.
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future.
Program / Department Summary
Mercy Corps is seeking a GESI, Protection & Safeguarding Advisor for the FCDO-funded Border Security Programme (BSP). Irregular migration and associated criminal activity in East Africa remain a complex and escalating challenge which leads to significant exploitation of vulnerable people on the move. BSP will take a multifaceted approach – integrating ‘prevention’, ‘prepare/protect’ and ‘pursue’. An important purpose of this programme is to support the pursuit of human traffickers and smugglers who are exploiting vulnerable populations on the move. Initial interventions will take place in the Kenya border regions, with planned and phased expansion to Uganda, Ethiopia and possibly Somalia border areas.
General Position Summary
The GESI, Protection & Safeguarding Advisor is a vital role within the BSP and is responsible for developing and overseeing an overall vision for how protection and safeguarding can be maintained across programme interventions and partners, ensuring differentiated approaches across a range of vulnerable groups. This includes remaining abreast of contextual understanding from assessments, ensuring the programme gathers and understands the required information and develops tailored plans and indicators to guide its approaches. The role will work closely with consortium partners to collaborate, support, ensure integrated approaches and quality assure. The advisor will also work closely with the Security Manager to lead on protection and safeguarding risk management.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in advising or managing anti-trafficking, protection, GBV, child protection or human rights programming.
- Strong experience in protection mainstreaming, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) safeguarding and risk analysis.
- Experience working with security or justice actors and border contexts.
- Knowledge of trafficking dynamics, organized crime, and migration systems.
- Familiarity with GESI, human rights, and PSEA frameworks.
- Strong understanding of gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) principles
- Demonstrated experience ensuring GESI themes are prioritized and integrated in program design, implementation and measurement
Success Factors
In addition to the qualifications above, the ideal candidate should be a proactive, creative thinker who likes to move things forward. S/he should be motivated to understand how to work effectively with partners and ensure protection and safeguarding even in hjgh risk and complex programming, how to ensure that conceptual thinking translates into practice and to work across partners to oversee alignment. S/he will have strong interpersonal skills to liaise and connect from strategy down to delivery across partners.
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