Gender Equity, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Coordinator

VCCRP GEDSI Coordinator

The Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience Project (VCCRP) is the largest community-led climate adaptation initiative in the Pacific, funded primarily by the Green Climate Fund. Operating across all six provinces, it strengthens communities’ ability to adapt to climate change through locally tailored actions, government and civil society support, and cross-sector dialogue. The project is led by the Ministry of Climate Change’s Department of Climate Change, with implementation support from key ministries and partners. Save the Children Vanuatu plays a key role in mobilizing funds and delivering activities alongside government agencies.

Working at Save the Children is more than just a job: 

It’s the feeling of knowing that your work is contributing to making Vanuatu and the world a better place for alongside others who share that purpose.

 We Offer:

·       The chance to collaborate with diverse and creative teams

·       Personalized learning plan and internal development opportunities

·       A child-friendly work environment

·       A culture that values staff wellbeing, with access to counselling and mental health support

·       An attractive salary package

·       Full medical insurance coverage

·       Generous leave provisions including 21 days annual leave, 20 days sick leave, 14 weeks maternity leave, 10 days paternity leave, 7 days compassionate leave, 10 days domestic violence leave, and 6 days study leave

·       Home leave allowance paid at Christmas

Where you come in:

As the GEDSI Coordinator for the Vanuatu Community-based Climate Resilience Project (VCCRP), you will play a vital role in ensuring that climate adaptation efforts are inclusive, equitable, and community-driven. Your leadership will help embed gender equity, disability and social inclusion across all aspects of the project, ensuring that vulnerable groups are not only considered but actively empowered.

By working closely with government departments, civil society, and community stakeholders, you will help to shape activities and practices that reflect the diverse needs of Vanuatu’s population. Your technical expertise and capacity-building efforts will strengthen local systems, enhance community engagement, and promote sustainable, inclusive development.

You will make an impact by:

Technical Leadership:

·       Leading the development and implementation of the VCCRP Gender Action Plan, ensuring GEDSI principles are embedded across activity design, roll out, monitoring, and evaluation.

·       Collaborating with internal teams and stakeholders to establish inclusive systems and indicators.

Project Implementation:

·       Overseeing the Project’s Grievance Redress Mechanism and providing technical assistance to enhance GEDSI outcomes.

·       Delivering training and support to staff and partners to ensure they are equipped with the knowledge, tools, skills, and resources to mobilise communities effectively and deliver an inclusive project

·       Contributing to the delivery of approaches focusing on GEDSI related to climate change hazards, vulnerabilities, and impacts, with a view to improving the quality and reach of interventions across the project

Project Quality & Learning:

·       Building an evidence base for GEDSI approaches and integrating lessons learned into project delivery.

·       Staying informed on national, regional and global GEDSI policies and guidelines and representing the project in relevant forums.

Capacity Building:

·       Developing resources and leading workshops to strengthen the capacity of staff and partners in GEDSI implementation.

Health, Safety, Security & Risk Management:

·       Promoting a safe working environment by adhering to safety protocols, reporting risks, and contributing to health and safety improvements.

Child Protection & Safeguarding:

• Maintaining a child safe environment at the workplace and safeguarding children’s rights, always acting in the best interests of children.

• Complying with the Child Safeguarding Code of Conduct and child safeguarding and protection policies and standards (click here to view further details).

This role requires:

Essential knowledge or experience

• At least 3 - 5 years’ work experience in gender equity, disability and social inclusion work and/or community development

• Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Gender Equity, Disability and Social Inclusion, Community Development, Social Work and/or related disciplines. If a candidate does not have tertiary qualifications, other relevant training or equivalent work experience will be considered.

• Expert knowledge of inclusion principles, gender equity, gender transformative approaches, gender analysis, changing restrictive social and gender norms, the rights and empowerment of women and girls, and methods of engaging men and boys in gender rights and inclusion advocacy, particularly in the climate change and Pacific context.

• Demonstrated experience leading and supervising GEDSI programme development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation in Vanuatu. Desired working experience with Vanuatu’s Department of Women’s Affairs, the Vanuatu Society for People with Disabilities, and / or Ministry of Justice and Community Services.

• Experience in identifying, collecting, and collating data aligned with project performance indicators related to GEDSI.

• Experience in capacity development, particularly in relation to developing tools and practical approaches, delivering training, mentoring, and skills transfer at the national, subnational and community levels

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, including government bodies, donors, and local communities to achieve results.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

• Demonstrated understanding of child rights programming and human rights-based approaches.

•  Ability to work independently, multi-task, meet tight deadlines and manage stress appropriately

•  Ability to travel within Vanuatu

Desirable knowledge or experience

• Experience working with Green Climate Fund (GCF) projects in design or implementation or knowledge of relevant GCF information e.g. Annex 8: Gender Assessment and Action Plan, gender mainstreaming manual.

• Report writing and development of knowledge products

• Working knowledge of Bislama and French

Sounds interesting?

We’d love to hear from you. Please submit your resume and cover letter via link provided, by Wednesday 17 September at 17:00 Vanuatu time. We welcome applications from candidates who reside in Vanuatu and have the right to work in Vanuatu. Due to the anticipated volume of submissions, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. To request a full Job description (JD) please send an email to Hr.Vanuatu@savethechildren.org.au

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At Save the Children, we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making Save the Children a great place to work.