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 seeks to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression around the world. We recognize that instances of sudden change within a country or region are rare moments to enact significant, lasting change. Mercy Corps, with its global experience working in countries undergoing major transitions, brings knowledge, expertise, and strong management skills to position the agency as a partner of choice for progressive change in Syria.
Mercy Corps has been operational in Syria since 2012 providing humanitarian assistance as well as implementing peace and conflict, and agriculture and livelihoods programming with a focus on resilience, early recovery, and social cohesion. Mercy Corps implements a range of activities aimed at supporting positive coping strategies by addressing the basic needs of vulnerable families while strengthening opportunities to generate income and increasing access to livelihoods and promoting social cohesion objectives.
The Gender Equality, Social Inclusion, and Protection Senior Coordinator (GESI/Protection), will be a member of the Whole of Syria (WoS) team, based in Amman or Beirut and reporting to the Program Performance and Quality (PaQ) Senior Manager. The GESI/Protection Senior Coordinator will be responsible for liaising with team members and partners across MC Syria programs to develop and execute gender sensitive programming (as a minimum standard) and gender transformative programming (when possible) according to Mercy Corps GESI strategy, vision and Commitments. The GESI/ Protection Senior Coordinator will ensure mainstreaming of protection principles, in order to contribute to improving the safety and dignity of all participants, including vulnerable and marginalized groups.
This may include training and capacity building of MC staff, partners and other stakeholders on GESI fundamentals and mainstreaming across the Country Office’s relevant thematic areas, field monitoring, propose GESI activities at the proposal development phase, and leading on GESI Analysis & protection risk assessments. The position holder will represent MC Syria country office in all GESI and protection cluster and sub-cluster coordination meetings and disseminate the relevant information to other teams and hub management. They will ensure program team members understand protection and gender mainstreaming and can self-identify GESI and protection gaps and needs within their intervention area, while working to improve and alleviate them. This is part of the long term objective of this role and ensuring ownership and awareness across MC Syria regarding basic humanitarian inclusion and protection principles.
PROGRAMMATIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT:
REPORTING
REPRESENTATION AND COORDINATION:
CAPACITY BUILDING:
FINANCE & COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT:
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING:
As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient, and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corp as well as themselves.
Supervise: None.
Reports Directly To: Senior Programs Performance and Quality (PaQ) Manager.
Works Directly With: PaQ team, Programs teams, Grants Management team, Regional GESI Advisor, and Global Protection Team.
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
The position is based in Amman or Beirut with travel across MC Regional offices of up to 30% to support country programs, which may include travel to insecure locations where freedom of movement is limited and areas where amenities are limited. Staff will have access to good medical services.
In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development.
Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.
We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening, and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.
Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact.
We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.
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