The Policy Innovation Centre (PIC) is the first national institutionalized behavioral initiative in Africa supporting government and stakeholders to make behaviorally informed decisions and generate evidence for impact-driven interventions in critical thematic areas (Governance, Health, Gender & Social Inclusion, Education, Digital & Financial Inclusion). The PIC is positioned to support the delivery of better policies and innovative solutions for high-impact interventions across Africa. The PIC is an initiative of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), a leading think tank in Africa redefining evidence-based policy advocacy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Gender and Social Inclusion Lead

Location: Nigeria

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to the PIC’s Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Program.
• Work closely with program leads to support the effective delivery of GESI-focused activities across project cycles.
• Lead GESI integration (principles, minimum standards, deliverables) into program activities and functional units including human resources, grants, operations, and others.
• Work within the team to ensure that a sound gender analysis informs program design and management, as well as identify strategic actions to be undertaken to improve the quality of program implementation.
• Lead the gender systems strengthening portfolio through research, information management systems, and sector-specific capacity-building programs for public, private, and development practitioners to equip them with skills to engage on gender and inclusion issues using a gender transformative approach.
• Develop and maintain positive working relations with a wide network of partners, including government, development partners, parliament, media, and NGOs.
• Assist in the definition of gender-related indicators and targets, as well as in the collection and analysis of qualitative and quantitative sex-disaggregated data; contribute to monitor and evaluating results against the indicators, to inform program and strategic decisions.
• Deliver high-quality gender-related briefs and progress reports for a range of audiences as required.
• Coordinate the Gender and Inclusion Summit activities, provide guidance, monitor progress, and ensure tasks connected to the successful delivery of the Pre-summit, Summit, and Post-summit are completed on schedule.
• Oversee planning and proposal writing efforts for new business development opportunities and liaise with the PIC Business Development Team to produce technically sound and compliant proposals.
• Foster internal and external relationships with a range of gender stakeholders, partners, advocacy organizations, researchers, donors, and government. Ensure the representation of PIC in gender-focused events as well as partnerships.
• Design and deliver gender training programs and workshops for staff and stakeholders. Build out the Gender and Development course to expand reach, quality of delivery, faculty, and partnerships to ensure a world-class training program.
• Act as resource person in capacity building, knowledge sharing events, and other relevant activities
• Undertake other responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications/Job Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Gender, Education, Social Sciences, International Development, Public Health, or related field.
• Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in gender equity and GBV program management, coordination, policy, advocacy, technical assistance, and transformative approaches.
• Relevant experience supervising community-based social development and gender mainstreaming programs.
• Experience in planning, designing,and implementing integrated gender and inclusion programs desirable.
• Strong research and analytical skills, experience in conducting gender analysis, and development of GESI protocols.
• External representation and communication skills, excellent interpersonal communication, facilitation, and partnership-building skills.
• Ethical and transparent decision-making.
• High regard toward preserving the confidentiality of work-related information and data.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of local communities and customary rules.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.