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Gender & Safeguarding Specialist at Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

Posted on Fri 04th Jul, 2025 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)


The Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global health nonprofit organization, uses proven approaches developed over 40 years to help leaders, health managers, and communities in developing nations build stronger health systems for greater health impact. We work to save lives by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Gender & Safeguarding Specialist

Job Requisition ID: R4821
Location: Abuja
Job type: Full-time

Job Summary

  • Gender and Safeguarding: Responsible for providing strategic and systematic support in implementing gender transformative programming as well as spearheading gender and protection program development and providing technical support across the implementing states/stakeholders.
  • The Specialist will also ensure safeguarding mechanisms are in place. ensure that risk assessments are completed, stakeholders, staff and related personnel are trained and that complaints mechanisms are designed, consulted on and communicated to staff and program participants and the wider community.

Responsibilities

  • As the Gender & Safeguarding specialist, work with the SPA manager to ensure that the project’s work plans are designed, implemented, and monitored with a strong focus on gender equity, diversity, and the safeguarding of a vulnerable populations.
  • Serve as the project’s technical resource person and focal person for gender and safeguarding within the organization and externally, representing the organization in relevant forums such as TWGs, etc. 
  • Conduct rapid gender analysis (if necessary) and lead the development and implementation of project’s gender strategies and initiatives 
  • With support of the SPA manager, lead strategic engagement with relevant stakeholders at the federal and state levels to advance gender mainstreaming and ensure compliance to gender guidelines during selection of CHWs 
  • Provide oversight to sub-implementers and CSOs who will engage stakeholders at community levels to advocate for gender inclusion during selection of CHWs and also promote engagements with community stakeholders to ensure appropriate safeguarding for employed CHWs. 
  • Lead strategic engagements with stakeholders at all levels including at the community level to implement safeguarding measures for CHWs and the communities they serve, especially among the vulnerable population. 
  • Lead interventions to monitor and track compliance to gender and safeguarding policies among staff, vendors, consultants, and project beneficiaries, including instituting mechanisms for anonymous reporting of violation of these policies for prompt action. 
  • Support project staff to effectively integrate gender-sensitive approaches into their work, including leading relevant training and capacity-building sessions to enhance staff understanding of gender equality principles and pactices. 
  • Lead the development/review/updating of project’s safeguarding policies, procedures, and protocols to prevent and respond to incidents of harassment, exploitation, abuse, and other forms of misconduct within the organization and among project beneficiaries.
  • Promptly identify potential safeguarding risks and vulnerabilities through rapid assessments and develop project’s mitigation strategies to address the risks to ensure safety of project staff and project beneficiaries. 
  • Together with the MERL specialist, monitor, track, and evaluate effectiveness of the project’s gender strategy and safeguarding initiatives, using the information for adaptive management. 
  • Lead engagements and collaborations with internal and external stakeholders, including government MDAs, implementing partners, CSOs, donors, etc., to promote meaningful gender and safeguarding principles
  • The responsibilities and duties are indicative only and are subject to change to meet the needs of the project, the organisation and the donor. 

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in public health, Health Sciences, gender studies, social work, international development, or related field (master’s is an added advantage) 
  • At least 6+ years’ experience in gender equality, women’s empowerment, and safeguarding interventions, especially in development and/or humanitarian contexts.
  • Strong leadership, mentoring, management, planning, analytical and organisational skills demonstrated by the ability to work both independently and within a team, assess priorities, and manage a variety of activities with attention to detail. 
  • Proven leadership and capacity in negotiation and conflict management. 
  • Knowledge of donor regulations is preferred, and the ability to work independently, take initiative and learn complex procedures. 
  • Demonstrated experience in providing technical assistance to organisations and conducting training. 
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills with fluency in English. Proficient computer skills. 
  • Experience in maintaining excellent communication with the US office. 
  • Strong computer skills, Experience with Microsoft Office, presentation software, and e-mail and Internet packages. 
  • Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and ability to work under time constraints and meet deadlines, and to work independently and take initiative. 
  • Excellent interpersonal skills: demonstrated ability to interact professionally with diverse clients and stakeholders. 
  • Commitment to uphold high standards of moral and ethical business practices. 
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English.
  • Experience in collecting and analysing data. 
  • Knowledge of sourcing and procurement techniques, as well as dexterity in “reading” the market. 
  • Demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally diverse staff, clients, and consultants.
  • Proficiency in conducting gender analysis and developing gender frameworks, gender mainstreaming interventions, and safeguarding principles and standards. 
  • Strong stakeholder management skills.
  • Strong communication and coordination skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a multicultural and multidisciplinary team
  • Strong analytical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, and planning skills 
  • Excellent computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) 
  • Experience with report writing and documentation of key learnings.

Application Closing Date
7th July, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online


  

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