GEDSI Officer

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Key Responsibilities:

In our continued effort to bring change WVPNG has entered into a partnership project with UN Women, local NGO Femili PNG and CSO Magna Carta to building on the gains of the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in PNG, UN Women, UNFPA and UNOPS (Agencies) have commenced implementation of a joint initiative entitled “Soim Wokabaut: Gender-Based Violence Referral Pathways Programme”, financed under the Neighborhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI Global Europe).

The purpose of this role is to provide technical guidance from gender and social inclusion perspectives into key project outcomes, and integrating planned GEDSI activities, particularly in the realms of gender, disability, and social inclusion. Furthermore, the role necessitates ensuring the project's adequate support through organizing COH Workshops with facilitators, supporting capacity building for local NGO, FBO & CSO Partners.

GEDSI Integration and Stakeholder Engagement

• Ensure ongoing implementation on the Project

• Ensure planned GEDSI activities with the project are executed in a timely manner.

• Continue establishing and meeting partners as regularly planned. Representing Project in GEDSI stakeholders meeting and special event (20 days of Human Rights Activism)

• Support GEDSI Coordinator coordinate implementation of gender technical program and provide field insight to support in accordance with WV PNG’s gender technical program to Area Program and Project

• Monthly reporting and budget acquittals as scheduled

Ensure integration and implementation of gender and social inclusion with CSOs, FBOs, & WROs

• Provide support to the development and implementation of planned monthly action plan with a gender and social inclusion perspective.

• Participate in the activism/advocacy/awareness program at the community, district, provincial, and national level when required.

• Collaborate with and support (local resource persons) other women-based groups to report and share learnings on main GEDSI indicators at the local context from a Do-No-Harm perspective.

• Coordinate with GEDSI Coordinator to provide support and capacity building to World Vision staff and partners including other stakeholders on key project models such as the channels of hope for gender-models.

Gender and social inclusion integration in Communications & Advocacy with Rugby Clubs

• In consultation with National Office and WV Support Office to monitor  GEDSI activities, results  and impact measurement of programs from a gender and social inclusion perspective.

• Close collaboration with Program Quality Cross cutting M&E coordinator and the Project Team and Project Partners for GEDSI analysis and facilitation using do no harm approaches.

Upholding World Vision International’s core values and principles

• Know, understand and appreciation of World Vision’s Vision, Mission Statement and history to value your difference in deepen Our Promise to improving Wellbeing of all.

• Demonstrate World Vision’s core values, programming principles, strategic objects, gender equity and equality, child well-being and child protection in programming and behaviors

• Comply and exercise organizational values and culture with CHIRPP

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION/SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor in Social Work, Psychology. Community Development or Gender Field/Background  or other relevant qualifications and experience including
• Certificate of participation in safeguarding in other organizational or voluntary services
• Certificate of participation in GEDSI services as a volunteer or other organizational services
• Experience social work or GEDSI related work, GEDSI integration. Networking skills with government bodies and donors, and experience with disability work and sector.
• Experience in community development, relief and emergency work
• Communication for change
• Experience in community life and awareness of local customs, tradition and geography of the province
• Previous UN Project implementation would be an advantage
• Networking, Facilitating and organization skills.
• Community development, entry and facilitation skills -working with CSOs, FBOs, Sports Clubs or Schools is an advantage
• Communication, Advocacy events and IEC materials development skills
• Project monitoring, evaluation, data collection & management skills
• Project report writing and budgeting skills
• Impact story writing skills
• Is flexible and mobile to work alongside the Program Quality, Operations and Management, fellow staff colleagues, and partners.

A competitive salary, benefits, and career development opportunity will be offered commensurate with relevant experience, knowledge, and qualifications.

Interested applicants should submit the following documents all in one PDF file before; Sunday 10 May, 2026, (Midnight, PNG Time)

• Expression of interest

• Detailed CV

World Vision is committed to the principles of workplace diversity. Qualified women and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

World Vision is committed to safeguarding all children and adults living where World Vision operates. We enforce a zero tolerance policy for any forms of violence, abuse and exploitation against children or adults, either by employees or others affiliated with our work. We do not employ staff whose background is not aligned with our safe guarding practices. Employment is conditional upon successful completion of all mandatory background checks, including criminal record checks, where required.

We appreciate the time it takes to prepare your application. Please note that only short-listed candidates suitable for interviews will be contacted. If you do not hear from World Vision within two (2) weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

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