Education Development Center (EDC) is recruiting a Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist for their Somalia office. With 8 - 9 years of experience required, this position is suited for mid-to-senior level professionals in Gender/advocacy. Interested applicants should submit their applications before Aug, 19.
Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist
Company Description
EDC is one of the worldâs leading nonprofit research and development firms. Established in 1958, EDC designs, delivers and evaluates innovative programs to address some of the worldâs most urgent challenges in education, health, and economic opportunity. Our services include research, training, educational materials, and strategy, with activities ranging from seed projects to large-scale national and international initiatives.
Job Description
Project Description
EDC is seeking a Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist for a proposed education consultancy in Somalia focused on the development of the National Teacher Professional Development Plan (TPDP). The assignment will support the Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MoECHE) to produce a comprehensive, quality-assured, and implementation-ready national teacher professional development plan aligned with the National Teacher Competency Framework (NTCF), the Somalia Education Act (2023), and the National Transformation Plan 2025â2029.
The assignment is designed to help establish a coherent national system for continuing professional development (CPD), strengthen quality assurance, support certification and monitoring systems, and improve teacher professional development across Federal Member States, school types, education levels, and Integrated Quranic Schools.
Position Description
The Gender and Social Inclusion Specialist will ensure that gender equality and social inclusion are fully integrated into the design of the TPDP. The specialist will lead analysis of barriers to participation in teacher professional development, especially for female teachers and other underserved groups, and will help shape inclusive approaches to CPD delivery, stakeholder engagement, implementation planning, and monitoring. This role is particularly important to ensure that the TPDP responds to the needs of teachers in rural, nomadic, and conflict-affected settings, including female teachers in Integrated Quranic Schools and other hard-to-reach contexts.
Key Responsibilities
- TBD, Somalia Employees can work remotely
- Contract
- Lead a gender and social inclusion analysis as part of the broader situational assessment for the TPDP.
- Identify barriers to participation in CPD, with specific attention to female teachers in rural, nomadic, and conflict-affected areas, as well as female teachers in Integrated Quranic Schools.
- Provide technical input to ensure that TPDP policies, systems, and implementation approaches are gender-responsive and inclusive.
- Advise on inclusive design of CPD delivery models, including approaches suitable for low-resource, low-connectivity, and geographically dispersed settings.
- Support the integration of gender and inclusion considerations into stakeholder consultations with MoECHE, Federal Member States, Teacher Training Colleges, teacher associations, Islamic scholar networks, and development partners.
- Contribute to the development of inclusive frameworks, tools, and recommendations across key work packages, including implementation planning, governance arrangements, quality assurance, M&E, and digital learning systems.
- Help ensure that indicators, baseline tools, and reporting approaches capture relevant sex-disaggregated and inclusion-sensitive data.
- Work closely with the Team Leader and other technical specialists to ensure that gender and inclusion considerations are embedded throughout all deliverables.
- Contribute written sections, recommendations, and review comments to ensure final outputs are practical, evidence-based, and responsive to the Somali context.
About Somalia
Somalia is located in the Horn of Africa and has a growing job market, particularly in the humanitarian, development, and private sectors. Major employment hubs include Mogadishu, Hargeisa, Garowe, Baidoa, and Kismayo, with opportunities from international NGOs, UN agencies, government institutions, and an expanding private sector.
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