Gender and Protection Officer

Job Title: Gender and Protection Officer

Locations: Daura, Charanchi, and Batagarawa - Katsina
Employment Type: Contract

Description

• To ensure that all project activities are gender-sensitive, protection-oriented, and compliant with safeguarding standards while promoting the rights, participation, and well-being of women, men, boys, girls, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups.

Key Responsibilities
Gender Mainstreaming:

• Integrate gender considerations into project planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
• Conduct gender assessments and identify barriers to participation and access.
• Promote equitable participation of women, men, girls, boys, and vulnerable groups in project activities.
• Support collection and analysis of sex, age, and disability-disaggregated data.

Protection Mainstreaming:

• Ensure project activities adhere to protection principles, including safety, dignity, non-discrimination, participation, and accountability.
• Conduct protection risk assessments and recommend mitigation measures.
• Monitor and report protection concerns affecting project participants.
• Strengthen community-based protection mechanisms.

Safeguarding and PSEAH:

• Support implementation of safeguarding and PSEAH policies and procedures.
• Conduct awareness sessions for staff, volunteers, and community members.
• Ensure confidential and survivor-centered handling of complaints and referrals.
• Monitor compliance with safeguarding standards across project locations.

Community Engagement and Accountability:

• Establish and strengthen community feedback and complaints mechanisms.
• Facilitate community consultations and stakeholder engagement.
• Promote meaningful participation of women, youth, persons with disabilities, and marginalized groups.

Capacity Building:

• Train staff, volunteers, and community structures on gender, protection, safeguarding, and inclusion.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to project teams.

Monitoring and Reporting

• Monitor gender and protection indicators.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and donor reports.
• Document lessons learned, best practices, and success stories.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, Sociology, Development Studies, Human Rights, Public Health, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 – 5 years' experience in gender, protection, safeguarding, or humanitarian programming.
• Experience in community engagement and capacity building.
• Strong report writing, facilitation, and coordination skills.
• Knowledge of protection principles, safeguarding, PSEAH, GBV risk mitigation, and child protection.

Core Competencies:

• Integrity and professionalism.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and within multidisciplinary teams.

Expected Deliverables:

• Gender and protection assessments and reports.
• Protection risk mitigation plans.
• Training materials and capacity-building reports.
• Community engagement and accountability reports.
• Monthly and quarterly progress reports.
• Documentation of lessons learned and best practices.

Ethical Requirements:

• The position holder must:
  • Adhere to the organization's Code of Conduct.
  • Comply with safeguarding, child protection, and PSEAH policies.
  • Maintain confidentiality and respect for beneficiaries.
  • Uphold the principles of inclusion, accountability, and "Do No Harm.

Application Closing Date
14th August, 2026.

Interested and qualified candidates should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) to: hiring@bincikeint.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note: Bincike International is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities.