Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist

The American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) is seeking candidates to support an anticipated USAID-funded Rule of Law program in Kosovo. The Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist leads initiatives to improve the human rights landscape in Kosovo by strengthening the resilience and capacity of CSOs and government entities to overcome barriers to vulnerable populations accessing justice.

The GESI Specialist develops and supports the implementation of activities to engage and support historically marginalized communities, such as displaced persons, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities and historically underserved communities, organizations, and leaders, women, youth, and LGBTQI+ persons, and provides cross-cutting support to ensure program activities are responsive to the unique context and the needs of populations in Kosovo and the region.

Responsibilities:

• Provides strategic and technical leadership on GESI issues in program design, reflection, reporting, and implementation, ensuring programming is responsive and Does No Harm.
• Works closely with partners to support activities to enhance access to justice of marginalized communities in Kosovo, especially displaced persons, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and historically underserved communities, institutions, and leaders.
• Leads engagement workshops for justice providers and members of displaced populations, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, women, youth, and LGBTQI+ communities to facilitate greater access to and participation in decision-making spaces.
• Facilitates coordination between and among displaced persons, people with disabilities, ethnic minority communities, leaders, and institutions, women, youth, and LGBTQI+ persons and organizations to enhance collective action and intersectional cooperation.
• Coordinates with the M&E team to design methodologies, including perception measurements tailored to the targeted regional areas included in the program and contributes to the preparation of program reports regarding activities, outputs, and results.

Qualifications:

• This position is for a host country national.
• Degree in gender studies and/or relevant field including law, sociology, gender equity and social inclusion, anthropology, human development, and migration.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working with displaced peoples, people with disabilities, ethnic minority communities, leaders, and institutions, women, youth, and LGBTQI+ communities, and on GESI policies and activities in people-centered justice, rule of law, access to justice, improving engagement with the justice system, judicial independence and strengthening, justice sector innovation and technology, and user-centered justice system design, preferably with USAID-funded programs.
• Expertise in international rights standards for displaced people and communities, ethnic minority communities and people, women, youth, LGBTQI+ communities, and/or people with disabilities in Kosovo.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with the roles of GOK, civil society, and the private sector in supporting GESI initiatives in Kosovo or the region.