Gender and Social Inclusion Consultant
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Job Location:
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
11 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Your mission
MAIN BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:
Development of War Child Gender and Social Inclusion Standards Framework
War Child Alliance (WCA) is a global network of humanitarian organisations working to support children affected by conflict. Operating across multiple fragile and conflict-affected contexts War Child is committed to delivering high-quality accountable inclusive and child-centred programming.
As part of its strategic ambition and in response to donor requirements War Child seeks to strengthen and formalise its approach to gender equality and social inclusion across both its programmes and organisational systems and culture.
While gender and social inclusion is already embedded in aspects of War Childs work approaches remain uneven across contexts and functions. There is a need to establish a clear practical and organisation-wide standard to ensure consistency quality and accountability.
This assignment will support War Child to develop a Gender and Social Inclusion Standards Framework aligned with:
- the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS);
- War Childs safeguarding accountability and child protection commitments;
The purpose of this consultancy is to develop a War Child Gender and Social Inclusion Standards Framework that defines:
- minimum standards for integrating gender and social inclusion across War Childs Evidence Based Methods (EBMs) and programme cycle (including emergency response) partnership strategy and engagement activities (advocacy comms fundraising)
- organisational expectations for leadership systems and culture;
- clear accountabilities tools and guidance for implementation;
- alignment with CHS commitments and donor expectations.
The framework should be practical implementable and adaptable across War Childs diverse operational contexts.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Diagnostic Review and Organisational Analysis
- Lead a structured review of War Childs existing approaches to gender and social inclusionacross EBMs programmes safeguarding accountability and people practices.
- Analyse organisational strengths gaps risks and opportunities related to gender and social inclusionintegration.
- Engage with key stakeholders across global regional country levels and relevant working groups (eg. Justice Equity Diverity and Inclusion working group) to capture diverse perspectives and operational realities .
2. External Benchmarking and Good Practice Integration
- Conduct benchmarking of relevant sector frameworks standards and tools from peer NGOs and humanitarian actors.
- Identify applicable models and translate these into practical approaches suitable for War Childs operating contexts.
- Ensure alignment with recognised standards including CHSgender-responsive/gender-transformative and social inclusion programming approaches.
3. Framework Design and Development
- Develop a comprehensive Gender and Social Inclusion Standards Framework covering both:
- programme standards across the full EBM and programme cycle; and
- organisational standards across systems leadership and culture.
- Define clear minimum standards principles indicators and accountabilities.
- Integrate linkages with safeguarding accountability mechanisms child protection and inclusive programming.
4. CHS and Accountability Alignment
- Ensure the framework strengthens War Childs alignment with relevant CHS commitments particularly on participation inclusion needs-based programming complaints and feedback staff support and organisational learning.
- Embed gender and social inclusion considerations within accountability and feedback systems including safe and accessible complaints mechanisms.
5. Development of Practical Tools and Guidance
- Design user-friendly tools to support implementation such as:
- self-assessment or maturity tools;
- EBM development programme and organisational checklists;
- optional gender and social inclusion marker or scoring approach;
- indicators and monitoring guidance.
- Develop a clear and phased implementation roadmap to support uptake across the Alliance.
6. Stakeholder Engagement and Validation
- Facilitate consultations and validation sessions with key internal stakeholders.
- Incorporate feedback to ensure the framework is relevant practical and owned across functions and contexts.
- Support alignment across global and country-level priorities.
7. Finalisation and Delivery
- Produce a finalised framework and accompanying tools ready for organisational adoption.
- Provide a concise executive summary and/or presentation for senior leadership and donor engagement.
DELIVERABLES
The consultant will be expected to deliver:
Inception Report
Including methodology workplan stakeholder engagement approach and framework outline.
Diagnostic and Benchmark Summary
Concise analysis of current state key gaps and relevant external practices.
Draft Gender and Social InclusionStandards Framework
Including EBM programme and organisational standards guiding principles CHS alignment and accountabilities.
Implementation Package
Including tools checklists indicators and a proposed rollout approach.
Validation Workshop(s)
Facilitation of internal consultation sessions and integration of feedback.
Final Framework and Tools
Revised practical and ready for organisational adoption.
Executive Summary / Slide Deck
For leadership and donor engagement and For staff onboarding.
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How to Apply
DURATION
An estimated timeline will be agreed upon during the inception phase. (negotiable)
Interested candidates submit CV and one page brief on how you would approach the project and a breakdown of your costs by11/05/2026
An estimated timeline will be agreed upon during the inception phase. (negotiable)
- Estimated duration: 610 weeks
- Estimated level of effort: 2540 working days
Interested candidates submit CV and one page brief on how you would approach the project and a breakdown of your costs by11/05/2026
By submitting your application you certify that all of the statements made in your application are true complete and correct and are made in good faith. You understand that falsifying misrepresenting or intentionally withholding information will be grounds for rejection of your application or withdrawal of any offer of appointment or if an appointment offer has been accepted this will be ground for employment sanctions such as but not limited to instant addition you understand that you need to submit a Criminal Record Certificate and that if you fail to submit it no employment relationship can be established.
Disclaimer
- Only applications received via our website are processed.
- If we appoint a suitable candidate before the given closing date we reserve the right to remove the vacancy from our website before that such a case any responses received after that time are not processed.
- It could be that during our selection process the closing date for the vacancy is extended. If so and you have not yet heard from us your application will remain active.
About us
The War Child Allianceis an international non-governmental organization committed to providing psychosocial support child protection youth empowerment programming and quality education to the children affected by armed conflict. We implement evidence-based interventions to empower key stakeholdersincluding governments educators caregivers and communitiesto foster childrens wellbeing education and work with global teams with team members being based in different locations. War Child is currently operates in: Afghanistan the Central African Republic Colombia DR Congo Germany Jordan Lebanon the occupied Palestinian territory South Sudan Sweden Syria Uganda Ukraine (soon to be registered) and Yemen. We also have offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Learn more about War Child and our programmes and Integrity
Our work with children and at-risk adults to keep them safe is the most important thing we do. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in all areas of our work. We have zero tolerancefor any behaviours and practices that puts children and/or vulnerable adults at risk of abuse and/or harm. All (prospective) employees will be expected to be compliant with and sign up to our Child Safeguarding policy our Code of Conduct and PSEA: Adults at Risk Policy. You can find the Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk policy here: Integrity & Safeguarding - Home
Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) and Belonging (DEIB)
We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to ensuring that all our people and job applicants are treated fairly irrespective of where what or whom they were born or of other characteristics. We want to offer a safe and inclusive workplace where all our people especially those who are currently marginalised or underrepresented can be themselves at work. You can read our Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) and Belonging (DEIB)policy on our website and if you have any questions about our commitment to Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) and Belonging (DEIB)do get in touch:
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