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Program/Department Summary
Mercy Corps has worked in Palestine since 1986 and currently operates across Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. Mercy Corps works to empower Palestinians to meet their basic needs and overcome the effects of the humanitarian crises, as well as contribute to improving economic opportunities in the long term to become more self-sufficient and civically engaged, to live with greater dignity and create a brighter future. We believe women and youth are vital stakeholders in this vision and we prioritize programming that empowers and enables them to be leaders in their communities. The Palestine program currently has a total budget of USD $45 million, representing 10 active grants funded by USAID, BHA, ECHO, Global Affairs Canada, SIDA, and others. The country portfolio focuses on humanitarian response with a view to aligning with the nexus by integrating sustainable development and durable solutions approaches, as well as longer term development programs focusing on Palestinian youth to ensure lasting impact.
Mercy Corps is seeking a Senior Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Specialist to lead design and support social and behavior change communications approaches and execution for the five-year USAID-funded Pioneers-Raedat Activity. The proposed program will contribute to women’s empowerment in the West Bank and Gaza by increasing women's access to leadership opportunities and enhancing the enabling environment to be more receptive for women's participation in civic, political, and economic decision making. This will be achieved through 1) enhancing women’s representation and leadership capabilities; 2) improving equitable and safe enabling environments for women; and 3) increasing the adoption of inclusive social norms and workplace rights.
The Position
The Senior Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Specialist will lead the conceptualization, development, and implementation of social and behavior change (SBC) interventions focused on changing perceptions and behaviors to support women’s empowerment and create transformational changes in gender relations at the family, community, and national levels and in different sectors of the economy, academia, social and political areas as well as in media. This will include working effectively and collaboratively with Activity team members to incorporate SBC approaches in work streams and objectives. They will identify evidence-based strategies to reduce social and behavioral factors that contribute to gender inequalities, including gender-based violence and norms that perpetuate inequalities. They will develop an SBC strategy and implementation plan and monitor the progress of activities. They will also support communications related to activities and learning.
Essential Job Responsibilities
TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
MONITORING, EVALUATION, LEARNING, AND REPORTING
PARTNERSHIP AND CAPACITY STRENGTHENING
COORDINATION, INFLUENCE, AND REPRESENTATION
Supervisory Responsibility
Expected to supervise direct reports. The number of direct and indirect reports is to be determined.
Accountability
Reports Directly To: Pioneers- Raedat Activity Chief of Party
Works Directly With: Activity Team, Program Managers, Program Performance and Quolity Unit, Partner Organizations, HQ Regional Program Teams, HQ and Regional Technical Support Unit.
Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging program participant communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills