Protection & GESI Assistant - TJ / 1882959

Our client, ACTED Pakistan, is seeking a Protection & GESI Assistant to support their programs in Hyderabad and surrounding districts of Sindh. ACTED is an independent, non-profit NGO founded in 1993 with headquarters in Paris, operating in Pakistan since its inception. The organization focuses on emergency response, recovery, rehabilitation, and long-term development initiatives targeting vulnerable communities affected by natural disasters, conflict, and socio-economic challenges. The Protection & GESI Assistant will work under the operational guidance of the Deputy Team Lead and technical supervision of the Protection and GESI Specialist to ensure effective implementation of ACTED’s projects in Sindh, overseeing field operations and ensuring timely delivery of quality outputs aligned with donor requirements and beneficiary needs.

Key Responsibilities
- Identify gender, protection, and safeguarding risks within the program and develop strategies to adapt activities accordingly.
- Provide technical inputs to integrate Gender Equality, Social Inclusion (GESI), protection, and safeguarding considerations into program design and implementation.
- Assess capacity building needs of the project team, develop, and implement training plans to strengthen staff competencies.
- Conduct regular monitoring to ensure compliance with safeguarding minimum standards and capacity building objectives.
- Track safeguarding-related issues and ensure appropriate follow-up actions in line with ACTED’s policies and procedures.
- Ensure integration of ACTED’s Safeguarding, Protection, and GESI policies across all program activities.
- Support the safety, security, and well-being of program participants and communities in the intervention areas.
- Raise community awareness about ACTED’s reporting mechanisms for safeguarding concerns.
- Contribute to program design and review processes to embed safeguarding and GESI principles.
- Collaborate closely with the Technical Lead for Protection and GESI to implement safeguarding protocols across Sindh.
- Assist ACTED management in fulfilling safeguarding and donor obligations related to protection and GESI policies.

Required Qualifications
- Proven experience in implementing protection and GESI-related projects, including capacity development and strategy formulation.
- Strong understanding of GESI principles with a commitment to promoting inclusion and equality.
- Knowledge of best practices in knowledge management and sharing within humanitarian or development contexts.
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently within intervention areas across Sindh.
- Excellent organizational, planning, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, including good report writing abilities.

Additional Information
ACTED is committed to accountability, ensuring that beneficiaries are engaged as equal partners in project design, monitoring, and evaluation. The organization maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH). All candidates will undergo thorough pre-employment screening, including reference and criminal background checks. Successful candidates must sign and adhere to ACTED’s Code of Conduct and related policies. Managers hold a special responsibility to foster a safe working environment, and any misconduct may result in serious disciplinary action.

ACTED defines sexual exploitation as any abuse of vulnerability or trust for sexual purposes, including profiting from such acts, and sexual abuse as any physical intrusion of a sexual nature under coercive or unequal conditions.

ACTED is an equal opportunity employer encouraging applications from females, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Final selection is contingent upon security clearance. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next recruitment steps.