Position Overview

Jacaranda Hub (JHub) is an Entrepreneurship Service Provider (ESP), social enterprise, and ecosystem builder committed to supporting youth and women entrepreneurs across Zambia. Through partnerships, innovation programmes, and shared services, JHub strengthens MSMEs and advances inclusive socio-economic development.

The Gender Equality, Social Inclusion and Safeguarding (GESI) Coordinator will provide strategic leadership and technical oversight for gender equality, social inclusion, safeguarding, and accountability across all Jacaranda Hub programmes and projects.

The role is responsible for ensuring that gender-transformative, inclusive, and rights-based approaches are systematically integrated into JHub’s policies, programme design, implementation, monitoring, and partnerships. The Coordinator will work closely with programme teams, partners, community structures, and donors to challenge harmful social norms, address structural barriers, and strengthen participation and leadership of women, youth, and other marginalised groups.

Key Responsibilities

1. GESI Strategy, Policy & Systems

• Lead the development, review, and implementation of JHub-wide GESI, safeguarding, and accountability policies and guidelines.
• Ensure all projects integrate gender equality, youth inclusion, disability inclusion, and safeguarding principles in line with donor and organisational standards.
• Provide technical guidance to ensure compliance with GESI and safeguarding commitments across programmes and partnerships.

2. Programme Integration & Technical Support

• Provide coordinated technical support for gender mainstreaming and social inclusion across planning, budgeting, implementation, and monitoring of all JHub projects.
• Support programme teams to design and implement gender-transformative andsocially inclusive interventions.
• Serve as the focal point for all GESI-related activities across project sites.

3. Capacity Strengthening & Behaviour Change

• Design and coordinate training for staff, partners, community leaders, and relevant government structures on GESI, safeguarding, and accountability.
• Support community-level dialogue and behaviour change initiatives aimed at addressing harmful social norms and power imbalances.
• Strengthen partner capacity to deliver inclusive and gender-responsive programming.

4. Partnerships, Stakeholder Engagement & Advocacy

• Liaise with donors, government ministries, CSOs, NGOs, and ecosystem actors on GESI and safeguarding matters.
• Represent Jacaranda Hub in sector-wide and thematic GESI forums at local and national levels.
• Support co-creation of activities with women, youth, and marginalised groups to ensure community ownership and relevance.

5. Monitoring, Learning & Accountability

• Work closely with the MEAL team to integrate GESI indicators into monitoring frameworks and reporting systems.
• Monitor, document, and report on GESI performance across projects.
• Support implementation of community accountability mechanisms and prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.

6. Knowledge Management & Learning

• Document best practices, lessons learned, and human-interest stories related to gender equality and social inclusion.
• Contribute to organisational learning and continuous improvement of inclusive programming approaches.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, or a related field.
• A Master’s degree in Gender and Development, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field is a strong advantage.
• Minimum of three to five (3–5) years’ experience in gender equality, social inclusion, safeguarding, or related development programming.
• Demonstrated experience in gender-responsive or gender-transformative programming, preferably within entrepreneurship, agriculture, climate, or youth programmes.

• Lead the development, review, and implementation of JHub-wide GESI, safeguarding, and accountability policies and guidelines.
• Ensure all projects integrate gender equality, youth inclusion, disability inclusion, and safeguarding principles in line with donor and organisational standards.
• Provide technical guidance to ensure compliance with GESI and safeguarding commitments across programmes and partnerships.
• Provide coordinated technical support for gender mainstreaming and social inclusion across planning, budgeting, implementation, and monitoring of all JHub projects.
• Support programme teams to design and implement gender-transformative andsocially inclusive interventions.
• Serve as the focal point for all GESI-related activities across project sites.
• Design and coordinate training for staff, partners, community leaders, and relevant government structures on GESI, safeguarding, and accountability.
• Support community-level dialogue and behaviour change initiatives aimed at addressing harmful social norms and power imbalances.
• Strengthen partner capacity to deliver inclusive and gender-responsive programming.
• Liaise with donors, government ministries, CSOs, NGOs, and ecosystem actors on GESI and safeguarding matters.
• Represent Jacaranda Hub in sector-wide and thematic GESI forums at local and national levels.
• Support co-creation of activities with women, youth, and marginalised groups to ensure community ownership and relevance.
• Work closely with the MEAL team to integrate GESI indicators into monitoring frameworks and reporting systems.
• Monitor, document, and report on GESI performance across projects.
• Support implementation of community accountability mechanisms and prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.
• Document best practices, lessons learned, and human-interest stories related to gender equality and social inclusion.
• Contribute to organisational learning and continuous improvement of inclusive programming approaches.

• Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, or a related field.
• A Master’s degree in Gender and Development, Social Sciences, Development Studies, or a related field is a strong advantage.
• Minimum of three to five (3–5) years’ experience in gender equality, social inclusion, safeguarding, or related development programming.
• Demonstrated experience in gender-responsive or gender-transformative programming, preferably within entrepreneurship, agriculture, climate, or youth programmes.