Protection and Gender Officer at Organization For Child Development and Transformation/CHADET/

CHADET-ETHIOPIA is a non-profit national development organization registered in Ethiopia that works for the protection and welfare of children found under difficult circumstances. CHADET would like to hire competent staffs for coordinating and executing a project that is designed to assist ILO in the design and delivery of inclusive, quality apprenticeship programs for refugees, women, and vulnerable members of host communities in Addis Ababa.
The project intends to undertake the following key activities:

Facilitate the provision of a three-month apprenticeship training for 200 beneficiaries from refugee and host communities in hotel/tourism and construction industries in Addis Ababa.
Coordinate the provision of a one-month industrial attachments for 50 TVET trainers from Addis Ababa, Somali, and Amhara regions in relevant companies.
Facilitate training of TVETs and in-company trainers on apprenticeship supervision, gender-sensitive training, and use of logbooks.
Establish strong monitoring and evaluation systems to track apprentice progress, document success stories, and inform future scaling.

The Gender and Protection Officer will ensure that the apprenticeship program is inclusive, safe, gender-responsive, and protective of refugees, women, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups throughout the project lifecycle.
Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Integrate gender equality, disability inclusion, and safeguarding principles across all project activities.
Support gender and protection-sensitive beneficiary selection and placements for apprenticeship.
Train TVET instructors and in-company supervisors on gender-sensitive supervision, inclusion, and PSEA.
Monitor apprenticeship sites for compliance with protection and non-discrimination standards.
Establish referral and feedback mechanisms for apprentices facing protection concerns.
Contribute to reporting and documentation of gender and protection outcomes.
Ensure the participation of women, refugees, and persons with disabilities.
Oversee the observance of ILO and CHADET’s Protection policy, ‘Do No Harm’ principles in the implementation of the project.
Coordinate action on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and the implementation of referral pathways.

About You

Qualification and Skills

Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies, Social Work, Sociology, or related fields.
Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in gender equality, protection, safeguarding, or social inclusion programming, preferably within TVET, livelihoods, refugee, or labor-market interventions.
Strong knowledge of gender-transformative approaches, disability inclusion, refugee protection frameworks, and safeguarding standards, including PSEA.