The Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator will be responsible for guiding the South Sudan Country Program in applying principles of gender equality and diversity in all operational policies and practices and will help country staff to set and achieve meaningful and targeted goals for more gender equitable internal practices. S/he will also be responsible for implementation of IRC’s safeguarding strategy and activities across the country program. Major Responsibilities In close collaboration and supervision by the Country Director, and in partnership with the Senior Program Coordinator, the Gender Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator contributes to the implementation of the South Sudan Strategic Action Plan (SAP) priorities on GEDI and Safeguarding, ensuring that systems and processes are in place across the entire Country Program to ensure that policy and practice meet the required GEDI and Safeguarding standards set by the IRC at Global, Regional and Country Program level. The role will include but not be limited to the following:

• Lead and monitor the implementation of IRC Gender Equality Diversity, and Inclusion (GEDI) and Safeguarding strategies set by the IRC to fulfil its ambition to become a diverse and inclusive organization, in accordance with country, regional and global frameworks
• Support organizational transformation to align with GEDI values and principles by, inter alia, facilitating collective learning processes, fostering feminist management and leadership practices, and strengthening the inclusion and the voices of the under-represented and structurally disadvantaged groups of staff
• Build the capacity of staff and, when relevant, of partners to undertake contextualized intersectional analysis, to design and implement transformative programs, and to ensure our human resource strategies are gender-sensitive, inclusive, and equitable