Inclusion Consultant(s)

Job Announcement

For External Use

Location: Jordan, Liberia, and Dominican Republic

Group/Practice/Unit: Education

Who We Are

IREX is a global development and education organization. We strive for a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world—where individuals reach their full potential, governments serve their people, and communities thrive. With a projected annual portfolio of more than $100 million and more than 600 staff worldwide, we work with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information.

The Inclusion Consultant will be an organization or person(s) with a strong GESI background and/or a specific focus on working with a historically excluded community. This person(s) will work closely with the GESI & Safeguarding Lead to adapt the GESI Checklist and create an overarching inclusion strategy for their country. The Inclusion Partner, along with the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Lead, will create locally adapted and targeted strategies to ensure that all program partners have the resources and skills necessary to identify, select, and work with diverse youth, including youth with lower socio-economic backgrounds and rural youth. The GESI Checklist is a tool that will be utilized to assess how GESI-transformative we can be in each country, and a tool IREX and partners can review before each activity and event to ensure we are maximizing the inclusion and safety of all participants.

This person(s) is responsible for ensuring that any and all barriers to participation are overcome (such as providing transportation, reviewing venues for access and inclusion, ensuring the selection of participants is representative of the communities in which we are engaging, etc.). This person(s) will also review the school selection criteria and provide feedback. Depending on the context, this person or organization may design a psychologically and physically safe cohort, such as a group of LGBTQIA+ youth or youth with disabilities, that will engage with the same program in a separate environment, if integration into the program does more harm.

This person(s) will engage with the program throughout its entirety, which could be between one – two years in each country. We estimate that this person(s) will be needed at 70% level of effort (LOE) over the first six months and 30% LOE for the next six months, resulting in a total of 960 hours, or 120 days in the first year.

Therefore, IREX seeks local consultant(s) to execute a scope alongside local partners that includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Adapt the GESI Checklist for each context
• Develop an overarching inclusion strategy
• Apply inclusion lens to SHE’s GREAT! tools and strategies
• Train the local partner consortium (LPC) on inclusive practices and the inclusion strategy
• Review and input on all program components
• Conduct an inclusion review of SHE’s GREAT! materials and translations
• With IREX and the MHPSS partner, develop and conduct a School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV) Policy Development workshop. Conduct assessment and monitoring of educator/school progress as needed.
• Potential design of psychologically safe cohort (see job description above for details)
• Completion of GESI checklist for every event and activity
• Contribute to quarterly meetings on risk assessment and mitigation

• Collaborate with other LPC members (mental health and psychosocial support lead, science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) lead, lead partner, and Friends Advisory Committee)

• Other duties, as assigned

Skills and Experience

• Experience with Do No (More) Harm (DNmH) principles
• Safeguarding knowledge and experience
• Experience integrating Equity & Inclusion/GESI approaches within youth programming
• Work with a specific historically excluded group
• Minimum experience of three years working in inclusion

TO APPLY

Click on “Apply” above to submit your CV along with a cover letter that summarizes your experience and includes your daily rate requirements. 

This position is eligible for Remote work.  

IREX reserves the right to review and select candidates before or after this deadline at its sole discretion. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to a verbal interview. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.  

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EOE – Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets.