[Remote] Global Lead, Gender Transformative Program
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Orbis International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to delivering sight-saving programs globally. The Global Lead, Gender Transformative Program is responsible for providing global technical leadership and strategic direction for gender-responsive programming, ensuring the integration of gender equality and social inclusion across all projects.
Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation, and continuous refinement of Orbis’s Global Gender Transformative Programming Strategy
- Establish global standards, tools, frameworks, and evidence-based guidance for integrating gender equality and social inclusion across all Orbis programs and country portfolios
- Serve as the primary subject matter expert on gender equality in eye health, advising senior leadership, program teams, MEL staff, and fundraising units
- Translate global trends, evidence, and emerging best practices into organization-wide guidance, learning tools, and program enhancements
- Ensure WLEH aligns with, contributes to, and benefits from Orbis’s broader gender-transformative agenda
- Provide direct advisory support to country offices to strengthen gender analyses, program design, implementation quality, MEL integration, and partnership engagement
- Support country teams to adapt global gender-transformative standards to their specific context while maintaining quality and consistency
- Build capacity of Orbis staff, partners, and government counterparts through tailored training, mentorship, and coaching on gender equality in eye health
- Lead or support equity assessments, gender analyses, and design of gender-transformative interventions across country portfolios
- Collaborate with the MEL team to ensure gender and equity considerations are embedded across MEL frameworks, indicators, dashboards, evaluations, and learning agendas
- Promote systematic use of sex-, age-, and other equity-disaggregated data for analysis and decision-making
- Support synthesis and dissemination of evidence, learning, and insights from Orbis’s gender-transformative programming
- Lead the development of global knowledge products such as guidance notes, case studies, toolkits, and learning briefs
- Provide strategic vision, technical guidance, and oversight for the Women Leaders in Eye Health (WLEH) initiative
- Coordinate the WLEH Advisory Group, Technical Group, and Gender Champions, ensuring meaningful cross-country exchange and leadership development
- Ensure high-quality implementation, monitoring, communication, and global positioning of the WLEH initiative
- Strengthen pathways for women’s leadership and representation in global eye health systems
- Cultivate strategic partnerships with gender equality organizations, global health networks, academic institutions, and donors
- Represent Orbis in global platforms, conferences, working groups, and panels on gender equality and eye health
- Position Orbis as a global leader in gender-transformative eye health programming through publications, thought leadership, media engagements, and high-level advocacy
- Lead strategic communications and storytelling that highlight Orbis’s gender-transformative work, including Op-Eds, blogs, peer-reviewed publications, and digital content
- Provide technical input into donor concept notes, proposals, budgets, reporting, and strategic positioning documents to ensure a gender transformative approach is incorporated from the outset of program design
- Identify and cultivate opportunities for funding expansion related to gender-transformative programming
- Strengthen donor confidence and organizational visibility through compelling evidence, narratives, and results
Skills
- Masters degree in gender studies, public health, international development, social sciences, or related discipline
- Minimum 10 years of senior technical experience in gender equality, gender-transformative programming, and/or social inclusion in international development
- Demonstrated experience developing global strategies, frameworks, and tools for gender integration
- Experience advising multi-country programs and virtual, multicultural teams
- Strong track record in gender capacity building, training, and mentorship
- Experience integrating gender across MEL systems, evaluations, and research
- Extensive network in gender equality, global health, and/or development communities
- Demonstrated thought leadership through publications, panels, or contributions to the sector
- Experience collaborating with bilateral/multilateral donors and preparing high-quality proposals
- Deep expertise in gender equality, gender-transformative programming, and social inclusion
- Strong strategic thinking, vision setting, and systems thinking abilities
- Outstanding communication and writing skills
- Ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders and diverse global teams
- High cultural competence, diplomacy, and emotional intelligence
- Strong project management and prioritization skills
- Ability to work independently in a remote environment
- Willingness to travel internationally
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