Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Coordinator | PATH

Organization
Abt Global
Location
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Job Type
Contract
Deadline for Applications
03/17/2025
Where to Apply
Abt Global seeks a Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Coordinator | PATH to provide coordination and support.
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Contract
About the Program
The PNG Australia Transition to Health (PATH) is a five-year (2020-2025) health sector program funded by the Australian Government under the Papua New Guinea – Australia Partnership for Development. PATH works with the PNG Government to improve coverage and quality of health services for the people of PNG through effective, equitable, efficient, and inclusive interventions.
Guided by the National Department of Health (NDoH), Provincial Health Authorities (PHAs) and the Bougainville Department of Health (BDoH) are responsible for the delivery of health services across PNG.
PATH assists NDoH, PHAs and BDoH to strengthen systems for health service delivery targeting infectious diseases, and reproductive, maternal, newborn child and adolescent health, with a focus on promoting women’s leadership.
PATH’s intermediate outcomes (IOs) are: Provincial Health Authority Capacity, Accountability, Women in Leadership, Essential Services, and Health Security and Pandemic Response.
PATH is a locally led, adaptive, and politically informed program that seeks to maintain flexibility to respond to changing and local circumstances over the life of the program.
About the Opportunity
The GEDSI Coordinator will be responsible for providing program coordination support for GEDSI inclusion activities across the PATH Program. This position will support the Senior Program Manager – GEDSI to operationalise and report progress against the PATH GEDSI Strategy and provide support to the broader program team.
Key responsibilities
  • Support the Senior Program Managers to operationalise GEDSI actions and deliverables.
  • Support the Senior Program Managers to coordinate WiL activities across the broader program.
  • Support the GEDSI team to provide technical input and coordination for GEDSI inclusion across all PATH activities.
  • Support delivery of GEDSI training for PATH staff induction and ongoing refresher training and ensure regular tracking and monitoring of training through maintenance of a register.
  • Coordinate the PATH events calendar to acknowledge and participate in international and national days that promote awareness of gender equality, disability and social inclusion issues.
  • Collaborate with the Performance and Adaptive Systems (PAS) team to integrate GEDSI within the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Framework, tools, and data collection activities.
  • Contribute to strong stakeholder partnerships to support coordination and encourage collaborative approaches to promoting GEDSI awareness and activities.
  • Other duties as reasonably directed.
About You
For applications to be considered, a response to the key selection criteria below must be provided.
  • Degree in a related field such as international or community development, public health, social science research, gender equality and social inclusion, monitoring and evaluation, project management or public policy.
  • Demonstrated experience in a GEDSI-related project and/or program.
  • Demonstrated experience in practical and impactful GEDSI mainstreaming approaches.
  • Understanding of the integration of GEDSI in monitoring and evaluation processes and data collection.
  • Experience in developing GEDSI training materials and delivering GEDSI training.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the PNG Health Sector (desirable).
  • Experience in coordinating events that promote awareness of GEDSI issues.