Deputy Team Leader - Gender & Community Expert

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Job Description:

The Deputy Team Leader – Gender & Community Expert will provide leadership in gender equality, social inclusion, and community engagement to ensure effective delivery of the contract. The role will provide strategic and operational support to the Team Leader to maintain compliance, adaptive management, and high-quality delivery of project outputs. Based in the Mt Hagen , the Deputy Team Leader – Gender & Community Expert will lead the design and implementation of gender and protection strategies; ensure inclusive participation of women, youth, persons with disabilities, older persons, and other marginalized groups; and oversee safeguarding measures in collaboration with GBV partners. The role will act as a key liaison with community leaders and local organizations, support M&E related to gender and inclusion indicators, and ensure community voices contribute to project decision-making.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the integration of gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, and socially inclusive approaches across all project outputs, workplans, and community activities.

• Oversee the development and roll-out of gender, protection, and safeguarding strategies, ensuring alignment with the TORs.

• Coordinate closely with GBV implementing CSOs to harmonize community selection, outreach, and protection measures.

• Design and coordinate community engagement processes, including consultations, participatory assessments, and ongoing dialogue with targeted communities.

• Ensure meaningful participation of women, youth, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable groups in needs assessments, capacity-building activities, and women’s group formation.

• Monitor and report on gender, protection, and inclusion indicators in collaboration with the M&E Expert, ensuring sex, age, and disability-disaggregated data is collected and analyzed.

• Identify risks related to GBV, child protection, or exclusion and propose mitigation measures.

• Support the Team Leader in day-to-day project management, adaptive planning, problem-solving, and coordination across technical areas.

• Lead or supervise specific project components, community-level activities, or staff teams as delegated.

• Act as Team Leader in the absence of the Team Leader, ensuring continuity of operations, decision-making, staff supervision, and representation.

• Liaise with community leaders, provincial authorities, women’s cooperatives, youth groups, and marginalized populations to strengthen relationships and participation.

• Represent the project in gender, GBV, protection, and community engagement working groups or coordination forums.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Project Management, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• More than 5 years of professional experience in project management, including experience leading a team or office of similar size and scope of accountability.
• Technical or programming experience in agriculture or livelihoods, preferably with experience in education, gender, WASH, or child protection.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and deliver consistent quality programming and reporting in complex organisational and operational environments.
• Proven ability to identify and mitigate risks, solve problems, and effectively manage conflict.
• Strong planning, organisational, and project management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with experience managing cross-cultural teams preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and email.
• At least 5 years’ experience in project management and staff development.
• Direct experience managing staff, donors, and stakeholders.
• At least 2 years’ work experience managing projects in field offices.
• Direct experience working with multicultural teams.
• Proven ability to develop people in a cross-cultural setting.

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