Youth, Gender & Community Engagement Coordinator ensuring young persons with disabilities are reached, supported and engaged across the Inclusive Africa Program, requiring a master’s degree in Gender and Development, Disability Studies or Social Work, training in safeguarding and gender equality and 8-10 years experience in youth, gender or disability inclusion programmes, in an NGO development environment, on-site role.
Position Purpose
The
Youth, Gender and Community Engagement Coordinator will ensure that young
persons with disabilities, particularly young women, are reached, selected,
supported and engaged as rights-holders, leaders and co-creators across IAP.
The role will coordinate OPD and community relationships, gender-responsive
participation, safeguarding focal-point functions, reasonable accommodation
planning, youth feedback and ethical collection of stories of change.
Key Responsibilities
Youth
Outreach, Selection and Participation
Develop
and implement inclusive outreach and participation plans with OPDs and country
partners across programme locations.
Coordinate
transparent, accessible and documented participant identification and selection
processes consistent with approved criteria and targets.
Maintain
participant engagement calendars, contact protocols, attendance and
participation records in coordination with delivery and MEL teams.
Create
multiple accessible channels through which youth can shape programme design,
delivery, governance, learning and accountability.
Gender
Equality and Social Inclusion
Serve as
the programme gender focal point and support integration of gender analysis,
targets, risk mitigation and responsive actions across workstreams.
Monitor
barriers affecting young women with disabilities and other underserved
participants, and recommend practical adaptations to recruitment, scheduling,
communication, travel and learning environments.
Work with
women-led and women-with-disabilities organisations to strengthen safe
participation, leadership and visibility pathways.
Support
colleagues and partners to apply intersectional, youth-friendly and
disability-inclusive approaches.
Safeguarding
and Participant Wellbeing
Serve as
a designated programme safeguarding focal point, subject to inABLE’s
safeguarding framework, referral protocols and separation-of-duties
requirements.
Coordinate
safeguarding orientation, codes of conduct, safe reporting information and
refresher sessions for staff, consultants, partners and participants.
Receive
and immediately escalate safeguarding concerns through authorised confidential
channels without investigating beyond the role’s mandate.
Maintain
secure, access-controlled safeguarding records and support survivor-centred
referrals, incident follow-up and risk mitigation as directed.
Conduct
participant-safety and accessibility risk assessments for training,
internships, travel, digital engagement, storytelling and public events.
Accessibility
and Reasonable Accommodation
Coordinate
participant-led accommodation assessments and plans covering accessible
formats, captioning, sign-language interpretation, connectivity support,
personal assistance, transport and venue access.
Work with
Finance, Convening, Skilling and service providers to ensure accommodations are
budgeted, delivered on time and reviewed with participants.
Monitor
the accessibility and inclusiveness of virtual and in-person activities and
document corrective actions.
Promote
dignity, choice, confidentiality and informed consent in all support
arrangements.
Community
and OPD Partnerships
Maintain
respectful working relationships with OPDs, youth-led groups, families or
caregivers where appropriate, and community partners.
Coordinate
partner orientation, role clarity, feedback, issue resolution and follow-up
related to outreach and participant support.
Strengthen
OPD capacity in inclusive facilitation, safeguarding, gender-responsive
engagement, ethical storytelling and basic programme documentation.
Ensure
community feedback and concerns inform programme decisions and are closed
through visible response loops.
Youth
Voice, Stories and Learning
Coordinate
ethical identification and collection of stories of change, ensuring informed
consent, accessible participation and protection from harm or exploitation.
Support
youth speakers, advocates and advisory members to prepare for conference,
policy, media and governance engagements.
Work with
MEL and Communications colleagues to gather qualitative evidence without
compromising confidentiality or participant ownership.
Contribute
to participation, gender, safeguarding and community-engagement reports and
learning reviews.
Education and Professional
Qualifications
Master’s
degree in Gender and Development, Community Development, Youth Development,
Disability Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Public Health,
International Development or a related field.
Recognised
training in safeguarding, protection from sexual exploitation and abuse, gender
equality, psychosocial first aid, case referral or disability inclusion is
required or must be obtained upon appointment.
Training
in accessible facilitation, reasonable accommodation, participatory methods or
qualitative research is desirable.
Required Experience
8–10
years of progressive experience in youth, gender, disability inclusion,
community engagement, safeguarding or rights-based programmes.
Demonstrated
experience engaging young persons with disabilities, OPDs and community
partners in programme design and delivery.
Experience
as a safeguarding focal point or in implementing safeguarding systems,
confidential reporting and referral processes.
Strong
experience in gender-responsive programming and addressing intersectional
barriers affecting young women with disabilities.
Experience
coordinating accessible training, events, travel or digital participation
across multiple locations.
Experience
with ethical storytelling, informed consent, qualitative data collection or
youth advisory mechanisms is desirable.
How to Apply
Interested
candidates should submit their cover letter, detailed CV, expected salary, and
proof of similar work completed to: careers@inable.org
Application
Deadline: 13th October, 2026
Note:
Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Early applications are
encouraged.
