Job Description

Hiring organization: Education Development Trust (EDT)

Job title: Gender, Equality, Disability, Social Inclusion (GEDSI) and Safeguarding Specialist

Job category:  Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Community Service

Employment type: Full-time

Application Deadline: 24 Jan 2026

At edt, we exist to increase the life chances of individuals by improving education and skills outcomes. As a not-for-profit organisation, we improve education systems at scale, deliver expert careers and employability services, and conduct world-class research to inform practice and impact outcomes. We apply this expertise to support learners from their first steps through to the world of work.

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Please Click here to see our Annual Impact Review for 2023/2024 which highlights the ways in which our work has impacted lives around the world – and the progress we have made since 2022/2023.

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Education Development Trust (edt) are looking for a GEDSI and Safeguarding Specialist to support the effective integration of gender equality, disability, social inclusion and safeguarding across all components of our new education and skills programme in Ethiopia. The programme will strengthen the relevance and quality of secondary education to ensure the successful transition of secondary students to tertiary education or the world of work by equipping them with relevant skills, knowledge and attitude through enhanced implementation of the competency-based curriculum.

The GEDSI and Safeguarding Specialist will provide technical input to ensure gender-responsive, disability-inclusive, and safeguarding-focused approaches in curriculum enhancements, teacher training, school leadership, and community engagement. They will assist in developing and adapting tools, checklists, and resources for use by edt teams and downstream partners and provide technical leadership and oversight to the Regional GEDSI and Safeguarding Officers. They will also be responsible for embedding the safeguarding policy and procedures, built from edt’s safeguarding framework.  The full job description is available for download on our vacancy page below

Job Requirements

• Experience of leading a workstream on large scale donor funded projects or equivalent experience in management of gender, education or youth programmes

• Experience designing and delivering training and awareness activities for diverse audiences, including educators and youth

• Experience of working with disadvantaged youth, including adolescent girls, refugee students, and children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

• Familiarity with national and international safeguarding and child protection standards, including knowledge of CAPSEAH and digital safeguarding issues and risks.

Benefits include

• Medical insurance for employee and family

• Provident Fund contribution

• Transport Allowance

• Please apply by clicking on the link below and completing the application form by the 15th December. The programme is expected to begin mobilisation in January

• Please note that we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may decide to close the vacancy before the deadline

• US$1500-1600 gross monthly salary plus benefits

Job location: Addis Ababa

How to Apply

Apply using THIS LINK