Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Advisor

(This position is covered under CUPE Bargaining Unit)

Save the Children believes every child has the right to a future. In Canada and around the world, we do whatever it takes – every day and in times of crisis – to support children to fulfill their rights to a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. With over 100 years of experience, Save the Children is the world’s first and leading independent children’s organization – transforming lives and the future we share.

Save the Children Canada is a hybrid workplace based in Toronto Ontario Canada. This recruitment is open to all applicants residing in Ontario.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE:

Reporting to the Senior Advisor, Partnerships and Technical Quality, the Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Advisor provides strategic leadership and technical expertise to advance the gender equality and social inclusion across related projects, including with a focus on SRHR, to ensure quality programs that address the needs of women, girls, and children more broadly. This includes specifically focusing on shifting social and gender norms across all layers of the socio-ecological model.  They integrate gender equality and social inclusion into advocacy, work with Save the Children International (SCI) and Country Offices to develop related programs, lead capacity-building efforts, represent Save the Children Canada in national gender equality and social inclusion spaces and support advocacy and program learnings.  This role contributes to Save the Children’s Global Gender Equality Initiative by strengthening systems and developing new tools, as well as to Save the Children’s Global Women’s Rights Principles Initiative.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Thematic Advisory and Technical Quality Assurance

• Provide high-quality technicalassistancefor women and children’s rights, including SRHR, ensuring rights-based approaches are evidence-based and effectively implemented.
• Maintain oversight of technical quality through collaboration with Regional and CountryOffices, andreview project deliverables and donor reports through a gender equality and social inclusion lens.
• Contribute to the development and quality assurance of gender equality and social inclusion program tools, evaluations, and key organizational documents to ensure gender equality is well-integrated.

Advocacy & Business Development

• Collaborate with Country Offices and Business Development teams to develop gender equality and social inclusion-integrated concept notes and proposals,leveragingtechnicalexpertiseand project learning.
• Support the execution of gender equality and social inclusion advocacy strategies through development of thought leadership materials and representation at key events and networks.
• Provide technical leadership to Save the Children campaigns to strengthen advocacy for gender equality and social inclusion.

Learning & Innovation

• Support Country Offices in designing, testing, and evaluating innovations that advance transformative programming, including those that engage with local Women’s Rights Organizations.
• Distill program learnings into actionable guidance and thought leadership for both internal and external audiences.
• Lead or support the creation of tools and resources to embed gender equality and socialinclusion acrossprogramming, advocacy, partnerships, and operations.
• Monitor sector developments to adapt and refine program models andidentifynew research opportunities.
• Collaborate with the Communications team to produce anddisseminatecompelling technical and project-related materials.

Capacity Building

• Support development and implementation of capacity-strengthening plans with Country Offices and local partners.
• Advise on donorpriorities ,guiding alignment with language and expectations.
• Build internal capacity by developing and delivering high-quality training on applying gender equality and social inclusion principles and normative change.

Qualifications include (but are not limited to):

• Post-secondary education in a relevant field or equivalent experience. 
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in International Development, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO/INGO), or other not-for-profit sectors isrequired.
• Proven experience with gender-transformative and social inclusion-focused child rights programming (including engagement of Women’s Rights Organizations), inSRHR, sexual and gender-based violence, nutrition, protection, humanitarian response, environment and climate, livelihoods, and/or education.
• Ability to synthesize and develop high-quality knowledge products from diverse data sources including programmatic materials and tools.
• Proven experience in proposal development for Canadian government-funded projects, with a strong understanding of Global Affairs Canada policies, procedures, and the Results-Based Management (RBM) approach.
• Advanced communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills for diverse audiences to build strong working relationships across cultural and organizational settings, both internally and externally. Fluency in Frenchrequired, Spanish and/or Arabic languageskills arean asset.
• Demonstrated project management experience for task execution of assignedobjectivessupported byproficiencywith MS Office tools and relevant technologies. Ability to work under pressure within tight timelines to achieve SCCobjectives.
• Displays analytical and problem-solving skills to support initiatives withdemonstratedadaptability to support change management for successful task implementation.
• Applies judgment and makes sound decisions that are accountable, justifiable, and in adherence to policies and procedures.
• Considers organizational strategy and thinks creatively to support innovative initiatives and collaborations that deliver benefits for the children and families we serve.
• Ability to occasionally travel locally,nationallyand internationally (less than 10%) asrequired.

WHAT WE OFFER 

The salary range for this position is union pay band 6 between $75,543.87 - $90,652.65 CAD depending on skills and experience. In addition to this, our employees will have the following package of additional benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits package for you and your dependents available three months after employmentstart date. Coordinated benefits for your partner paid by Save the Children Canada.
• Hybrid workplace including opportunities to work remotely and flexible work hours to support employee wellbeing and work life balance. 
• 3 weeks of annual paid vacation.
• In addition to annual leave, we offer an end of year office closure December 25 - January 1 (SAVE Days) so we can all recharge simultaneously.
• 5 paid personal days.
• 1 paid float day.
• 10 paid sick leave days.
• Parental leave top-up.
• Employer contributions to group pension plan. Access to help save for a first home through the pension provider.
• Learning and development opportunities and specialized training including professional development time.
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program services available to you and your dependents from your first day of employment.
• Organization-wide membershipaccess toHeadspace.

HOW TO APPLY?

If you are interested in this position, please visit the career page at https://www.savethechildren.ca/ and submit your resume and cover letter by 5:00 pm EST September 14, 2026. Internal candidates, please apply via ADP by 5:00 pm EST September 8, 2026. Applications will be reviewed on ongoing basis. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please note that AI is used in some components of the recruitment process.

It is our individual and collective responsibility to ensure all children are protected from deliberate or unintentional acts that lead to the risk of, or actual, harm caused by our employees. Each employee shall be aware that there may be additional vulnerabilities facing children associated with their age, socio-economic background, disability, gender, racial heritage, religious belief, identity, sexual orientation or identity, and is committed to ensuring this does not form barriers to effective safeguarding.

Each employee is committed to fostering and sustaining a safe environment through proactive, accessible, and effective approaches that seek to prevent and respond to any harm to the children including but not limited to sexual exploitation and abuse. SCC and all its employees will take all reasonable steps to make itself safe, both as an organisation and in the conduct of all aspects of its day-to-day operations of emergency, humanitarian, developmental, policy, campaigning and administrative work.

SCC supports and acts in compliance with the Human Rights Code. SCC is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). Providing an accessible and barrier-free environment is a shared effort, and as an organization, SCC is committed to working with the necessary parties to make accessibility for all a reality. If you require an accommodation during any stage of the recruitment or employment process, please notify People & Culture at peopleandculture@savethechildren.ca

Please Note: This job opportunity is to fill an existing vacancy.

This recruitment process may involve the use of AI-enabled or automated tools within ADP Workforce Now to help manage job postings and application workflows. These tools may assist with tasks such as organizing applicant information, identifying potential matches based on job-related qualifications, or supporting communication and scheduling.

All hiring decisions are made by our People & Culture team and hiring managers. No automated tool makes final decisions about your candidacy. If at any point you have questions about how your information is used, please contact our team at peopleandculture@savethechildren.ca