Gender and Safeguarding Senior Officer - ANCP Project

The Role

The Senior Gender and Safeguarding Officer are responsible for supporting the integration of Gender Equality, Diversity, Social Inclusion, Women's Empowerment, and Safeguarding across CARE Timor-Leste's development and humanitarian programs. The role works closely with Gender and Program Quality Unit, project teams, and partners, to ensure that gender equality and safeguarding principles are consistently applied throughout the project cycle.

The Senior Gender and Safeguarding Officer will provide technical support to projects and partners to strengthen gender-transformative and safe programming approaches, promote women's voice and leadership, mitigate gender and safeguarding risks, and ensure alignment with CARE policies, strategies, and minimum standards. The position contributes to gender and safeguarding assessments, capacity strengthening, monitoring, learning, and reporting, while supporting organizational initiatives such as Gender Working Groups, Safeguarding field-based Working Groups, Gender Markers, safeguarding risk matrix, Gender Action Plans, including staff and partner training.

Location: Dili, Timor-Leste - with 20% travel to field

Reports to: Senior Manager - Gender & Program Quality Unit

Position type: Fixed-Term, Full-Time

Start date: August 2026 - This position is subject to funding approval and will only be confirmed if CARE is successful in securing the project

Selection Criteria

• Bachelor's degree in social work, gender studies, community development or another relevant field
• Minimum two years of experience in gender, safeguarding, GBV programming and Accountability mechanisms in Timor-Leste
• Experience working with NGO's and local partners
• Experience in training facilitation and community
• Experience in coordination and relationship management skills
• Good computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Good written and spoken English

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send a CV (no longer than four pages) and cover letter via email to [email protected] before 0800 local time on 24 July 2026. Only successful candidates will be contacted for the interview. Please indicate the position title in the subject line of your email.

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Note

This position is contracted in Timor-Leste, and in return for your commitment you will benefit from ongoing professional development within an innovative and forward-thinking environment, plus a comprehensive national staff benefits package.

CARE is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workplace. Women and People with a Disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

CARE in Timor-Leste has zero-tolerance for sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, and sexual abuse, as well as all forms of harm to children.

CARE participates in the global Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS). In line with this Scheme, CARE in Timor-Leste will seek a "Statement of Conduct" from all past employers that candidates have been employed by over the last 5 years, specifically related to incidents or investigations into allegations of sexual harassment, sexual exploitation or sexual abuse during their employment. CARE is also committed to disclosing knowledge of sexual misconduct to other agencies that were requested.