Gender & Disability Inclusion Mentor

We’re looking for a Gender & Disability Inclusion Mentor who can live and volunteer in Lesotho for 12 months.

• Provide support with the UN Disability Inclusion Strategy (UNDIS) and inclusive program design to ensure UNDP Lesotho has inclusive policies, tools, and capacity-building offered to staff, government bodies, and organisations working with persons with disabilities.
• To be considered for this role, you’ll need relevant qualifications in Gender & Disability Inclusion, Women and Gender Studies, Sociology, Development Studies, or Disability Studies.   
• This assignment aims to support the review of existing laws and policies to strengthen GBV prevention and response. 

About the Partner Organisation 

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Maseru, Lesotho, works in the Kingdom of Lesotho helping to achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. They support the government of Lesotho to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.

UNDP Lesotho already has a Gender and Disability Specialist, there is a need for capacity development to boost their expertise.   A skilled Australian volunteer will bring experience in gender mainstreaming and disability inclusion.

About the Australian Volunteers Program  

The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian government-funded initiative. We support partner organisations across the Pacific, Asia, and Africa to achieve locally led change.  

Volunteers are supported throughout their volunteer journey. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds and abilities to volunteer and aim to make the program as accessible and inclusive as possible. If you have accessibility requirements, please contact us to discuss how we can support you to volunteer with us - inclusion@australianvolunteers.com. Learn more about our commitment to inclusion.