Gender Inclusive Leadership in Cooperatives

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We Effect

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Research/ Data analysis
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Renumeration: $1,250,000 / One-off
  • Deadline: 22/09/2024
  • Location: Remote (global)
Leadership
Background and Purpose
We Effect's is an international non-governmental cooperative development organisation since 1958 with a vision of a sustainable and just world, free from poverty and hunger. We Effect's head office is in Stockholm Sweden and five regions support the global ambition of 'right to food for all" through partner organisations in 20 countries in the Western Balkan, Southern and Eastern Africa, Latin America and Asia. We Effect supports approximately 160 partner organisations, with a mix of cooperatives, membership organisations and women's rights organisations in becoming a stronger organisation, gaining rights to food, sustainable livelihood, and adequate housing, by enhancing gender equality and sustainable environment and climate change.

Objectives:
* Gather learning and knowledge on how to achieve gender-inclusive leadership in member-driven organisations.
* Unpack the effect gender inclusive leadership has in cooperative workplaces and programmes/productions.
* Get a basis for developing recommendations and influencing, this to pursue guidance/principles for gender-inclusive leadership within the cooperative movement.

Method with a non-conclusive set of aspects to be considered:
* Overview of research on gender-inclusive leadership within the cooperative movement. Outline the criteria for gender-inclusive leadership, what the challenges are and how they can be overcome.
* 10-15 in-depth interviews on women / male gender-inclusive leaders within We Affects partnership and member organisations from all our regions including Sweden. Gathered as testimonies with images and quotes as well as an analysis of trends among the Klls.
* 2 FGD with We Effect programme staff engaged in capacity support and monitoring of gender equality and women's rights, and 1 FGD with external actors addressing similar kinds of work.
* Annual/final / evaluation reports - We Effect and partner organisations.


Qualifications
  • Relevant academic and extensive work experience and knowledge in feminist political economy, women's economic rights, gender transformative approach, and women's/feminist leadership in civil society organising
  • Analytical skills and ability to digest large amounts of qualitative data 
  • Experience from the cooperative movement - in practice and research.
  • Extensive methodological capacity and experience in conducting semi-structured interviews
  • Collaborative with clear communicative skills; written and verbal English and Spanish.
  • Illustrate strong commitments to professionalism and integrity

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