Social Inclusion Specialist

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Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA)

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 18/12/2024
  • Location: Rwanda 
Climate & Environmental justice Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI) Food security & Nutrition
About CNFA 

CNFA is an international agricultural development organization that specializes in the design and implementation of sustainable, enterprise-based agricultural initiatives. We work with businesses, foundations, governments, and communities to build customized local and global partnerships that meet the world’s growing demand for food. Since our inception in 1985, we have designed and implemented enterprise-based, agricultural development initiatives to facilitate market access, enhance agribusiness competitiveness, increase productivity, and improve access to inputs and financing in 47 countries around the world.   

Position Roles and Responsibilities 

  • Provide technical recommendations on gender and youth integration into all activities throughout all phases of implementation of the Haranira Ubuziranenge Project (strategic planning, outreach, design and implementation of interventions, monitoring an evaluation). 

  • Lead assessments and analyses of gender and youth disparities and identify areas for improvement.  

  • Review Haranira Ubuziranenge Project documents and approaches to ensure inclusive language and programming.  

  • Design and deliver training to stakeholders on gender-sensitive and gender transformative approaches.  

  • Identify stakeholders who are women, youth, and others from marginalized groups and can collaborate with the Activity. Ensure involvement of these groups in the design and implementation of the Activity.  

  • Identify, develop, promote, and lead interventions aiming to advance gender and youth roles in agriculture, agribusiness, and policy dialogues.  

  • Ensure that lessons learned and best practices on gender and inclusion are captured and shared among key stakeholders.  

  • Represent the Project in technical working groups with relevant government ministries and staff and collaborate with other implementing partners. 

  • Support the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Director in collecting inclusion-related data for indicators that measure Project impact. 

  • Perform other tasks as designated by the Chief of Party. 

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in gender studies, anthropology, sociology, social sciences, or related field; master’s degree preferred.  

  • Five (5) years of relevant work experience, including at least three (3) years in gender-related and gender-inclusive and/or youth engagement programming.  

  • Demonstrated expertise related to addressing constraints faced by gender, youth, and other marginalized groups in Rwanda, particularly within the agriculture sector.  

  • Excellent communication, networking, and relationship-building skills.  

  • Oral and written fluency in English and Kinyarwanda are required. Knowledge of French is an asset. 


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