Gender & Diversity Impact Manager

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Bopinc

  • Location: Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Netherlands
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Humanitarian
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 13/12/2024
  • Location: Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Netherlands
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Bopinc is a Dutch not-for-profit that accelerates the impact of market-driven and innovative business models in low-income markets. We support our clients in making their businesses more inclusive and viable by including people at the Base of the Pyramid as consumers, producers and entrepreneurs in the supply chain.

The role 

In your role as Gender & Diversity Impact Manager, you will provide advisory to organizations, ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) to multinationals, social enterprises and NGO’s so they can enhance their social impact on women through their business models.  These can be early-stage or growth-stage companies, who are developing products, services or marketing & distribution strategies targeted at low-income women in Africa and Asia.

Examples of organizations you may advise:

  • Digital platform that supports smallholder farmers and is looking to increase their reach to low-income women. 
  • Child-care provider who wants to include low-income women both as care workers and care customers in its business operations
  • Non-profit accelerator programme looking to design better agribusiness support programmes for women entrepreneurs

Qualifications

  • Bachelor or (preferably) Masters degree in Gender Studies, Product Design, Behavioural Science, Business, Marketing, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years professional experience advising companies on inclusive business strategies and business cases, with a focus on improving the inclusion of women.
  • Knowledge and first-hand experience in leading and/or implementing women-centered design approaches, including carrying out research, co-creation, prototyping, piloting and reporting in a gender-responsive manner. 
  • Experience making acceleration or innovation programs more gender-inclusive
  • Knowledge and first-hand experience with the challenges and opportunities of including low-income women in business models in Africa or Asia.
  • Empathy with the BoP as value seeking consumers and motivated entrepreneurs (not as beneficiaries) and a strong curiosity to better understand the gendered realities within low-income markets.
  • Ability to work, lead workshops and conduct training sessions with diverse stakeholders;  leaders of multinationals, entrepreneurs, rural micro-entrepreneurs, government, development players.
  • Affinity with the purpose of Bopinc.
  • Fluent in English.
  • Valid work permit in the respective country.


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