Consultancy – Gender Mainstreaming in the Coffee Retail Sector

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Palladium Group

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Consultancy
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Consultancy
  • Remote option: Remote (local)
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: Not Disclosed
  • Deadline: 09/02/2025
  • Location: Egypt
Economic justice Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Assignment Overview 

Delicious Inc is the holding company for Cilantro, a chain of coffee stores spread across Egypt. Under its project with CFYE, Delicious Inc. Cilantro will create over 600 jobs for youth by opening 30 new coffee stores across Egypt. To achieve its gender mainstreaming goals, Cilantro seeks the support of CFYE’s Technical Assistance (TA) team to sensitize the male-dominated workforce, integrate gender equality into policies, and develop a tailored value proposition to attract more women to the company. 

Objectives and Activities 

This exercise will specifically focus on store-level employment, operations, and recruitment practices to identify areas requiring gender mainstreaming. 

Objective 1: Conduct a Gap Analysis of Cilantro’s Employment Practices to better understand the main challenges for female employees at Cilantro stores around recruitment, onboarding, retention, promotion and other key employment stages and processes, and how Cilantro’s employment practices can be improved to overcome these challenges and improve the situation of female employees in Cilantro stores.  
Objective 2: Develop a Comprehensive Strategy and Action Plan for Gender Mainstreaming across Cilantro stores The strategy and action plan will set clear targets and goals for gender inclusivity within the workforce, co-created with input from relevant stakeholders. 
Objective 3: Workforce Capacitation and Awareness 
Objective 4: Advise on Implementation and Monitoring of Improvement Measures with the goal of equipping the Cilantro team with the right tools and approaches to monitor the progress and evaluation the success of the implementation of the action plan.
Deliverables 

  1. Gender Analysis Report: A detailed document summarizing key findings on gender disparities within Cilantro’s workforce. 
  2. Strategy and Action Plan: A co-created detailed action plan including roadmap with clear goals, implementation steps, and monitoring mechanisms.  
  3. Role-Specific Training Materials: Training content developed for trainers that tackle different roles, including store staff, managers, and central office employees. 
  4. Monitoring Framework: Design a monitoring framework that can be used by Cilantro to effectively monitor, measure and evaluate the implementation of the action plan.  
  5. Final Report: Summarizing lessons learned and offering recommendations for sustainable gender mainstreaming practices. 

Required Qualifications 

Individual consultants or consultancy firms that intend to share a proposal for this assignment should at least meet the following qualifications: 

  • Proven expertise in gender mainstreaming and women’s economic empowerment in Egypt. 
  • At least 5 years’ experience conducting gender-related research, developing strategies, and implementing initiatives. 
  • Strong experience in training and capacity building tailored to gender equality. 
  • Knowledge of Egypt’s employment laws, policies, and cultural dynamics related to gender inclusion. 
  • Demonstrated experience working with retail or service-based industries in addressing gender inclusion. 
  • Master’s degree in Gender Studies or a relevant field preferred, or equivalent work experience. 
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and facilitation skills to work with diverse stakeholders. 

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