Gender Equity, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Specialist
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Corus International
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Nationals-only contract
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 06/04/2025
- Location: Nigeria
About Corus: Corus International is the parent of a family of world-class organizations working to deliver the holistic, lasting solutions needed to end extreme poverty once and for all. We are a global leader in international development, with 150 years of combined experience across our brands. Our nonprofit and for-profit subsidiaries include IMA World Health and its fundraising brand Corus World Health, Lutheran World Relief, CGA Technologies, Ground Up Investing, and Farmers Market Brands.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead the development and implementation of the project's evidence-based gender equality and social inclusion analysis and accompanying strategy and action plan
- Contribute GEDSI-focused technical input into the project's overall technical approach, drafting annual work plans, providing written reports, and implementing an integrated set of activities to achieve project goals in a way that will expand economic opportunities or provide targeted services to the benefit of youth.
- Coordinate with the project team to tailor project activities to enhance the engagement and benefit of women and youth population.
- Collaborate with the project's M&E staff to propose indicators and participate in the collection and analysis of data for monitoring, reporting and learning purposes ensuring the project takes a transformative, integrated approach to GEDSI.
- Ensure activities and results are implemented in a timely manner within budget.
- Design training materials, and train project staff, partners and stakeholders on GEDSI mainstreaming , and promote the importance of GEDSI activities and considerations across project delivery.
- Closely collaborate with local organizations serving and/or led by women, youth and other marginalized populations
- Empower women and youth to establish and maintain strong working relationships with local youth-led organizations, local civil society organizations, private sector companies, and other value chain stakeholders.
- Empower women and youth and their communities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and resources to advocate for youth-friendly practices within the agriculture/cocoa sector.
- Contribute to the project's quarterly, biannual, and annual reports by highlighting successes, challenges, lessons learned and opportunities in youth programming within the project.
Requirements:
- Advanced degree in gender/women development studies, economics, agriculture, or similar social sciences field i.e youth development
- At least 5 years of professional experience in mainstreaming the engagement of marginalized groups, such as women, youth, in project, preferably within the market systems and agriculture sector.
- Experience working on climate/agriculture programming.
- Experience identifying and addressing opportunities and barriers related to expanding incomes or economic opportunities for women, youth, and other marginalized populations
- Experience conducting and writing gender and inclusion analyses and developing relevant strategies
- Experienced trainer, including training-of-trainers for local organizations and staff.
- Demonstrated understanding and application of FCDO or other international standard gender policy and frameworks, required.
- Proven ability to forge strong professional relationships and facilitate coordination with donors, implementing partners, local government, market systems actors, and communities in public and private sector.
- Fluency in English and French in oral and written communication.
- Ability to travel within the region or country as needed.
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