Gender and Youth Advisor

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Mercy Corps

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • 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: 10/07/2025
  • Location: Zambia
Youth Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future.
 
General Position Summary

The Gender and Youth Advisor will play a catalytic role in ensuring effective inclusion of youth and women across all activity components and levels throughout the implementation of the BEDEC Program. S/he will ensure that women and youth are meaningfully considered in the development of all approaches and interventions within the program. The Advisor will have an in-depth understanding of gender, youth, social inclusion, and other locally significant socio-cultural factors in the Zambian context, particularly in market systems programming. S/he will have experience leading and supporting integrated Gender and Youth assessments through market system approaches and be familiar with how Gender and Youth considerations are integrated within such programming. Proven skills in participatory learning, action, and facilitating collaborative problem-solving are essential. Additionally, the Advisor must have the ability to foster commitment and build capacity among project staff, partners, program stakeholders, and other actors to ensure gender, youth integration, empowerment, and social inclusion issues are addressed at all levels of BEDEC.

During the first year of BEDEC, the Gender and Youth Advisor will lead the production of a detailed, integrated Gender and Youth analysis, and collaborate with other team members to develop robust intervention strategies for each program component, including detailed results chains that reflect gender and youth aspirations. S/he will promote innovative inclusiveness initiatives aligned with donor and Mercy Corps’ GEDSI policy. The Advisor will play a critical role in developing and integrating Gender and Youth considerations across all interventions, ensuring that these target groups benefit from various markets and gain meaningful and productive employment. This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
 
  • MA/Msc or equivalent educational background in a social science discipline such as Development Studies, International Relations, Gender and Youth studies, social work or related field. 
  • At least five years’ (7 years + if only undergraduate degree) work experience in gender, youth and social inclusion programming, at least experience in gender and Youth experience in market systems development programming. 
  • Experience developing and conducting gender analysis, Youth analysis, gender and youth related training, gender/youth/social dynamics mainstreaming and engaging in gender advocacy and influencing works.  
  • Preference for working experience with projects on Small and Medium sized enterprises, resilience, agriculture, financial inclusion and agribusiness.  
  • In-depth understanding of gender, age and other locally significant socio-cultural factors in the context of small and medium size enterprises, agricultural value chains and resilience programming. 
  • Prior Gender and Youth experience working in the Zambian context. 
  • Fluent oral and written English
  • Excellent computer skills (especially Microsoft office applications) and ability to use information technology as a tool and resource. 

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