Women's Empowerment Consultants
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Landesa Rural Development Institute
Remote (local)- Location: Madagascar, Mali, Kenya
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: 5-10 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: Remote (local)
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Deadline: 19/07/2025
- Location: Madagascar, Mali, Kenya
About Landesa
Grounded in the knowledge that having legal rights to land is a foundation for prosperity and opportunity, Landesa partners with governments and local organizations to ensure that those experiencing the most extreme forms of poverty have secure rights over the land they steward. Founded as the Rural Development Institute in 1967, Landesa has helped more than 100 million families living in poverty gain legal control over their land. With secure land rights, these families can eat better, earn more, educate their children, practice conservation, and achieve dignity for generations. For additional information, visit the Landesa website at www.landesa.org. Landesa is seeking a highly qualified Experts with Experience in Madagascar for an anticipated 13-month GIZ program that supports the strengthening of rights, resources, and representation of women in rural areas with regard to the sustainable use of land resources in Madagascar, Mali, and Kenya. The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the rights, resources, and representation of women in rural areas with regard to the sustainable use of land resources in selected partner countries.
Specific objectives are:
1. Work package 1 - To provide capacity development measures to strengthen individual Gender Change Agents (GCAs) in their ability to promote, champion, and enable positive changes for the empowerment of women.
2. Work package 2 - To increase the strategy development and communication, and advocacy skills of another set of GCAs who have already acquired technical skills but who need to increase the strategy development and communication and advocacy skills of another set of GCAs who have already acquired technical skills but who need. 3. Work package
3 - To strengthen the institutional capacity of 9 women’s organizations to act for the sustainable management of land resources with a special focus on gender equality and the 3R approach.
Hard Skills
▪ Education/training: o University qualification (Master`s) in Rural Development, Agriculture, Community Development, or other Social Sciences OR; o University qualification (Master`s) in Psychology, Education, Pedagogy, or Business Administration.
▪ Language:
Grounded in the knowledge that having legal rights to land is a foundation for prosperity and opportunity, Landesa partners with governments and local organizations to ensure that those experiencing the most extreme forms of poverty have secure rights over the land they steward. Founded as the Rural Development Institute in 1967, Landesa has helped more than 100 million families living in poverty gain legal control over their land. With secure land rights, these families can eat better, earn more, educate their children, practice conservation, and achieve dignity for generations. For additional information, visit the Landesa website at www.landesa.org. Landesa is seeking a highly qualified Experts with Experience in Madagascar for an anticipated 13-month GIZ program that supports the strengthening of rights, resources, and representation of women in rural areas with regard to the sustainable use of land resources in Madagascar, Mali, and Kenya. The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the rights, resources, and representation of women in rural areas with regard to the sustainable use of land resources in selected partner countries.
Specific objectives are:
1. Work package 1 - To provide capacity development measures to strengthen individual Gender Change Agents (GCAs) in their ability to promote, champion, and enable positive changes for the empowerment of women.
2. Work package 2 - To increase the strategy development and communication, and advocacy skills of another set of GCAs who have already acquired technical skills but who need to increase the strategy development and communication and advocacy skills of another set of GCAs who have already acquired technical skills but who need. 3. Work package
3 - To strengthen the institutional capacity of 9 women’s organizations to act for the sustainable management of land resources with a special focus on gender equality and the 3R approach.
Hard Skills
▪ Education/training: o University qualification (Master`s) in Rural Development, Agriculture, Community Development, or other Social Sciences OR; o University qualification (Master`s) in Psychology, Education, Pedagogy, or Business Administration.
▪ Language:
- o French language skills, C1-level in the CEFRL.
- o English language skills, B2-level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL).
▪ General professional experience: 5 years of professional experience in advisory services in the field of women’s empowerment.
▪ Specific professional experience: within the past 5 years:
▪ Specific professional experience: within the past 5 years:
- o 3 years of specific experience in moderating and facilitating virtual capacity building and training measures, OR;
- o 3 years of specific experience in organizational development
▪ Professional experience in the country/region of assignment: 5 years of professional experience in Madagascar.
▪ Other: 5 years of experience working with women’s organizations and individuals promoting women’s empowerment in Madagascar.
▪ Other: 5 years of experience working with women’s organizations and individuals promoting women’s empowerment in Madagascar.
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