Consultancy to disseminate Climate Vulnerability Mapping and Climate Change Risk Analysis

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AGRA

Remote (local)
  • Career category: Research/ Data analysis
  • 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: 29/08/2025
  • Location: Uganda
Climate & Environmental justice
ABOUT AGRA
AGRA is a proudly African-led institution focused on scaling agricultural innovations that help smallholder farmers towards increased incomes, better livelihoods, and improved food security.

Scope of Work
The Gender Consultant will support AGRA and the Uganda country team in ensuring the climate vulnerability mapping and risk analysis outputs are effectively disseminated and applied using a gender-responsive lens. The consultant will be expected to perform the following key tasks and activities:
a) Conduct a rapid review of AGRA’s climate vulnerability mapping outputs and relevant gender and climate literature.
b) Analyze vulnerability mapping outputs through a gender lens to identify differentiated climate risks and adaptation needs.
c) Review Uganda’s national climate and gender policies to align dissemination with existing frameworks.
d) To develop gender-responsive policy briefs and advisories that support evidence-based decision-making for climate adaptation and resilience-building at national and sub-national levels.
e) To develop customized gender responsive climate adaptation and resilience
training and engagement modules developed.
f) Support the establishment of a national gender responsive climate resilience policy platform
g) Engage with government officials, women’s and youth networks, and community stakeholders to validate gender-related findings.
h) Provide technical input to ensure vulnerability maps and climate advisories reflect gender-disaggregated insights.
i) Preparing gender-responsive country level synthesis, policy briefs, technical notes, brochures and local communication materials and organize and conduct policy and community level workshops and engagements.
j) Support the organization of national and local stakeholder dissemination workshops.
k) Facilitate inclusive discussions during workshops to ensure gender and social inclusion perspectives are captured.
l) Provide ongoing technical backstopping and capacity support on gender-inclusive climate adaptation.
m) Submit monthly written progress reports documenting activities, findings, and recommendations and assist in documenting the best practices and lessons learned in gender-responsive dissemination.


Qualifications and Experience
The individual consultant should possess the following qualifications, expertise, and experience to successfully deliver the assignment:
a) Advanced degree (master’s or higher) in Gender and Development Studies, Sociology, Climate Change, Agricultural Development, Environmental Science, or a related discipline.
b) Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience in gender and development, climate adaptation, or agriculture.
c) Proven experience in designing and leading research in gender mainstreaming in climate risk or resilience projects.
d) Demonstrated capacity to translate technical content into policy briefs, community messaging, and training materials.
e) Experience organizing and facilitating stakeholder engagement workshops, particularly with women’s groups and vulnerable populations.
f) Familiarity with gender analysis frameworks, climate vulnerability mapping tools and participatory methods.
g) Strong analytical and communication skills, both oral and written.
h) Experience working with government institutions, development partners, and civil society organizations.
i) Extensive knowledge of gender issues in development, climate adaptation, or agriculture. Fluency in English; proficiency in Kiswahili or other local language is an added advantage
j) Sound knowledge of the Ugandan policy context, local administrative systems, and decentralized governance structures.

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