Gender Inclusion Specialist

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Conservation International (CI)

Remote (local)
  • 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: 19/09/2025
  • Location: South Africa
LGBTQI+ rights/ SOGIESC Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI)
Consultancy Services Required

Conservation South Africa (CSA seeks to work with a Gender Inclusion Specialist to identify and target rural women, youth and LGBTQIA+ community members who seek to participate in rural land management governance and rural economic activities within the Alfred Nzo District of the Eastern Cape Province. Working alongside existing structures such as farmer organizations, informal women’s groups and youth groups at village-level, the service provider will stage a series of capacity building workshops for 200 vulnerable and interested rural women, youth and LGBTQIA+ community members and 50 male decision-makers from a Traditional Authority/Local Municipality who are responsible for decisions about the land and economic opportunities in the area.

The Service Provider is expected to build the capacity and voice of youth and marginalised community members’ networks in the form of Key Messages Resource materials to be disseminated to a larger audience to reach beneficiaries and strengthen the digital skills of vulnerable groups. CSA will draw on the Service Provider’s experience in reaching millions of young South Africans through various digital media platforms. CSA will use the service provider’s existing media platforms to distribute the content to a broad audience and raise awareness of the key issues facing rural women, youth and the LGBTQIA+ community in access to economic inclusion.

Definition of the goods or services required with detailed specifications

The Services required are:

  • Local travel - 1 site visit to the landscape
  • 16 Capacity building workshops at the landscape
  • 3 Intergenerational Dialogues and policy workshops
  • 1 Intergenerational Dialogue and policy workshop with focus on decision-making structure, suchas the traditional authorities and local municipal structures in the landscape
  • 9 Workshops to identify key messages from target groups in the landscape
  • 10,000 people access digital content regarding the specific barriers faced by rural women, youthand LGBTQIA+ community members in their efforts to safely and equitably participate in green transition value chains, including land governance and access financial resources in traditionally male rural economic activities such as livestock farming, ecotourism, recycling, and landscape restoration. Communications Plan to be developed stating innovative delivery channels to be utilized.
  • Develop a Gender Action Plan for the Traditional Authority
  • Capacity building reports with signed attendance registers
  • Pre and Post Workshop Evaluation reports
  • Workshop Training Certification where applicable
  • Digital content statistical reach reports on monthly basis

Offeror requirements:
The service provider must:

  • Have 3-5 years experience in Economic Inclusion and Gender Mainstreaming
  • Have 3-5 years experience in youth, women and community engagement
  • Have a strong understanding of rural community learning patterns
  • Be able to leverage varying communication delivery channels to deliver messages
  • Have a proven track record in conducting work in the specified rural areas of training sites andsurrounds

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