Gender Lead
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Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
- 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: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: Not Disclosed
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 18/11/2025
- Location: Nigeria
Background
The Energising Women and Youth in Agri-Food Systems (EWAS) program, funded by the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet and implemented by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), aims to transform livelihoods across Nigeria’s agriculture sector by addressing the persistent gender and youth gaps that limit access to modern technologies, finance, and markets. The program focuses on enabling access to solar-powered productive use of energy (PUE) technologies such as solar irrigation pumps, cold storage, milling, drying, and food processing systems.
Key Responsibilities
A. Coordination and Oversight
• Lead and coordinate the EWAS Gender Expert Cohort, ensuring alignment with EWAS’s gender strategy and Theory of Change.
• Facilitate monthly coordination meetings for the gender experts to share progress, insights, and challenges.
• Provide technical backstopping and quality assurance for gender integration across all partner projects.
• Review, provide feedback and guidance on, and support implementation of partnerlevel gender action plans and ensure consistency with EWAS MEL targets.
• Elevate progress, issues, and/or concerns with the implementation of partner-level gender action plans.
B. Capacity Building and Technical Support
• Design and deliver a capacity-building program for gender experts and implementing partners, focusing on gender mainstreaming, data collection, and community facilitation techniques.
• Develop toolkits and training resources to support gender-responsive programming at the partner level.
• Provide hands-on coaching to partner organizations on integrating gender-responsive practices into their business models, community engagement, and reporting.
C. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
• Collaborate with RMI’s MEL team to integrate gender-related indicators into data collection tools and reporting systems.
• Track and synthesize data from gender experts on participation, empowerment, job creation, and outcomes for women.
• Prepare quarterly gender progress summaries highlighting progress of partner-level gender action plans, key insights, emerging trends, and lessons learned.
• Support learning dissemination activities, such as bootcamps, workshops, and knowledge briefs that amplify women’s voices and experiences within EWAS.
Qualifications
• Advanced degree in Gender Studies, Social Development, International Development, or related field.
• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in gender mainstreaming, women’s economic empowerment, or inclusive energy/agriculture programming.
• Proven experience coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives and leading gender-focused technical assistance in development projects.
• Strong facilitation and training skills; experience developing practical capacity-building tools.
• Familiarity with MEL frameworks and gender-responsive data collection and analysis.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to synthesize data and produce actionable insights.
• Prior experience working in Nigeria or West Africa on women’s economic empowerment or energy access initiatives is preferred.
The Energising Women and Youth in Agri-Food Systems (EWAS) program, funded by the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet and implemented by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), aims to transform livelihoods across Nigeria’s agriculture sector by addressing the persistent gender and youth gaps that limit access to modern technologies, finance, and markets. The program focuses on enabling access to solar-powered productive use of energy (PUE) technologies such as solar irrigation pumps, cold storage, milling, drying, and food processing systems.
Key Responsibilities
A. Coordination and Oversight
• Lead and coordinate the EWAS Gender Expert Cohort, ensuring alignment with EWAS’s gender strategy and Theory of Change.
• Facilitate monthly coordination meetings for the gender experts to share progress, insights, and challenges.
• Provide technical backstopping and quality assurance for gender integration across all partner projects.
• Review, provide feedback and guidance on, and support implementation of partnerlevel gender action plans and ensure consistency with EWAS MEL targets.
• Elevate progress, issues, and/or concerns with the implementation of partner-level gender action plans.
B. Capacity Building and Technical Support
• Design and deliver a capacity-building program for gender experts and implementing partners, focusing on gender mainstreaming, data collection, and community facilitation techniques.
• Develop toolkits and training resources to support gender-responsive programming at the partner level.
• Provide hands-on coaching to partner organizations on integrating gender-responsive practices into their business models, community engagement, and reporting.
C. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
• Collaborate with RMI’s MEL team to integrate gender-related indicators into data collection tools and reporting systems.
• Track and synthesize data from gender experts on participation, empowerment, job creation, and outcomes for women.
• Prepare quarterly gender progress summaries highlighting progress of partner-level gender action plans, key insights, emerging trends, and lessons learned.
• Support learning dissemination activities, such as bootcamps, workshops, and knowledge briefs that amplify women’s voices and experiences within EWAS.
Qualifications
• Advanced degree in Gender Studies, Social Development, International Development, or related field.
• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in gender mainstreaming, women’s economic empowerment, or inclusive energy/agriculture programming.
• Proven experience coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives and leading gender-focused technical assistance in development projects.
• Strong facilitation and training skills; experience developing practical capacity-building tools.
• Familiarity with MEL frameworks and gender-responsive data collection and analysis.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; ability to synthesize data and produce actionable insights.
• Prior experience working in Nigeria or West Africa on women’s economic empowerment or energy access initiatives is preferred.
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