Consultancy - Gender Expert

The project aims at contributing to the increased availability of accessible climate-resilient food for the growing population in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Responsibilities

Conduct Gender sensitive mapping for each business case in the selected value chains –green grams, potato, sorghum and beansusing the gender tools that will be provided by the project. This will involve identifying factors of the environment such as the policy and regulatory framework, infrastructures, etc., the support services available in the market system and their gender/age responsiveness

Carry out gender/youth analysis to identify constraints and opportunities for women and youth participation along the value chain and develop possible strategic actions needed to ensure equitable outcomes for men and women in the project and to address underlying structural bottlenecks to gender equity in accessing opportunities for Climate Smart Agriculture adoption. This will include how best to support women in leadership positions and develop their skills? Understanding female farmers’ roles in the value chain, constraints and opportunities and how best to include them in project activities, and which barriers might prevent female farmers from benefitting from the project? This should focus on CRAFT specific value chains and business cases.

Implement the Women Empowerment Agricultural Index (WEAI) survey, analysis and report writing

Support project staff to assess CS practices and technologies on gender responsiveness

Job Requirements
Required education
: Post-graduate education

Required relevant work experience
: 3 years

Required languages:
English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)
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