Gender Equity, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Specialist - FCDO, PACT (Nigeria) at Corus International

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Gender Equity, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Specialist - FCDO, PACT

Location: Cross River
Job Type: Full time

About The Job

• Corus International is seeking a Gender Equity, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Specialist with significant experience in gender, equity, agriculture, and social inclusion programming for an 18-month FCDO/UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (PACT) funded program in Nigeria. 
• The Nigeria-UK PACT Country Fund aims to align its support with the Government of Nigeria's existing plans and policies. Through consultation with the Government of Nigeria, UK PACT has identified key opportunities for the climate policy and governance sector. The anticipated program focuses on strengthening the capacity of private sector companies to reduce emissions.
• The GEDSI Specialist will lead and ensure the mainstreaming of gender, equity, and social inclusion, across all the project objectives. 
• The GEDSI Specialist will collaborate with the relevant Government of Nigeria stakeholders to ensure gender and social inclusion in policy and programming. The position will work closely with implementing partners to provide technical support and ensure gender, equity, and accessibility is integrated into all training and capacity building programming. 
• The GEDSI Specialist will contribute to the project's work plan development, indicator selection and monitoring and evaluation. This position will engage closely with the Corus HQ based Global Practice Head of Community Development.
• The position will be based in Cross River State, Nigeria and will report to the Managing Director. Actual hiring is contingent upon signed agreement and FCDO approval.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of the project's evidence-based gender equality and social inclusion analysis and accompanying strategy and action plan
• Contribute GEDSI-focused technical input into the project's overall technical approach, drafting annual work plans, providing written reports, and implementing an integrated set of activities to achieve project goals in a way that will expand economic opportunities or provide targeted services to the benefit of youth.
• Coordinate with the project team to tailor project activities to enhance the engagement and benefit of women and youth population.
• Collaborate with the project's M&E staff to propose indicators and participate in the collection and analysis of data for monitoring, reporting and learning purposes ensuring the project takes a transformative, integrated approach to GEDSI.
• Ensure activities and results are implemented in a timely manner within budget.
• Design training materials, and train project staff, partners and stakeholders on GEDSI mainstreaming , and promote the importance of GEDSI activities and considerations across project delivery.
• Closely collaborate with local organizations serving and/or led by women, youth and other marginalized populations
• Empower women and youth to establish and maintain strong working relationships with local youth-led organizations, local civil society organizations, private sector companies, and other value chain stakeholders.
• Empower women and youth and their communities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and resources to advocate for youth-friendly practices within the agriculture/cocoa sector.
• Contribute to the project's quarterly, biannual, and annual reports by highlighting successes, challenges, lessons learned and opportunities in youth programming within the project.

Requirements

• Advanced Degree in Gender / Women Development Studies, Economics, Agriculture, or similar Social Sciences field i.e Youth Development
• At least 5 years of professional experience in mainstreaming the engagement of marginalized groups, such as women, youth, in project, preferably within the market systems and agriculture sector.
• Experience working on climate/agriculture programming.
• Experience identifying and addressing opportunities and barriers related to expanding incomes or economic opportunities for women, youth, and other marginalized populations
• Experience conducting and writing gender and inclusion analyses and developing relevant strategies
• Experienced trainer, including training-of-trainers for local organizations and staff.
• Demonstrated understanding and application of FCDO or other international standard gender policy and frameworks, required.
• Proven ability to forge strong professional relationships and facilitate coordination with donors, implementing partners, local government, market systems actors, and communities in public and private sector.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in the Nigerian country context strongly preferred.
• Fluency in English and French in oral and written communication.
• Ability to travel within the region or country as needed.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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