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Summary

Chemonics seeks a Gender, Equity, and Social Inclusion (GESI) Technical Lead for the anticipated 5-year, $65-75 million Feed the Future Ethiopia Food and Agricultural System Transformation (FAST) activity. The purpose of this future USAID/Ethiopia agriculture programming will be to increase the availability of safe, diverse, nutritious foods, increase incomes in the food and agriculture sectors, and increase the convenience and desirability of safe, diverse, nutritious foods. Achieving these results will require a set of interventions that increase demand-driven production, increase food safety and quality, increase entrepreneurship and employment in the food and agriculture system, and increase public-private partnerships to advance key social priorities.

The GESI Technical Lead will be responsible for integrating gender equity, women’s empowerment, positive youth development and social inclusion approaches to development throughout the project. They will report to the Chief of Party and will maintain close working relationships with technical component leaders. We anticipate that the position will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The project is expected to be 5 years. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Key Responsibilities

• Serves as the expert professional and technical advisor responsible for leading and monitoring the integration of gender, youth, and vulnerable populations concerns in activity programming
• Provides analytical and programmatic guidance to project team to promote an equitable impact
• Assumes a lead role in articulating and advocating the strategic importance of gender issues and promoting these concepts in agricultural programming
• Ensures that USAID gender policies, frameworks, and best practices are applied throughout the Activity
• Reviews Activity scopes of work, training programs, deliverables, and other written materials to ensure that gender and women’s economic empowerment are well-integrated
• Supports Activity monitoring and evaluation to ensure it is gender-responsive and includes indicators aimed at capturing the Activity’s gender and women’s empowerment related outputs and outcomes

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field
• 5+ years work experience on donor-funded projects in Ethiopia/East Africa
• Experience working on projects with gender related components, providing technical assistance, or delivering training
• Experience with USAID highly preferred
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ethiopian nationals encouraged to apply