Responsibilities
Undertake technical gender analysis or and audits across the country program and producer organization and then advice and support project staff, management and boards of producer organizations on practical strategies to increase gender and youth involvement across the project.
Take full responsibility and accountability of gender and youth performance indicators within the country program.
Train, coach and mentor employees, farmers, and partners in basic gender and youth issues as they relate to the dairy enterprise.
Develop gender and youth strategy for country program and monitor to ensure that gender dynamics are considered at the program office level, farm level and within the hub system.
Roll out appropriate support intervention to improve gender relations.
Support dairy farmer business associations (DFBAs) to increase number of women and youth shareholders, women and youth supplying milk and those accessing DFBA/hub services.
Expanded opportunities for women and youth within the hub system and thus link them to other resource bases.
Nurture partnerships with gender and youth oriented institutions/partners with a view of mobilizing resources that will benefit women and youth within the hubs
Evaluate project activities on gender and youth components.
Establish and monitor mechanisms to systematically assess the achievement of results, conducting field visits, participating in review meetings and evaluation missions and preparing regular inputs to status and progress reports.
Analyze basic factors affecting the achievement of results, recommend corrective actions and follow up on recommendations.
Submit timely weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannual and annual report and thus check that all country reports clearly pick gender disaggregation data.
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in gender, social sciences, development studies or other related field, 5 + years experience in dairy production, value chain competitiveness, or agriculture development.
Preferred Requirements
Demonstrated experience in undertaking gender audits and gender frame works in agriculture more so in livestock development.
Experience in developing private public partnerships especially at national and district level;
How to apply: You should only apply for only one position and your application should include a cover letter that demonstrates why you are the best suited candidate for it; a detailed CV highlighting relevant experience; details of current and expected remuneration; a daytime phone contact, email address, and the names of three professional referees.
All applications and enquiries should be sent to
Adept Systems
Management Consultants
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100
Email: recruit [at] adeptsystems.co.ke
Closing date: Tuesday 28th January 2014
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Please note that we do not charge fees for receiving or processing job applications.
