Specific objectives are:

• Work package 1 – To provide capacity development measures to strengthen individual Gender Change Agents (GCAs) in their ability to promote, champion, and enable positive changes for the empowerment of women.
• Work package 2 – To increase the strategy development and communication, and advocacy skills of another set of GCAs who have already acquired technical skills but who need to increase the strategy development and communication and advocacy skills of another set of GCAs who have already acquired technical skills but who need.
• Work package 3 – To strengthen the institutional capacity of 9 women’s organizations to act for the sustainable management of land resources with a special focus on gender equality and the 3R approach.

Note: Position is contingent upon receipt of donor funding.

Availability

The Organizational Development Expert in Rural Development should start work on October 1st, 2025.

Essential Job Functions

• Development of the capacity development program under work package 3.
• Observation visits and needs assessment of participating organizations.
• Developing an objective-oriented strategy, based on the needs assessment and objective-oriented, for the capacity development program.
• Close collaboration with the Team Lead to create synergies between the work packages 1, 2, and 3.
• Preparing and conducting training sessions in the country with participating organizations on targeted topics.
• Prepare and conduct online and coaching sessions.
• Participate in the kick-off session.
• Support the team lead in all matters of the overall advisory packages.
• Coordination with international and local experts in the tendered expert pool and other stakeholders in relation to work package 3.

Hard Skills

• Education/training: University qualification (e.g. Master`s or German Diploma) in Economics, Psychology, Education, Pedagogy, or International Development Studies.

Language:

• English language skills, C1-level in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL).
• French language skills, C1-level in the CEFRL.
• General professional experience: Within the last 10 years, 5 years of professional experience in advisory service in the field of organizational development in rural development and women’s empowerment.
• Specific professional experience: Within the last 10 years, 5 years of specific experience in advisory service in the field of change management and advocacy, and strategy development.
• International professional experience outside the country/region of assignment: 2 years of professional experience in the field of organizational development outside Africa.
• Professional experience in the country/region of assignment: 2 years of professional experience in Africa (in accordance with UN DESA Statistics Division).