Company Name:-
IFDC- International Fertilizer Development

Job Location:-
Hyderabad, Telangana

Job Summary:-
Background

Accelerating Farm Incomes (AFI) is a development project funded by Walmart Foundation to strengthen agricultural production systems in peri-urban and rural locations of Telangana State, India.

The project will contribute substantially to technology diffusion, capacity building, micro-enterprise development, and farmer-market linkages.

The project is expected to achieve an immediate impact on improved yields, enhance resource use efficiency, and therefore increase farm incomes in a semi-arid agriculture system.

This project is a two-year and ten-month intervention that began in October 2019.

Duties
Responsible for playing a proactive role in identifying at least 20% of potential women farmers and rural entrepreneurs from the peri-urban areas.

To ensure their access to all project related activities and access to agro-inputs from dealers and other resources, linking them with credit institutions, supermarkets for selling their outputs.

He/she shall ensure data collection process is gender-disaggregated and measuring direct and indirect impact of project, particularly through technology transfer on women.

The gender specialist will develop a strategy to ensure at least 20% participation of women in all project activities.

Location

The Gender Specialist will be based in AFI Project office in Hyderabad.

S/he will travel in-country to meet with field partners and any other program related activities.

Collaboration and Reporting

The Gender Specialist will report to the Project Manager.

Application procedure

Interested candidates are required to send their CV and cover letter on or before 7 June 2021.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Closing Date

June 7, 2021
Required Skills
Qualifications and Skills Required
Required QualificationsA master’s degree in social sciences;
A minimum of 10 years’ experience as gender specialist in development projects with focus on ensuring women’s access to all agriculture related services;
Advanced computer skills are essential, including Microsoft Access and Excel.

Required Experience

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