Aybar Engineering PLC is an innovative company, headquarters in Addis Ababa, established to develop new and improved agricultural machinery for use mostly by smallholder farmers. The company has invented a number of agricultural machineries, some of which have already been evaluated and distributed to farmers while others are planned to be introduced to farmers. Our company is seeking qualified Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist for the Research and Innovations Systems for Africa (RISA) funded project titled “Linking an innovative company with a public research institute and farmers’. The project will be undertaken in Oromia and Amhara regional administrations. The project includes research on the company’s innovations as well as demonstration to farmers by selected and trained unemployed rural youth. Feedback will be collected from various social groups with the objective of refining the existing machineries while also identifying new innovations.
Job Description
Position Overview
The Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist is responsible for ensuring effective focus on women and marginalized groups. Under the overall guidance of the project leader, the GESI Specialist is responsible for building the team’s capacity to take responsibility for implementing gender sensitive activities and interventions. The GESI Specialist is responsible for increasing the understanding of GESI issues with respect to development of appropriate machineries as well as distribution of the same. The GESI Specialist will ensure that a GESI perspective is applied to all studies to identify imbalances and understand marginalized groups’ needs and interests. The GESI Specialist will be based in Addis Ababa with frequent travel to project sites in 8 woredas and kebeles.
Responsibilities:
Contract Type: Employment Contract (February 1 – December 31, 2023).
Duty Station: Aybar Engineering PLC office, Addis Ababa
Education Qualifications
Experience and Skills