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Gender and Youth Inclusion Director, USAID Feed the Future Cambodia Agriculture Partnerships Hub

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Project Overview and Role:

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Background

The proposed Activity will promote and
expand market-based opportunities and will facilitate diversification and
competitiveness within the agriculture sector to achieve the following
high-level objectives:

1. Inclusive and sustainable agriculture market systems strengthened
2. Strengthened linkages and trust among market actors

Purpose of
Position
Palladium
seeks an innovative, private-sector oriented candidate to serve as the Gender
and Youth Inclusion Director on the upcoming Feed the Future Cambodia
Agriculture Partnerships Hub Activity. This position will ensure that the
programs’ gender and youth inclusion strategy is fully integrated across
objectives. This position will be part of the Activity’s senior leadership
team.

Duration:              Up
to 5 years
Location:              Phnom
Penh, Cambodia 

Roles and Responsibilities

• Advise the Chief of Party and Objective Leads on how to develop activities
  centered around inclusive growth and identify opportunities to increase
  women and youth participation in the Cambodian agriculture sector
• Lead the development of the Activity’s gender
  and youth inclusion strategy, action plans, and implementation
• Ensure all staff understand the Activity’s
  gender and youth inclusion requirements
• Develop and disseminate communications on
  the benefits of increased women and youth participation to promote
  increased private sector investment in gender and youth inclusive
  activities
• Champion partnerships that incentivize and
  promote the participation and empowerment of women and youth in Cambodia’s
  agriculture sector
• Facilitate and share Activity learning
  around gender and youth integration with project leadership team,
  Palladium, and USAID
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in public policy, gender studies, international development,
  or similar
• Minimum 8 years’ experience working to
  promote women and youth inclusion and empowerment, including experience in
  the Agriculture sector
• Proven experience championing and
  demonstrating the economic benefits of gender- and youth-inclusive
  activities to both development and private sector stakeholders
• Prior experience developing gender- and
  youth-inclusion strategies and activities
• Sound knowledge of gender and youth
  inclusion best practices required, knowledge of USAID and Feed the Future
  gender and youth inclusion strategies preferred
• Demonstrated leadership, strategic
  thinking and planning, management, and presentation skills
• Strong written and interpersonal skills
• Written and oral proficiency in English
  required