AGRA Program Officer Jobs in Kenya

AGRA Program Officer Jobs in Kenya

AGRA is an African-led institution that actively supports the drive towards inclusive agricultural transformation and sustainable food systems. We do this by empowering the continent’s 33 million small-farming households to transform their agriculture from a struggle to survive to profitable businesses. The continent’s farmers regularly face challenges, and we aspire to provide uniquely African solutions that respond to their agricultural and environmental challenges, leading to increased harvests for reduced hunger and more income.

The Program Officer – Gender, Youth, and Inclusion in collaboration with the AGRA Gender Lead and under the overall guidance of the Director Gender, Youth, and Inclusiveness will provide technical oversight and guidance to country gender associate officers on the critical role of gender plays in ensuring sustainable, inclusive, and equitable program outcomes.

Given the complex intersection of gender, youth empowerment, food loss, and climate change, dedicated technical expertise, coordination, and oversight are required to ensure these dynamics are adequately addressed within the RE-GAIN’s design, implementation, and coordinating lessons learned across the 7 countries. A dedicated Gender, Youth, and Inclusion Officer will ensure that the program integrates gender-responsive and youth-centric approaches in all its components, addressing these barriers and promoting equitable benefits for both men and women.


Key Duties and Responsibilities:

*Be at the center of the RE-GAIN program ensuring that gender equity and youth inclusion are a central objective of the program.

*Provide technical expertise, coordination, and oversight to ensure that gender, youth empowerment, food loss, and climate change are adequately addressed in the RE-GAIN’s design and implementation acting as the gender, youth, and inclusion focal point for the project.

*With the support of the Lead – Gender Integration and guidance of the Director – Gender, Youth, and Inclusiveness, support country teams to design and implement innovative programs that promote gender equality in harvest and post-harvest food systems while addressing food loss and climate change impacts.

*Develop gender-sensitive tools, youth-centric, and methodologies to build the capacities of program staff and implementing partners to address barriers to gender integration and promote equitable benefits for both men and women.

*Champion and collaborate with stakeholders, including local communities, government agencies, and NGOs, to ensure that gender-sensitive and youth-inclusive approaches are integrated into all program activities.

*Analyze data related to food loss and its impacts on women, youth, and marginalized groups to advocate for targeted interventions.

*Coordinate the provision of technical assistance to the ministries of gender, youth, and agriculture that are in line with creating an enabling environment for upcoming entrepreneurs in agrifood systems

*Monitor gender-related and youth-focused programs timelines, milestones, and deliverables, ensuring adherence to project schedules.

*Collect, analyze, and interpret data related to the RE-GAIN program’s gender performance, impact, and outcomes.

*Work closely with the Monitoring and Evaluation team to ensure that gender and youth-centric considerations are reflected in the Monitoring and Evaluation plan, frameworks, and reports to assess whether the gender and youth-centric objectives are being met.

*Establish and nurture strategic partnerships with relevant stakeholders, including governmental agencies, NGOs, private sector sectors, and other organizations involved in addressing the challenge of post-harvest food losses in Africa, to increase the voice and collective capacity of men and women networks.

*Work with local government and AGRA’s policy and advocacy teams to domesticate policies that address food loss and climate change impacts across the agri-food systems.

Provide technical input for the establishment of an effective gender response monitoring system for the delivery of program results.

*Coordinate collection of lessons learned across the 7 countries to build on AGRA’s knowledge base for gender-related and youth-focused intervention on harvest and post-harvest food losses.

*Design and lead the implementation of capacity-building activities targeting both internal and external stakeholders focused on integrating sustainability principles into Africa’s agricultural transformation.

*Organize briefings, meetings, visits, and events; and set action plans for follow-up to ensure effective communication and accountability on gender-related matters at all levels of the program implementation.

*Ensure strict adherence to both internal and external reporting requirements to maintain transparency and compliance.

Key Qualifications and Experience Required:

*Master’s degree or equivalent in gender studies, Rural Development, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Agribusiness Development, Development Studies, Agri-Enterprise development, and Economics.

*Experience in conceptualizing, planning, guiding, and implementing integrated gender, youth, and inclusion programs.

*Deep knowledge of gender and development frameworks, particularly in rural or agri-food contexts.

*Experience in climate-resilient agriculture, food security, and rural livelihoods will be an added advantage.

*Familiarity with International development organizations, donors, and policies related to gender equality and agriculture.

*Strong working experience with partners, governments, international development agencies, local organizations as well as youth, men, and women organizations/agencies in the field of gender-mainstreaming in the agrifood system.

*Demonstrate a thorough understanding of government and private sector policies and governance frameworks, along with significant experience in designing and implementing programs and advancing policy and regulatory reforms in relevant sectors, facilitating effective stakeholder engagement to address barriers and drive farmer-centric and supplier-centric food systems transformation.

*Demonstrate the ability to design and lead the implementation of capacity-building activities that integrate sustainability principles into Africa’s agricultural transformation, equipping stakeholders with the knowledge and skills necessary for the effective achievement of program goals.

*Fluency in English is required; the ability to communicate in French will be an advantage.

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