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Empower millions of women farmers in Africa by working as a Gender-focused Trainer in a leading agricultural organization, One Acre Fund.
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Location
Muramvya, Burundi
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Organisation Summary
One Acre Fund, founded in 2006, aims to make farms more productive for 5.5 million smallholder farmers across nine countries comprising two-thirds of Africa's farmers. Providing quality farm supplies, accessible credit, modern farming training, and various other services, they enable a farmer to increase their income and assets by over 35%.
Role Summary
- Develop and revise training materials to address gender sensitiveness in farming.
- Incorporate topics related to gender-based violence, joint decision-making etc. to improve women's attendance in climate-smart training sessions.
Role Requirements
- Experience in gender analysis, gender mainstreaming, and gender lens integration in smallholder agriculture.
- Experience in developing training content for lower literacy levels, using heavy usage of pictures and minimal technical terms.
- Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Gender / Women Studies or related field.
- Familiarity with Burundi or the East African agricultural context is preferred.
- French and English speaking and written skills are required.
- Passionate, proactive, strong analytical skills, and a self-starter attitude.
- Commitment to rural communities, and passion for providing opportunity to the hardest-working women farmers.
About One Acre Fund Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience.
The Role Gender-disaggregated data from the One Acre Fund Burundi program collected in 2024 found that 76% of clients reported that it is the women in the household who carry out the majority of farm labor yet only 62% of women attend the various trainings. To address this gap, One Acre Fund seeks to increase women’s attendance in climate-smart training sessions by developing and revising training materials to be more gender sensitive and incorporating topics related to gender-based violence, joint decision-making, etc. The goal is to ensure that more women not only attend more trainings as they are more appropriate to their learning style and needs, but that they adopt these practices as well.
Job Requirements Proven experience in gender analysis, gender mainstreaming and gender lens integration in smallholder agriculture. Proven experience developing training content and methods using training andragogy suited for the lower literacy levels faced by women (eg. heavy use of pictures and minimal technical terms); Proactive and passionate with a self-starter attitude. Strong analytical skills. Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Gender / Women Studies or related field. Familiarity with Burundi, and/or the East African agricultural context, is preferred. Genuine commitment to rural communities, and passion for providing opportunity to the hardest-working (women) farmers on the planet. French and English speaking and written skills are required.
Benefits We’re one of the largest agricultural organizations in Africa, operating in ten countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers. Guided by our mission, we use the discipline of a business to deliver cost-effective services to millions of people. We believe that heart plus rigor can change the world.
