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Program Overview:

The Digital Access and Rural Empowerment (DARE) Program, a vital component of the Young Africa Works initiative, is strategically designed to harness digital technologies and the capabilities of Community Information Centers (CICs) to transform rural livelihoods, particularly for young mothers. Co-created by a Consortium comprising GI-KACE Consult Limited (GI-KACE), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), the program aims to revitalize CICs to serve as digital and technological hubs, facilitating access to information, markets, and essential digital services. These efforts underpin broader development initiatives by serving as platforms for other interventions, including targeted training programs, especially specialized training for young mothers, and enhancing market access for rural youths.

The DARE Program seeks to fundamentally transform and enhance Ghana's rural communities through the application of digital technologies. The Program focuses on three key interlinked interventions: Enhanced Connectivity and Market Access, Fostering Rural Youth-Led Business Innovation, and Rural Young Mother Economic Empowerment. Each intervention addresses specific challenges while collectively working towards the overarching goal of improved well-being of rural youth through digital inclusion.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Gender Mainstreaming
   
   • Develop and implement a comprehensive gender strategy aligned with DARE program’s objectives.
   • Ensure gender-sensitive planning, execution, and evaluation of all project interventions and learning.
   • Provide recommendations to improve gender integration in project activities.
   • Support contextual adaptation, design and roll-out of IEC materials and behavioral change information on gender and safeguarding.

    

2. Technical & Advisory Support
   
   • Offer technical expertise to program teams on gender and safeguarding.
   • Identify and mitigate gender-differentiated and safeguarding-related impacts of project interventions.
   • Strengthen the capacity of staff and project implementing partners on gender-responsive approaches.

    

3. Monitoring & Evaluation
   
   • Develop gender and safeguarding-specific indicators and contribute to the project's M&E.
   • Ensure gender-disaggregated data collection, analysis, and reporting.
   • Assess program impact on female participation and recommend improvements.

    

4. Capacity Building & Training
   
   • Conduct training on gender mainstreaming for staff, students, and stakeholders.
   • Provide resources and guidance on gender-sensitive pedagogy and curriculum development.
   • Promote policies and initiatives that enhance female participation.
   • Conduct periodic assessments and trainings to improve practices supporting young women’s participation in the DARE program.

    

5. Stakeholder Engagement & Advocacy
   
   • Serve as the key resource person for gender-related inquiries within the program.
   • Contribute to learning networks like the Mastercard Foundation’s Gender and Safeguarding Community of Practice and share learnings.

    

Basic Qualifications:

1. Education:
   
   • Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field (Master’s preferred).

    

2. Experience:
   
   • Minimum five (5) years of experience in gender mainstreaming or women’s empowerment programs.
   • Proven experience in technical assistance, training, and stakeholder engagement.

    

3. Knowledge, Skills & Competencies:
   
   • Strong analytical skills in gender analysis and policy development.
   • Proficiency in designing gender-sensitive M&E frameworks.
   • Excellent communication and advocacy skills.
   • Ability to work in a multi-stakeholder environment.
   • Knowledge of international gender frameworks (e.g., CEDAW, SDG 5, AU Agenda 2063).
   • Ability to influence behavior and build partnerships across teams.
   • Effective communication of youth, gender, and safeguarding issues.
   • Experience with adult learning techniques and virtual facilitation.
   • Demonstrated commitment to gender equality and women’s economic empowerment.
   • High standards of personal integrity and collaborative teamwork.

    

4. Required Languages:
   Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills, including fluency in English and local dialects spoken in Gushegu, Yilo Krobo, or Bekwai districts.Interested applicants may send their CVs and cover letters to frederick.yeboah@gi-kace.com.gh before Friday, July 25, 2025.

   We are committed to protecting all participants from abuse and exploitation, and all candidates will undergo thorough background checks.

📣📣📣 Deadline for Applications is July 31, 2025.