Company Profile

WUSC (World University Service of Canada) is a Canadian non-profit organization working to create a better world for all young people. We bring together a diverse network of students, volunteers, schools, governments, and businesses who share this vision. Together, we develop solutions in education, economic opportunities, and empowerment to overcome inequality and exclusion for youth around the world, particularly young women and young refugees. WUSC currently works in 25 countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, with an annual budget of approximately CAD $40 million. We have over 90 staff in our Ottawa office, and over 200 people overseas implementing 16 development projects in collaboration with donors such as Global Affairs Canada, the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Mastercard Foundation and the African Development Bank.

Job Description

Call for Technical Assistance Partner: Gender Equality Social and Youth Inclusion Partner - 
Accelerating Change Through Innovation In Agricultural TVET (ACTIVATE)
Terms of Reference
 

• Low quality of ATVET instruction, curriculum, and equipment/infrastructure; 
• Non-alignment of new TVET policies and reforms across ministries; 
• Lack of ATVET engagement with industry to understand their human resource needs; 
• Low or limited business skills among young people and insufficient entrepreneurship support to the diverse needs of agripreneurs;
• Insufficient management capacity of ATVET providers, regulators, and support organizations 

• Review ACTIVATE project documents and other publications, including the Labour Market Assessment, Performance Measurement Framework, Work Plans, and learnings from similar projects, e.g., INVEST.
• Assess and identify gender equality and social inclusion, and diversity gaps of up to six (6) partners and stakeholders and submit reports on findings and next steps.
• Provide technical assistance to partners on gaps identified. Submit training plans, modules, and evaluations prior to and post-training reports.
• Strengthen gender equality capacity across all program partners and stakeholders' strategies, including facilitating the improvement, development, and implementation of the gender equality and social inclusion strategy of partners and key ATVET system stakeholders to harmonize the efforts of WUSC. 
• Train key staff of partners and stakeholders in gender equality and social inclusion.
• Support all program partners and stakeholders to ensure activities are gender-responsive, including technical courses and pedagogy.
• Support training providers in integrating inclusive and gender-responsive practices in the delivery of ATVET. This will include gender, diversity and inclusion, (including review of structures, systems, policies, and modules) of ATVET training institutions, development of gender-responsive and inclusive training manuals, provision of training on diversity, inclusion, as well as assessments of training results.    
• Work with partners and stakeholders on issues of advocacy, agency, and women’s leadership in agriculture. 
• Ensure sharing and learning among the program partners to ensure a mutually beneficial process where WUSC and all the partners and stakeholders can learn from each other's challenges and successful gender-responsive and inclusion practices. 
• Provide technical expertise to governance bodies and technical groups of the ACTIVATE project to showcase young people's, especially young women's, engagement and progress in the ATVET sector.

Required Skills or Experience

• Degree in Social Sciences, Education, International Development, or a related discipline
• Strong skills in conducting gender equality and social inclusion analysis, developmental strategies, and implementation and operational plans
• Experience in conducting capacity assessments, development of gender-responsive and inclusive  tools, monitoring, and evaluation of gender equality outcomes
• Experienced in programming on gender equality, equity, inclusion, and promotion of diversity, targeting of vulnerable and marginalized groups
• Awareness of gender equality and equity issues in the agriculture TVET and its adjoining sector space.
• Minimum five (5) years of relevant professional experience in your field of expertise
• A commitment to gender equality, youth, and disability inclusion.
• Expertise in the facilitation of multiple/diverse stakeholder groups
• Expertise in knowledge translation 
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent written and oral communication in English
• Knowledge of local Ghanaian languages is desirable
• Familiarity with Ghana’s TVET/ATVET sector is desirable
• Prior experience working with donors such as Mastercard Foundation and Global Affairs Canada is an asset.