Oxfam Consultancy for the Assessment of Women Economic Empowerment and Gender Parity Among Rural Households in Adamawa and Kebbi States Jobs in Nigeria

Oxfam Consultancy for the Assessment of Women Economic Empowerment and Gender Parity Among Rural Households in Adamawa and Kebbi States Jobs in Nigeria


  • This assessment will help in tracking and documenting relevant outcome level indicators of PROACT as the project winds down soon.

    The following are the relevant outcome indicators of the project which the research will be helping to track among others:

  • Percentage and gender of VSLA members reporting greater control over household and own-account income; and

  • Percentage increase in the proportion of production gained by women working on selected value chain;

  • Percentage of women in the target communities who have been able to access productive resources in selected value chains, in the duration of the project.

  • Percentage of women with improved gender relationship within their households;

  • Percentage of women occupying leadership positions in groups and different community organizations platforms.

  • Performances of the above indicators are periodically tracked within the project’s monitoring and result measurement frameworks and this external and independent assessment will further help to validate the findings of previous internal surveys.

  • The purpose of this consultancy is to acquire the services of a seasoned professional (individual or firm) towards establishing the relevance of PROACT’s intervention components at empowering rural women and in promoting gender parity.

    The following objectives are of interest

  • Analyse the Impacts of PROACT’s interventions on Women Empowerment Agency and Gender Parity in Adamawa and Kebbi States.

  • Determine the inhibiting and enabling predictors of women economic empowerment and gender parity in Adamawa and Kebbi States

    iii. Assess the level of social and behavioural changes that have taken place at households and community levels in relation to women empowerment and gender parity;

  • Determine key social and behavioural changes that have taken place across rural communities where the project is being implemented; and

  • Obtain recommendations in all areas identified above, founded on evidences, for future program designs and knowledge management.

  • This research will support Oxfam’s, and Partners’, efforts at providing evidences
    that gender inequality issues, relevant to the objectives of the project, are being adequately addressed with verifiable improvements.

    Qualification and Experience of Consultant

  • An advanced degree in Development Studies, Sociology/Rural Sociology, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Sustainable and Inclusive Development or other related fields.

  • Cognate and requisite experience in gender justice programming approaches such as RCA, GALS, GEMS, WEAI etc.

  • Demonstrated capacity in integrating gender equity and diversity concerns in programming, advocacy, monitoring and evaluation.

  • Extensive experience in livelihood programmes and projects, preferably in northern Nigeria.

  • Significant experience working with the Federal, State and Local Government Areas in Nigeria including in conflict areas.

  • Sound knowledge of rural enterprise, rural financing, women economic empowerment, family farming, agricultural markets and agricultural private sector actors.

  • Sound knowledge of policy issues related to social protection, disaster risk reduction, inclusive markets, and climate change.

  • Excellent research, writing, and analytical skills.

    How to Apply

    For more information and job application details, see; Oxfam Consultancy for the Assessment of Women Economic Empowerment and Gender Parity Among Rural Households in Adamawa and Kebbi States Jobs in Nigeria

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