Field Coordinators - Gender

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)

The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) works to improve food security and reduce poverty in developing countries through research for better and more sustainable use of livestock. ILRI is a CGIAR research centre - part of a global research partnership for a food-secure future.

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Field Coordinators - Gender

Key Responsibilities

  • Establish and manage stakeholder relationships that improve the ability of the team to achieve the agreed outputs and outcomes.
  • Ensure timely and appropriate implementation of project activities.
  • Support project monitoring and evaluation activities -survey design, data collection, data cleaning, analysis and reporting on topics involving
    •  Ensure that ethical and sound data collection and information management systems are in place with associated information sharing, planning, evaluation, and advocacy.
    • Regularly visiting project sites to monitor progress, collecting sex-disaggregated data, and reporting on impact
  • Coordinate with local partners and community groups in planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation
    • Working with local communities, government partners, and stakeholders to ensure inclusive participation
    • Embedding gender-responsive approaches (empowerment and institutional processes that engage young men and women in livestock and other related value chains) across interventions
    • Building the capacity of partners staff on gender-sensitive approaches.
    • Identifying social, economic, or security risks to vulnerable groups during implementation
    • Undertaking preparation of regular reports on project field activities
    • Contributing to the writing of scientific publications as well as outputs for a wider audience
  • Ensure an efficient communication flow between local partners and the ILRI team

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Gender Studies, Sociology, Development Studies, economics or related fields.
  • Over 3 years of experience in gender, social inclusion, or project management in the field.
  • Experience in designing, collecting and analysing gender-related data. Good analytical skills – either qualitative or quantitative – is an added advantage
  • Experience working with development partners Strong understanding of gender equality principles and local, context-specific barriers to equality. Experience in implementing gender transformative approaches is an added advantage
  • Familiarity with gender and livestock system issues and challenges in the local context
  • Good interpersonal, facilitation and communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in a multi-cultural professional environment and with minimum supervision
  • Willingness to travel frequently, often to rural areas and spend time in the field

Method of application

If you are interested and qualified, kindly submit your application via the link provided below,

https://www.ilri.org/join-us/jobs-careers?jid=61792-field-coordinators-gender&utm_source=Jobinkenya

Deadline  Jul 27, 2026

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