Program Officer – Gender, Youth & Inclusion

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AGRA

  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Not Specified
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
  • Length of contract: Not specified
  • Deadline: 15/07/2026
  • Location: Burkina Faso
Economic justice Food security & Nutrition Gender equality and Social inclusion (GESI) Youth
AGRA and its Work to Transform Agriculture
AGRA is an African-led institution that actively supports the drive towards inclusive agricultural transformation and sustainable food systems. We do this by empowering the continent’s 33 million smallholder farming households to transform their agriculture from a struggle to survive to profitable businesses. The continent’s farmers regularly face challenges, and we aspire to provide uniquely African solutions that respond to their agricultural and environmental challenges, leading to increased harvests for reduced hunger and more income.

The Position
Program Officer – Gender, Youth and Inclusion will champion gender‑age responsive approaches to post‑harvest reduction solutions, tackle disparities that limit youth and women’s participation, benefit and empowerment and promote inclusive market linkages. Recognizing women and youth as critical market actors, the role will drive business development opportunities for women’s groups, women-led, youth led enterprises, and smallholder farmers, ensuring they can access and sustain financial services, harvest and post-harvest reduction solutions, including harvesting technologies, drying, storage, and market systems.

Key Qualifications and Experience required:
  • A Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in Gender Studies, Development Studies, Agriculture, Social Sciences, or a related field.
  • Experience working on gender-related issues, particularly in agriculture, food systems, or resilience programs.
  • Strong experience in designing and implementing gender-sensitive strategies in international development projects.
  • Familiarity with post-harvest food loss, food security, and resilience-building frameworks is desirable.
  • Familiarity with the Burkina Faso socio-cultural, political, and agrifood context, including an understanding of the key gender and youth dynamics, local institutions, and the operating environment for agricultural programs in the country is highly desirable.
  • In-depth understanding of gender analysis frameworks and tools.
  • Experience implementing grievance mechanisms, safeguarding protocols, and ESMS in the agriculture sector
  • Proven ability to design, implement, and evaluate gender-sensitive interventions.
  • Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage multiple stakeholders, and meet deadlines.
  • Experience working with vulnerable populations, particularly women in rural areas.
  • Fluency in English and French is required

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