- Lead the development, implementation, periodic review, and refinement of India & TOFI s Gender and Social Inclusion Plan (GESIP)
- Liaise with project leaders, Innovation Platforms and other state-level stakeholders, including NGO s and partners, to contextualize and ensure appropriate implementation of the GESIP
- Conduct regular field monitoring visits to review rollout of the GESIP and the effectiveness of measures of meaningfully engaging women, men, youth, and other socially differentiated groups in the project
- Collect, analyze, and summarize gender and inclusion relevant data and communicate findings to TOFI management, implementing partners, and other stakeholders
- Prepare reports for internal use and for submission to USAID as per reporting requirements
- Manage the development of knowledge products (papers, review, working paper, blogs, news articles, power points, posters and other material) and coordinate with the communication team for their wider dissemination
- Contribute to the implementation of ICAR-ICRAF collaborative work plan in India
- Plan and execute CIFOR-ICRAF strategic agroforestry/ forestry--related projects with an emphasis on gender aspects
- Learn, adapt, and introduce new methodologies to modernize the research methods and techniques at CIFOR-ICRAF
- Lead/ contribute to develop concept notes and proposals for resource mobilization
- Liaise and work with CIFOR-ICRAF larger teams based in various countries, with Theme Leaders, and the community of practice within the Asia Region and other geographic regions
- Organize/ assist project reviews, workshops, conferences, meetings organization.
Master s degree in agroforestry/ forestry or in relevant filed with substantive knowledge and experience of gender and inclusion mainstreaming; Having at least 8 years of prior experience as relevant experience in donor-funded projects and or/development programs and as evidenced with high quality publications; Experience in leading and delivering gender-based training; Experience with the use and development of tools for gender and inclusion research, training and engagement for impact is essential; Good skills in use of standard software packages (MS Office); Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.