Gender Disability Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Analysis for an IT skills training and employment program.

Fee: To be negotiated
Location: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia

Please note that this work is subject to funding approval

Project Background:

Sightsavers is implementing a 5-year IT skills and employability program across seven countries in Africa. The program’s central aim is to improve access to dignified and fulfilling employment for young people with disabilities across Africa.

We are seeking the services of a consultant to carry out a GEDSI (Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion) analysis in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. A strong GEDSI lens is fundamental to achieving these outcomes. Country‑specific GEDSI analyses will enhance understanding of gendered norms, disability stigma, and intersectional barriers that limit access to IT skills development and decent employment for young men and women with disabilities. Insights will guide adaptive programming, outreach strategies, training design, family and community engagement, safeguarding considerations, and policy advocacy priorities.

Duration of Project

The consultancy will tentatively run between 8 April to 31st July 2026, with an expected 34 working days distributed over this period. The consultant will develop a detailed workplan at inception.

Minimal qualifications for a Lead Consultant/ Team Members

• Master’s degree in Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Development Studies, Public Policy, Education, or related fields or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience in conducting GESI/GEDSI Analysis and developing GESI/GEDSI strategies, action plans and monitoring frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience in social behaviour change programming. Specific experience in carrying out behaviour analysis in social inclusion programs is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with gender-, disability- and age- sensitive approaches in social inclusion
• Experience in youth empowerment, skills development, youth employment and entrepreneurship. Specific experiences in IT skills development and employment is an added advantage.
• Experience in conducting qualitative participatory research.
• Extensive experience in facilitating the sharing of project learning and knowledge and supporting people / projects to apply the learning
• Proven ability to produce high-quality analytical report and knowledge products.
• Strong ethical and safeguarding standards
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Availability within the specified period
• Knowledge of the national context in the selected country

How to apply

Application Submission

Applicants should apply for one country only Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia). One consultant/consulting team will be selected per country.

Interested applicants will apply via our application portal and complete a number of Application Questions, as well as the online Expression of Interest form (EOI). Please do not complete Section 4 “addressing the requirements” or Section 5 “costs” of this form. Instead, please provide the following:

• EoI form (excluding sections 4 and 5, details above)
• A technical proposal that is no more than 5 pages (excluding Annexes), detailing:
  • Alignment of the consultant/consulting team’s skills and experience to the Terms of Reference
  • Understanding of the assignment
  • Proposed methodology and work plan
• Financial proposal (in the country currency) with a clear cost estimate of professional fees, data collection costs and other logistical costs(excluding dissemination and gender action plan development workshop).
• CV(s) with recent, relevant experience.
• Uploading examples of similar completed work will assist your application but is not essential.

Application Deadline: 15th March 2026
Remote interviews to be held: Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 March 2026
Work to commence: week commencing 8 April

Please click the below link to view the full advert, Terms of Reference and to express your interest in this work.

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