Consultant – World University Service of Canada (WUSC)

World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is currently recruiting a consultant to lead the coordination of a gender-responsive baseline study for a new project in Guyana called Empowering the Next Generation: Agency and Gender Equality (ENGAGE Youth). These positions are open to suitably qualified CARICOM Nationals.

PROJECT OVERVIEW: The ENGAGE project aims to increase participation and inclusion of Guyana’s most remote, marginalized, and poorest populations in regions predominantly occupied by Indigenous people. Interventions will focus on marginalized Indigenous populations, women, and youth in Guyana and will include: providing opportunities to improve civic participation; increasing access to resources and fostering more meaningful engagement in decision-making.

POSITION SUMMARY: Under the supervision of the baseline advisory committee (comprised of the ENGAGE Project Director, ENGAGE Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, WUSC Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Advisor, WUSC Gender and Social Inclusion Advisor, WUSC Economic Opportunities Technical Advisor, and ENGAGE Senior Project Officer), the consultant will be responsible for designing the study, sampling, data collection tool development and piloting, enumerator recruitment and training, data collection, data entry, data analysis, report writing, and results dissemination. A detailed description of the scope of the study can be found on WUSC’s website at: https://wusc.ca/careers/terms-of-reference-engage-baseline-study

WUSC offers competitive remuneration packages and subscribes to the principles of employment equity and safety in the workplace and for all stakeholders in the project. While WUSC thanks all applicantsfor their interest, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.

The Empowering the Next Generation: Agency and Gender Equality (ENGAGE Youth) Project is implemented by the World University Service of Canada (WUSC), with funding support from the Government of Canada through Global Affairs Canada (GAC).