Livelihoods and Skills Development Expert

Job Title: Livelihoods and Skills Development Expert

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Expected Start Date: August 2025

About the Assignment

We are seeking Livelihoods and Skills Development experts to join as consultants for an upcoming project aimed at strengthening women's empowerment and resilience in Mint farming communities.

The project is expected to directly benefit smallholder farmers by enhancing production systems and strengthening social capital, while contributing to a comprehensive transformation of the mint farming sector in Uttar Pradesh, India. The project aims to adopt a holistic approach to reduce the living income gap by integrating economic, social and environmental interventions. It empowers women through leadership development, entrepreneurship, and collective action while addressing systemic gender norms through sensitisation and capacity-building efforts.

Key Responsibilities

The consultant will play a critical role in the following activities;

• Contributes to a diagnostic study for women's skill gap and market demand for green

enterprises

• Facilitate business incubation models and mentor the training sessions for women-led business enterprises.
• To develop a market linkages strategy for women-led enterprises.
• Foster partnerships with public and/or private sector training programs/ institutions and
• financial agencies for skill building and linkage support.
• Coordinate closely with the project team and field teams to arrive at a sound

Survey strategy for data collection to identify interventions.

• Quality checks for the survey data and processing to develop robust analysis.
• Contributes to Knowledge Management

Required Qualifications and Experience (Must Have)

• Master's in Rural Development, Social Work, Agriculture, Development Studies, Economics, or equivalent
• Proficiency in English and in Hindi languages
• Minimum 6 years of experience in Rural Development
• Min. 4 years of experience in micro enterprise for Livelihood promotion with state/ national level agencies.
• Must have worked for at least 1 year in Uttar Pradesh

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit:

• A detailed CV highlighting relevant experience and qualifications.
• A cover letter explaining suitability for the role and experience related to the key responsibilities.
• References from previous relevant assignments.

Applications should be sent to EHI International via email to talent@ehii.in.

EHII is an equal opportunity employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment. EHII does not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, or any other characteristic protected by applicable or local law.