Inclusion Consultant – Young Women

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Inclusion Consultant Young Women to design and implement a targeted inclusion strategy that ensures safe responsive and equitable program delivery for young women across the full learner lifecycle. The role will provide technical advisory support to program teams and partners embed gender-responsive inclusion across outreach recruitment learning and work-readiness activities and address barriers that disproportionately affect young women.

• Develop and implement a young women inclusion strategy to ensure safe inclusive
  and responsive program delivery for young women across all stages of the learner
  lifecycle.
• Provide technical advisory support to program teams and partners on inclusion risks
  affecting young women and recommend practical mitigation and improvement
  actions.
• Ensure young women inclusion is embedded across outreach recruitment learning
  delivery assessments and work readiness and placement activities.
• Support persona-based inclusion approaches for young women translating different
  profiles and vulnerabilities into practical participation and retention supports.
• Coordinate engagement with women-focused ecosystem stakeholders including
  community groups CSOs hubs service providers and relevant government
  agencies.
• Provide guidance to Community and Mobilization teams on inclusive outreach
  design messaging timing and sequencing to improve enrolment and retention of
  young women.
• Identify and address barriers that disproportionately affect young women including
  time constraints care responsibilities mobility and safety concerns access to
  devices and connectivity confidence gaps and social norms.
• Support Learning teams and training providers to embed inclusive practices into
  classroom management and delivery including safe participation norms and
  retention-focused supports.
• Strengthen safeguarding and reporting mechanisms to ensure they are accessible
  trusted and clearly communicated to young women beneficiaries.
• Support the collection and use of gender-disaggregated data in collaboration with
  Monitoring and Evaluation teams to identify trends gaps and corrective actions.
• Produce clear documentation including inclusion toolkits guidance notes
  stakeholder directories monthly inclusion updates and evidence packs for program
  leadership.

Skills & Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree in social sciences Public Health Education Development Studies
  Psychology Human Rights Humanitarian Studies or a related field (Masters degree
  is an added advantage).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience designing or implementing gender-inclusive
  programs at scale with demonstrated outcomes for young women.
• Proven experience translating inclusion commitments into practical delivery tools
  such as checklists standards guidance notes and evidence documentation.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of gender inclusion principles and practical application in
  multi-site programs with a focus on barriers and enablers for young women.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills across community groups
  partners and vendors.
• Ability to translate identified barriers into feasible and operational learner support
  interventions.
• Strong written documentation skills including development of toolkits briefs
  trackers and guidance materials.
• Data-informed approach with the ability to interpret gender-disaggregated data and
  convert insights into action.
• High level of discretion ethical judgement and commitment to do-no-harm
  principles.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools (Word Excel PowerPoint Teams) and shared
  document repositories.

Safeguarding & Equal Opportunity

• Tech4Dev maintains a Strong zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation abuse
  and harassment and is committed to inclusive and ethical program delivery.
  Applications are encouraged from women persons with disabilities and candidates
  from underrepresented backgrounds.

Location: Lagos Nigeria (Hybrid with travel to program delivery hubs and partner sites as required)

Role Start Date: January 2026

Contract Duration- 18Months

About the company

Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev) is a non-profit social enterprise that creates access to decent work and opportunities for Africans by providing digital skills empowerment and advocacy. Established in 2016 its vision is to bridge the digital divide and promote economic prosperity and social mobility for marginalized communities.

Key Initiatives and Programs

Tech4Dev implements several free programs and initiatives across Africa often in partnership with governments and organizations like Microsoft and GIZ to equip youth women and the underserved with necessary skills.

Women Techsters: This flagship initiative aims to train 5 million girls and women across Africa by 2030 in varying degrees of digital deep tech and soft skills to ensure equal access to opportunities and bridge the gender gap in technology.

Emerging Market Model Initiative (EMMI): Implemented in Nigeria in collaboration with several federal and state governments this program uses a blended learning approach to train 36000 youth in digital skills over a year.

Digital for All Challenge: This is a free large-scale digital skilling competition designed to drive digital literacy among youth (ages 16-45) across Nigeria with participants able to win prizes.

Basic Digital Education Initiative (BDEI): This program aims to train 500000 public school students (ages 8-18) and 5000 teachers in foundational digital literacy and STEM concepts.

Digital Skills for the Workplace (DSFW): This initiative focuses on equipping young Africans with top employable skills in areas like software development UI/UX design and cybersecurity through onsite/online learning and internship placements.