Gender Expert

Job Title:
Gender Expert

Location:
Patna, Bihar

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development, and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies, and, most importantly, people's lives.

Project Overview:

This project aims to enhance the productivity, sustainability, and inclusivity of aquaculture systems across Bihar. A key objective is to promote gender equity by increasing women's participation and leadership in the aquaculture value chain—from hatchery operations to market access—while addressing structural barriers, building capacities, and ensuring safe and enabling environments for women and marginalized groups.

Position Summary:

The Gender Expert will lead the integration of gender intentional strategies into all project components. This includes designing gender-responsive interventions, ensuring inclusive participation in training and value chain activities, building institutional awareness, and contributing to monitoring and reporting on gender outcomes. The role demands both strategic thinking and practical field experience with gender mainstreaming in agriculture, aquaculture, or rural development contexts

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a gender action plan in alignment with project goals and donor requirements.
• Lead gender analyses and social inclusion assessments at baseline and throughout the project cycle.
• Design and support interventions that promote women's participation in aquaculture production, hatcheries, cooperatives, and enterprises.
• Work closely with technical teams (e.g., production, digital, market linkages) to ensure all activities are gender-sensitive and promote equitable benefits.
• Build capacity of field staff, partners, producer groups, and community leaders on gender awareness, equity, and inclusion.
• Identify and address barriers to women's access to inputs, services, land, finance, markets, and decision-making spaces.
• Promote safety, dignity, and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention protocols within the project.
• Support formation and strengthening of women-led self-help groups (SHGs), cooperatives, and enterprises in aquaculture.
• Contribute to the development of gender-sensitive communication materials, case studies, and outreach campaigns.
• Track gender-related indicators and report regularly on progress, impact, and lessons learned.
• Represent the project in relevant networks, forums, and stakeholder meetings related to gender and aquaculture.

Qualifications:

Education:-

• Master's degree or higher in Gender Studies, Social Work, Development Studies, Sociology, Rural Development, or a related field.

Experience:-

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in gender mainstreaming, women's empowerment, or social inclusion in development projects, preferably in agriculture, aquaculture, or natural resource management.
• Experience working with rural communities, women's groups, or cooperatives is essential.
• Familiarity with donor-funded project frameworks is an advantage

Skills & Competencies:-

• Strong understanding of gender dynamics in Bihar, particularly within aquaculture, fisheries, or agriculture sectors.
• Experience conducting gender assessments, facilitating community workshops, and designing inclusive strategies.
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Fluency in Hindi and English.
• Willingness to travel to field sites across as required.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:

Palladium is committed to embedding
equity, diversity, and inclusion
into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status. Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding:

We define Safeguarding as "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm". We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

Disclaimer:

Palladium operates a rigorous, multi-stage selection process for all vacancies. Submission of an application does not guarantee advancement at any stage, the receipt of an offer, or onboarding to the specified role.