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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant: USAID & PepsiCo's Investing in Women to Strengthen Supply Chains
WHO WE ARE
Come grow with us! If you are a passionate change agent who thrives in a collaborative, entrepreneurial and inclusive, culture committed to operational excellence, we would like to meet you.
At Resonance, you get involved in the work, in the field, not just in the deck. Our teams are autonomous and self-sufficient. You get to weigh in with founders and leaders on how to drive change and grow the movement while growing the company.
Resonance is an award-winning, Certified B Corporation consultancy that delivers market-based solutions to address the world's toughest challenges. We enable a variety of donor, commercial, and investor clients around the world to catalyze lasting impact. Resonance seeks to catalyze large-scale social, environmental, and economic change by fostering new and dynamic forms of collaboration. We do this by fostering public-private partnerships, facilitating sustainable investment, and providing deep analytical insights in frontier markets.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Investing in Women to Strengthen Supply Chains is a Global Development Alliance (GDA) between USAID (United States Agency for International Development) and PepsiCo with the goal to make the business case for women’s economic empowerment (WEE) in PepsiCo’s agricultural supply chains. The GDA is managed by USAID in close coordination with PepsiCo’s Global Sustainable Agriculture team and implemented by Resonance.
As part of the commitment to a sustainable food system, PepsiCo launched a global partnership with USAID to test the hypothesis that supporting women and including under-represented groups in the supply chain can deliver business and social benefits to PepsiCo and our farming partners.
Under the GDA, USAID and PepsiCo work together to strengthen women’s empowerment through training and capacity building on agricultural and business skills, as well as leadership and personal empowerment. The partnership will also increase women’s access to PepsiCo’s potato supply chain and build the gender capacity of PepsiCo’s team. The partnership aims to ensure that women – as farmers or workers – benefit from being directly or indirectly involved within PepsiCo’s supply chains while also being empowered within their households and communities. Together, the partners will make a practical and compelling business case for scaling investments in women’s economic empowerment within PepsiCo and other global companies.
SCOPE OF WORK
Under the guidanceof the Country Manager, and the technical support of the experts based in the US, the Consultant will be responsible for the following main tasks:
- Work in close collaboration with PepsiCo’s Human Resource Department to conduct training needs assessment for PepsiCo’s staff and contractors on topics related to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
- Facilitate various training courses to improve awareness of PepsiCo’s staff, contractors, workers/farmers on issues related to DEI to help them understand the factors that help create workplace well-being through the gender lens and to improve awareness on unconscious bias - a barrier to workplace well-being
- Provide strategic guidance to mainstream DEI in the day-to-day operation of PepsiCo’s contractors/suppliers, including gender responsive/gender inclusive procurement.
- Provide guidance and support to the Project team and PepsiCo’s Agro team on Gender-smart farming solutions
- Lead the implementation of relevant and practical women’s economic empowerment interventions
- Conduct policy reviews and provide training courses to prevent and/or address gender-based violence & and discrimination, sexual harassment, domestic violence
- Contribute to strategic work planning and implementation of program’s activities to deliver the expected results
REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in Gender studies, Sociology, or relevant fields.
- At least 5 years of experience in Vietnam facilitating of organizational capacity development, diversity and inclusion, gender equity, or women’s empowerment training and workshops with private sectororganizations.
- Experience in developing and adapting curriculum for diverse audiences – e.g., corporate staff and entry/mid-level staff, factory workers andfarmers
- Strong workshop facilitation expertise in leading dynamic and participatory workshops with men and women at different levels of the organization regarding sensitive topics
- Proven experience working with, for or providing support and advice to private sector companies on business, people, or performance issues across a range of sectors and companies
- A sound understanding of leading practices onDEI approaches
- Excellent communication skills and fluent written and spoken English
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
All applications must be submitted no later than April 04, 2023 (EST).
SALARY RANGE
Competitive bidding. The terms and conditions of the consultancy services will be negotiated with the successful applicant
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS
This position operates in a professional office environment, and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
As a part of the responsibilities of this job, the employee is required to communicate, detect, converse with, discern, convey, express oneself, and exchange information orally and in writing with others. The employee must be able to make substantial repetitive motions of the wrists, hands and fingers and must be able to lift/move up to 15 lbs at times.
WORK AUTHORIZATION / SECURITY CLEARANCE
It is required that candidates for this role currently have work authorization in Vietnam.
AAP/EEO STATEMENT
The Equal Employment Opportunity Policy of Resonance is to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation) parental status, genetic information (including family medical history) political affiliation, military service, age, veteran status, disability, or marital status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring, appraisal systems, promotions, training, and career development programs. Consistent with these obligations, Resonance also provides reasonable accommodations to employees and applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices.
Resonance believes that employees should be provided with a working environment which enables each associate to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on any of the above-mentioned characteristics.
We expect and require the cooperation of all employees in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls or emails please.