Vacancy: Consultant for Food Systems Stocktaking Exercise

The Huairou Commission has a Consultancy position open for stocktaking members’ knowledge and contributions to food systems as part of the Project titled “Fair for All: Improving Value Chains at scale””– through a consortium that includes Oxfam Novib, Third World Network and SOMO.

We are looking for a consultant to support our efforts to document our current practices and to gather, aggregate and analyze evidence to inform our collaborative learning agenda and advocacy campaign.

Consultancy Objective: Take stock of Huairou members’ knowledge, practices, innovations and contributions to food system transformation and articulate/structure them within a knowledge framework that supports Huairou’s efforts to build a collective learning and a political agenda so that grassroots can position their priorities in global and national policy spaces.

1. Understand main characteristics of those food systems where HC members are engaging and problems they are trying to address
2. Map practices implemented currently or in the past and identify relevant innovations led my HC members
3. Estimate contributions made by HC members to the transformation of food systems
4. Define a knowledge framework that can guide HC in organizing a learning agenda and a political agenda to position grassroots women priorities in relevant policy spaces

Duration of Consultancy: September to October 2023.

Based on the quality of work contract could be extended to support Huairou to shape a grassroots-led political strategy and convene a global grassroots food systems gathering in 2024.

Renumeration: Flexible based on experience

Deadline for Application: September 17, 2023

For the detailed Terms of Reference, view: TOR Food Systems Stocktaking_Huairou Commission