AGRA is a not-for-profit organization working with African governments, other donors, NGOs, the private sector, and farmers to improve the productivity and incomes of resource-poor smallholder farmers in Africa. AGRA aims to catalyze an inclusive agricultural transformation in Africa by increasing incomes and improving food security for millions of smallholder farmers in Africa. For more information about AGRA, please visit www.agra.org.

In 2024, AGRA reviewed and updated its safeguarding policy to align with the global safeguarding standards and donor requirements. The updated safeguarding policy confirms AGRA’s commitment to safeguarding children, youth and vulnerable people in all its business workstreams and areas of intervention.

To further strengthen its safeguarding procedures, AGRA seeks to contract a consultant to enhance the capacity of safeguarding staff in handling safeguarding cases and conducting administrative investigations into safeguarding and sexual exploitation and abuse cases.

The objective of this consultancy is to

Guided by the AGRA safeguarding policy, the consultant is expected to undertake the following tasks:

Expertise in Safeguarding – The individual consultant should possess indepth knowledge in safeguarding, particularly in case handling and investigations, and have a clear understanding of gender equality and social inclusion within the agriculture sector. Proven track record of carrying out similar assignments.

AGRA works to achieve a food secure and prosperous Africa through the promotion of rapid, sustainable agricultural growth based on smallholder farmers. Smallholders--the majority women--produce most of Africa's food, and do so with minimal resources and little government support. AGRA aims to ensure that smallholders have what they need to succeed: good seeds and healthy soils; access to markets, information, financing, storage and transport; and policies that provide them with comprehensive support. Through developing Africa's high-potential breadbasket areas, while also boosting farm productivity across more challenging environments, AGRA works to transform smallholder agriculture into a highly productive, efficient, sustainable and competitive system, and do so while protecting the environment.