Local Stakeholder Engagement Facilitator - Zambia – Zambia

Aninver Development Partners SL (www.aninver.com) is looking for a Local Stakeholder Engagement Facilitator - Zambia for a ict, trade consultancy assignment financed by UNIDO in Zambia.

Aninver Development Partners SL is seeking a qualified Local Stakeholder Engagement Facilitator in Zambia for an upcoming UNIDO-financed initiative focusing on the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector within critical mineral value chains. This assignment applies a market systems development approach to address systemic challenges, inform skills development, and promote decent employment opportunities, with a strong emphasis on gender equality and social inclusion.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in bridging international expertise with local insights, ensuring seamless engagement with public and private sector actors, mining cooperatives, and institutional stakeholders across the target provinces. The expert will facilitate participatory processes, support primary data collection, and help validate strategic recommendations to strengthen the national institutional ecosystem for inclusive market integration.

Aninver is preparing a proposal for this assignment. The selected expert will be part of the proposed team; the engagement is conditional on the contract being awarded to Aninver. The full Terms of Reference for the position are shared with shortlisted candidates.

Objectives of the assignment

• Facilitate effective engagement and coordination with local stakeholders, institutional counterparts, and market actors across target provinces.
• Support primary data collection activities, including interviews and focus group discussions with diverse mining sector participants.
• Map local roles, incentives, relationships, and power dynamics among central and provincial actors.
• Contribute to the identification of key constraints impairing access to decent employment for women, youth, and persons with disabilities.
• Assist in organizing and facilitating stakeholder validation workshops to review preliminary findings and strategic recommendations.

Scope of work

• Review existing local policies, institutional frameworks, and stakeholder mappings related to the national mining and TVET sectors.
• Coordinate logistics and scheduling for consultations with government regulators, mining associations, cooperatives, and training providers.
• Support qualitative and quantitative primary data collection using structured root-cause diagnostic approaches.
• Contribute to mapping local market systems and documenting insights on formalization, trading, and skills acquisition dynamics.
• Synthesize feedback from local consultations to feed into the final market systems analysis report and intervention options matrix.
• Support the preparation and facilitation of in-person stakeholder validation workshops in Zambia.

Your role as Local Stakeholder Engagement Facilitator - Zambia

• Serve as the primary liaison between the international consulting team and local Zambian stakeholders across target provinces.
• Organize and moderate consultative meetings, focus group discussions, and interviews with artisanal and small-scale mining operators.
• Identify and secure participation from key community leaders, women's groups, youth representatives, and local government officials.
• Support the field data collection team by providing contextual guidance and ensuring culturally appropriate engagement.
• Assist in capturing, translating, and synthesizing stakeholder feedback for inclusion in diagnostic reports.
• Help design, coordinate, and document the proceedings of the national stakeholder validation workshop.
• Ensure that gender equality, social inclusion, and local sensitivities are consistently integrated into all engagement activities.

Requirements

• University degree in social sciences, development studies, communications, business administration, or a related relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in stakeholder engagement, community facilitation, or project coordination within Zambia.
• Demonstrated familiarity with the Zambian institutional context, particularly concerning the mining, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), or related industrial sectors.
• Proven experience in organizing and facilitating multi-stakeholder workshops, focus groups, and consultative dialogues under donor-funded projects.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and networking skills with the ability to engage effectively with grassroots operators and high-level officials alike.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken), alongside strong proficiency in relevant local languages spoken in the target provinces.
• National of, or based in, the project country

Desirable

• Prior professional experience working on market systems development (MSD) or private sector development initiatives.
• Previous involvement in projects focusing on gender equality, social inclusion, youth empowerment, or vocational training.
• Established professional network across mining associations, cooperatives, and regional government bodies in Zambia.

A seasoned local engagement professional with deep knowledge of Zambia's mining ecosystem and exceptional facilitation skills, capable of bridging grassroots realities with high-level institutional dialogue.

Assignment details

• Location: Zambia
• Financed by: UNIDO
• Sector: Ict, trade
• Estimated duration: 3 months
• Contract: individual consultancy (conditional on award)

About Aninver Development Partners

Aninver is an international development consulting firm headquartered in Spain. It supports governments, development banks, UN agencies and bilateral donors with feasibility studies, technical assistance, evaluations and capacity building across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Asia-Pacific, working with a network of international and national experts.

Why apply

• Join a multidisciplinary team on a UNIDO-financed project in Zambia.
• Individual consultancy: flexible, output-based engagement with an experienced proposal team.
• Your CV stays in Aninver's expert network for future assignments that match your profile.

How to apply

Sign in (or create a free account) and upload your CV in English. Add your LinkedIn profile, indicative daily rate and availability to speed up the assessment. Aninver will contact the shortlisted candidates.

Frequently asked questions

Is the position confirmed? The engagement depends on the contract being awarded to Aninver. Shortlisted experts are included in the proposal with their consent.

Can I apply if I am not based in the country? This position requires a national of, or a professional based in, the project country.

What happens with my CV? It is used to assess your fit for this and future positions and is not shared with third parties without your consent.