AnthroJobs of the Week, 23 October 2019

The keywords for this week’s AnthroJobs search are ones that are very dear to me and a big reason for my own interest in anthropology in the first place: indigenous rights, communities, and sovereignty. 

Pact, an international non-profit based in Washington, D.C. is looking for a Social Inclusion Consultant for “the USAID-funded… program [to] strengthen the capacity of Indigenous People’s Organizations (IPO) in the Amazon region of Brazil, Colombia and Peru to manage financial resources, thereby improving their ability to take ownership of their own development planning and priorities.” The position will develop a strategy informed by qualitative field research alongside Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPO) “to ensure that the strategy and its approaches respect indigenous peoples’ perspectives and the diverse cultural contexts of the Amazon region.” Train relevant project staff, as well as application and monitoring of the strategy.

Applicant requirements include “an advanced degree in a relevant topical area,.. 5-7 years of experience living and working in Latin America in a relevant topical area,.. demonstrated experience creating a social inclusion or gender inclusion strategy for use in the context of a project,.. and fluency in the primary language of at least one of the countries (Spanish or Portuguese).” To apply go to the job opening’s page on Pact’s website here.