Economic Inclusion and Agribusiness Advisor

Support to forcibly displaced persons and host communities in Northern Mozambique (Nexus Norte II) is recruiting an Advisor Peacebuilding & Security Risk Management (m/f) for Pemba, Cabo Delegado, Mozambique

The cover letter and CV should be in a single file including relevant annexes.

Deadline of applications submission: 19.10.2026

A. Context

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is a global service provider in the field of international cooperation and capacity building for sustainable development. In Northern Mozambique, GIZ is supporting bilateral cooperation in the area of“Peace and Social Cohesion” since 2022. The project “Nexus Norte – Support to forcibly displaced persons and host communities” is implemented jointly with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). It is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschafliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, BMZ) with the objective to improve the living conditions of forcibly displaced persons and members of host communities in the provinces of Nampula and Cabo Delgado. Nexus Norte works along three outputs, seeking to (1) strengthen capacities for coordinated service delivery across the Humanitarian Development Peace (HDP) Nexus, (2) providing opportunities for technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and income-generating activities and (3) strengthening the preconditions for a peaceful coexistence between different groups.

In order to support project activities in the sector, GIZ is recruiting an Economic Inclusion and Agribusiness Advisor in Pemba, Cabo Delgado.

The Agribusiness and Income Generation Advisor is responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring strategies that improve agricultural related income generation measures that build the resilience of small holder farmers particularly Internally Displaced Persons and host communities in selected districts of Nampula and Cabo Delgado. The role will focus on increasing the income of displaced people by supporting their access into agricultural value chain processes and creating alternative income sources to build household resilience. The actions must include adaptation and provision of gender and psychosocial approaches in direct collaboration with UNHCR and other project implementation partners to guarantee the support to women, especially GBV and other sextortion survivors in all project activities. This position reports to the Deputy Project Manager with regular travel within the country.

B. Main activities

1. Agricultural value chains and income generation:

• Conduct localized value chain analyses in selected districts to identify profitable opportunities for IDPs and host communities.