International Inclusive Trade Consultant
This home-based individual consultancy delivers 30 days of work over 10 months to advance gender, disability and social inclusion in Lao PDR’s trade and business environment, including green-trade and climate-change action planning. It offers clear climate-and-inclusion policy value with flexible scheduling.
LaosThis opportunity has closed. The brief remains available for reference.
Why we picked it
Apply if you can turn inclusion analysis into a government-ready strategy and action plan. The assignment includes strengthening the MOIC Gender Mainstreaming Strategy and operationalising the Gender and Disability Action Plan and Green Trade and Climate Change Action Plan across LCTP 2.
Best for The target profile is a postgraduate professional with at least 10 years of international experience in gender mainstreaming, disability-inclusive development, social inclusion or related trade/private-sector reform. Best audience: senior inclusion, trade-policy or development-policy consultants.
What you'll do
Synthesize evidence, conduct gender and disability-inclusive assessment, develop institutional strategy and action planning, and validate the outputs through stakeholder consultation. Work is home-based with in-person discussions in Vientiane and agreed remote flexibility.
Who they want
Required: postgraduate degree in gender studies, international development, public policy, economics, trade, law or a related discipline; 10 years of relevant international experience; strategy, policy or action-plan development; gender analysis, disability-inclusive assessments and stakeholder consultations; strong writing and communication; fluent spoken and written English. Lao is an asset, not mandatory.
Before you apply
Deadline: 19 October 2026 at 16:00 Vientiane time. The application asks for a CV, expression of interest and references; email submission is acceptable. No compensation amount is stated. The 30-day workload is intermittent across 10 months, with stakeholder discussions in Vientiane.
This opportunity has closed. The original posting is retained for reference.
Published 11 Oct 2026.