Consultant for Guyana market assessment

We’re looking for a consultant to conduct research on the women’s economic empowerment and entrepreneurship landscape in Guyana.

The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women has been working in Guyana since 2021. Five years into our work, we are seeking to conduct research to refresh our understanding of the Guyanese women’s economic empowerment ecosystem and how we can evolve our programme offer to deliver relevant entrepreneurship support to Guyanese women entrepreneurs.

We are particularly interested in understanding opportunities for expanding support to women entrepreneurs in growth sectors (such as construction, manufacturing, tourism) in Guyana as well as sectors more prevalent in regions outside of Georgetown (such as agriculture and agritech.) The geographic scope for the research includes both Georgetown, other urban centres such as New Amsterdam and Linden,  and harder to reach regions including but not limited to Regions 2, 5 and 9.

Our ideal candidate would have:

• Experience of designing and conducting research and/or market assessments.
• Previous experience working on women’s entrepreneurship projects or research in developing and emerging economies.
• Experience and understanding of the Guyanese business ecosystem and women’s economic empowerment context.
• Availability to conduct the research between July and October 2026.

Please note we are ideally looking for a consultant based in Guyana to conduct the research primarily in person.

How to apply

To apply, please download the terms of reference here and send us a proposed approach and budget for this project. This should be no longer than 5 pages.

Please include:

• Who will be involved in the project and their relevant skills and experience.
• Planned approach to the research project including specifically how the consultant will identify women entrepreneurs and stakeholders to take part in the research.
• Indicative workplan
• Detailed budget
• Approach to ensuring that the personal data is collected, used and stored fairly and using secure means.
• A short work sample (up to 5 additional pages on top of proposal). This can be redacted, anonymised or extracted from a larger piece if necessary.

Please note that interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis as we receive applications. The final deadline for applications will be 5pm (BST) on 15 July 2026.