Earn over 72m Annually as Youth Engagement Advisor at Restless Development ~ Ugandan Jobline Jobs

Organisation: Restless

Development

Project Name: MasterCard

Foundation Driving Youth-led New Agribusiness and Microenterprise (DYNAMIC)

programme

Reports to: DYNAMIC Deputy

Program Director

Duty Station: Jinja, Uganda

Salary: Annual Gross UGX 72,770,825

Restless

Development is an international non-profit organization which is embarking on

becoming the global banner carrier for youth-led development; demonstrating at

the grassroots and policy levels that young people can and must play a lead

role in development. Over the past five years, Restless Development has more

than tripled the size of its budgets and programmes, and has been repeatedly

cited as a model of best practice in youth-led development by the World Bank,

DFID, UNICEF and others.

Working in

consortia with GOAL, Mercy Corps, VSO, the MasterCard Foundation Driving

Youth-led New Agribusiness and Microenterprise (DYNAMIC) programme will strengthen

systems and facilitate the creation of sustainable economic opportunities for

disadvantaged Ugandan youth. DYNAMIC’s overall goal is to increase the number

of young people who are in secure employment or self employment and to promote

effective and efficient agricultural market systems for youth. Through a

market-driven and holistic approach, DYNAMIC will engage an array of public and

private sector actors to increase access to goods, services, markets,

information and productive and social assets to increase productivity of

Ugandan agribusinesses and non-farm enterprises. DYNAMIC will reach 125,000

out-of-school youth aged 15 – 24 living in peri-urban and rural areas within

eight districts of northern Uganda over five years. Through an innovative,

market facilitation approach, DYNAMIC will promote long-term efficiency in

existing agricultural systems. Youth already engaged in on-farm activities will

move from subsistence to more productive and profitable farming. DYNAMIC will increase

the employability of Ugandan youth by facilitating access to demand driven

technical skills, knowledge and market information that directly respond to

business opportunities in the agricultural sector. In parallel, DYNAMIC will

link agribusinesses and microenterprises to market opportunities and diverse

stakeholders, and ensure they can utilize appropriate (formal and informal)

financial services. DYNAMIC’s design recognizes that youth are a diverse age

group requiring tailored interventions to fit their stage in life and

transition into the workforce. In particular, DYNAMIC will ensure that

participating youth, particularly young women, are engaging in appropriate,

safe, and productive economic opportunities.

Job Summary:  The Youth Engagement Advisor will ensure youth

involvement in implementation and provide technical advice on youth engagement

across all elements of the DYNAMIC program. S/he will undertake research and

provide technical design and implementation strategies to link youth to

informal and formal life skills training. The youth Advisor will work directly

with the eight Youth Engagement Officers in each district to provide technical

support to the two different peer education models. The Youth Engagement

Advisor will also work directly with private sector businesses to facilitate

youth entry into employment opportunities.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·        
Ensure meaningful youth involvement and provide

technical advice on youth engagement across the DYNAMIC programme

·        
Ensure peer educators are properly recruited,

training and supported to work with and mentor other youth across the Programme

·        
Carry out youth-led market research to inform

program design, implementation and advocacy.

·        
Work with other consortia members to identify the

private sector actors and promote the benefits of engaging youth as clients,

suppliers and employees, and effective methods of doing this.

·        
Ensure establishment of relationship and linkages of

Peer educators to the private sector actors to identify and develop

opportunities to engage youth effectively in their businesses.

·        
Identify opportunities for young people to access

information and support linkages to government grants and programmes

·        
Support the DYNAMIC evaluation and learning component

that will add to the body of knowledge on viable models to support access to secure

employment and self-employment for youth in Uganda

·        
Ensure achievements and best practices in youth

engagement are documented and shared for programme learning and improvement

·        
Ensure all the relevant activity funds are spent in

accordance with donor guidelines.

·        
Provide direct and ongoing supervision and

managerial support to Youth Engagement Officers and peer educators.

·        
Build the capacity of the PMU and consortia partners

staff’s in youth friendly market facilitative approach to agricultural system

development with youth.

·        
Manage the recruitment and training of programme

staff to ensure staff have the capacity to successfully implement activities.

Ensure staff performance and disciplinary measures are managed in line with consortium

policies and procedure.

·        
Work closely with the Country Director to represent

Restless Development and ensure a good relationship with other DYNAMIC

consortia members

·        
Support compliance with current agreement with GOAL

and the donor

·        
Ensure the representation of DYNAMIC and youth

representatives at the National Youth Working Group

·        
Significantly contribute to the development of donor

reports and PR materials to support the profile and visibility of the DYNAMIC

programme

·        
Support the establishment and maintenance of

relationships with target communities, and local government.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

·        
The applicant must hold a Master’s Degree in

Development studies or other relevant field

·        
A minimum of five years’ experience designing and

delivering youth engagement programmes in Agribusiness and Microenterprise

·        
Broad knowledge and understanding of contemporary

development issues particularly those related to economic opportunities for

youth

·        
Significant experience in providing technical

assistance on youth engagement to government and nongovernment actors

·        
Sound knowledge of personal development issues

related to youth

·        
Excellent organizational, written and verbal

communication skills

·        
Prior experience working in a consortia type of

programmes

·        
Significant experience with Monitoring and

Evaluation systems and research, including participatory research approaches

·        
Strong computer literacy with full knowledge of

office applications

All suitably

qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send a completed

application, form, download

here and send it to: ugandajobs@restlessdevelopment.org, stating the

vacancy job title Uganda – Youth Engagement Advisor.

Deadline: Monday 12^th October 2015

by 5pm (East Africa Time)