Youth Engagement Coordinator at Save the Children

The Youth Engagement Coordinator is responsible for facilitating and coordinating a robust youth engagement strategy for the EUFT project, with a particular focus on young adolescent   youth, women who have been impacted by environment degradation. The Youth Engagement Coordinator will work closely with the project team to assist in the overall coordination of services and opportunities to ensure adherence to the project objective of youth engagement, building community, equitable practices that promote race equity, diversity and inclusion, and strengthens- community based practice.

The Youth Engagement Coordinator will work with the Communications, Livelihood and SBC coordinator to develop a community engagement program and facilitate opportunities that connect youth and other population to management of natural resources.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

To be successful for this role, you will have/bring the following:

Essential

• Degree or post-graduate qualification in social sciences, development, community development business, program management or equivalent experience.
• At least five (5) years’ work experience in participatory programming with at least 3 with youth and other vulnerable groups youth with advocacy engagements that seek to give voice to vulnerable groups (young people, refugees, persons with disability)
• Understands group dynamics for youth and other vulnerable groups within the agricultural market system in Uganda is an added advantage
• Experience with projects funded by institutional donor (knowledge of rules and regulations)
• A strong belief in the potential for young people influence positive change through participation
• Agile in programme budgeting, planning, monitoring and management
• Significant experience of delivering face to face workshops and creative sessions with young people
• Passion for working with young people and experience and knowledge of the issues they face
• Good understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality and safe working practices
• Experiencing of driving change to adopt a youth-led culture
• Project management experience
• Excellent people skills, adaptable and flexible in manner and approach with an understanding of how to motivate and develop staff
• Excellent written and verbal communication, as well as good listening skills with the ability to communicate with empathy and understanding
• Critical thinking, strategic planning and problem-solving skill

Desirable

• Strong analytical skills and strategic planning abilities.
• Ability to establish and maintain conducive collegial relations and perform effectively as a member of a team.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in multi-cultured environment with people from diverse beliefs and cultural backgrounds.
• Willingness to be based in the West Nile sub-region for months at a time, with frequent travel to project offices and field sites within the sub-region
• Ability to speak some of the local languages in the project operational areas.

 

The organization:

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and protection.  We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize children’s rights and ensure their voices are heard.  We are working towards 3 breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

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