Country: Lebanon
Closing date: 31 May 2017
Position Summary:
The Youth Specialist will provide guidance on youth engagement throughout project implementation, particularly regarding youth participation in the labor market. The Youth Specialist will identify youth employment implications or opportunities in the program, seeking to address embedded youth issues and promote youth employment, as appropriate, in all phases of program implementation and internal management.
Reporting & Supervision:
This position reports to the Director of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL).
Expected Outcomes:
- Project will successfully mainstream youth engagement and education into project operations;
- Youth will have an increased awareness of LED activities, of employment or entrepreneurial opportunities and enterprise successes;
- Lebanese youth have increased positive attitudes towards the efforts of LED and employment opportunities in Lebanon; and
- Unemployed Lebanese Youth incomes will be increased.
Primary Responsibilities:
- S/he will be directly working in the design, management, and implementation of youth interventions for the LED project, working to connect internal and external stakeholders for information exchange, program development, and ensuring the overall quality and impact of youth programming;
- Design youth engagement and project activities;
- Conduct staff and partner training;
- Contribute to grant development focusing on youth;
- Contribute to monitoring and evaluation activities focusing on youth employment.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- At least a Bachelor’s degree in social studies, business, international development, or a related field and 5 additional years of relevant experience;
- At least 3 years’ technical experience in donor-funded youth programming.
- Experience with youth-focused employment and business programming is highly desired.
- Previous experience working in the Middle East and North Africa and on economic growth programs is desirable but not required; experience working in Lebanon is highly desirable, but not required;
- Excellent English skills are required; Arabic language skills are highly desirable but not required.
Local and regional candidates strongly encouraged to apply.
Position contingent upon donor funding.
How to apply:
Please apply on company website: https://rew21.ultipro.com/CRE1010/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*7713BE09ACB6A16C