Women and Youth Manager- PReP at TechnoServe

Job Summary

• The Women and Youth Manager will work closely with the PREP program team in Nigeria and in coordination with the Global Women and Youth Practice team to support the delivery of women and youth integration and empowerment activities of the project in the country office. This will include technical support to program staff and partners, staff capacity development, direct management of Women and youth integration activities, support to monitoring, reporting, and knowledge management activities, participation in the Women and Youth Champions Network, and overall support to advance TechnoServe’s Women and Youth Equality Policy.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities

Key responsibilities will include:

• Work with the Project staff, develop activities as part of the annual work planning process under each of the project's program areas that address women and youth and youth issues while ensuring that all work plan activities are youth-inclusive and women and youth-sensitive or transformative.
• Collaborate to improve the overall women and youth strategy for Nigeria.
• Provide technical oversight and technical assistance to a portfolio of activities across the project.
• Support the development of women and youth Analysis for the PReP projects that will inform program design and implementation.
• Identify, develop, and support deployment of women and youth- responsive activities to meet the needs of clients.
• Build local capacity for women and youth integration, and facilitate women and youth-related training for TechnoServe Nigeria staff and partners.
• Be the focal lead in developing and adopting women and youth analysis tools including action plans which assist with the design and implementation of activities and continuously improve technical excellence.
• Conduct assessments and facilitate meetings, as needed, with key stakeholders and clients to identify measures to improve inclusiveness, especially for women and youth within program interventions.
• Provide strategic guidance and counsel to program leadership and staff on women and youth integration approaches, priorities and compatibility with program aims and resource constraints.
• Facilitate monitoring of women and youth integration in activities and inclusion in program reports while contributing to reporting on women and youth-related topics.
• Support the development of key knowledge products (e.g., case studies, lessons-learned documents, etc.) that facilitate program development, program implementation, internal knowledge sharing, and support the behavioral change required to achieve the program’s key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Be a major part of staff and consultants’ recruitment and hiring processes on women and youth related elements within various programs.
• Work with the women and youth Practice team to ensure all indicators on the PReP project are being met.
• Participate in regular meetings with program leadership and staff as well as the Global women and youth Practice team.
• Participate in the women and youth Champions Network.
• Participate in Nigeria women and youth working group.

Basic Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree with at least 7 years’ experience or a Master’s degree with at least 5 years’ experience in Development economics, Sociology, Anthropology, women and youth or related relevant discipline.
• Demonstrable experience implementing practical approaches to advance women and youth and youth equality programs; experience working with donor-funded programs in Nigeria highly preferred.
• Experience and an established relevant network in Nigeria will be considered a plus.
• Demonstrated success in leading tasks, activities, or initiatives requiring a combination of strong analytical, writing, social and management skills.
• Experience implementing approaches to mitigate and reduce women and youth-based violence in economic growth programs will be considered a plus.

Required Languages: English

Travel: In-country travel up to 40%

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Experience in adult learning techniques, excellent in-person and virtual facilitation skills.
• Must be able to work across teams to influence behavior and build capacity.
• Ability to work both persuasively and diplomatically in a team-based environment with a high degree of complexity and ambiguity.
• Ability to communicate complex women and youth and youth issues with clarity and precision.
• A deep, demonstrable commitment to women and youth and youth equality and economic empowerment.
• High standards of personal integrity; a commitment to achieving sustainable impact, learning, and teamwork; and excellent sense of humor required.