Youth Engagement, Empowerment & Resilience Adviser (National Volunteer) at VSO

Type of role: Advocacy policy and research
Start date: 15th April, 2021.

Role Overview
Job Purpose: Support Challenge Fund Implementing partners to develop and implement appropriate strategic approaches on youth engagement and empowerment.

Programme information

• The Challenge Fund for Youth Employment (CFYE) https://fundforyouthemployment.nl/, initiated by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), aims to create new jobs and make jobs more accessible for 200.000 youth (half of these for women) in the ministry’s priority focus countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Sahel & West Africa and the Horn of Africa. The fund is open to Private sector and (I)NGO applications (or mixed consortia). VSO will strengthen the work of the selected Implementing Partners through strategic VSO volunteer engagements.
• The aim of the Fund will be achieved by supporting youth employment initiatives in these regions. Initiatives will offer youth, particularly young women, opportunities for decent work that delivers better prospects for personal development, is productive, and offers a stable income, social protection and safe working conditions.
• Strengthen the private sector to engage with youth and to create decent work for youth that meets their aspirations and provides them voice and agency. Develop knowledge products for youth empowerment and support the implementation of these tools within private sector companies, micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and target communities.

Responsibilities
Expected Responsibilities (to be confirmed and refined):
As a Youth Engagement & Empowerment Adviser you will:

• Support partners in developing knowledge products (definitions, guidance, tools, trainings, research, etc.).
• Research barriers in youth economic empowerment.
• Advise on companies on how to build up a resilient workforce
• Conduct on the job training for the target audience and support the revision of the training modules for capacity building of the private sector, to ensure that they are gender and youth responsive.
• Ensure that the lessons learned are retrieved from within the organization and are applied in the programs.
• Make sure that there is an effective M&E report and monitor the learnings on youth engagement and empowerment within employment programs.
• You work in a multidimensional project team, with experts on different kind of areas.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications:

• You have a Bachelor's / Master's degree in Behavioral and Social Science, HR or Business Administration or you are an Economist

Experience:

• You have proven experience (3+ years) in Livelihoods or Economic Empowerment programming
• You have worked for a Private Sector organization
• You have experience with youth engagement policies and strategies, implementation and advisory
• You have experience as an advisor / consultant working with companies, or you have a track record of inputting technical advice into large, successful donor projects, working with country and regional offices, companies, governments and international organizations in a supportive manner

Desirable:

• Experience with Corporate Social Responsibility

Competencies and Behaviour
At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

• Open-minded and respectful
• Resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Seek and share knowledge