Organisation: International
Rescue Committee (IRC)
Rescue Committee (IRC)
Duty Station: Uganda
About IRC:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst
humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives.
Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving
care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or
disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore
safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure.
The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives.
Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving
care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or
disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore
safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure.
The IRC leads the way from harm to home.
Job Summary: The IRC seeks an experienced Training and
Development Specialist to provide technical support for a proposed US
Department of Labor (USDOL) program to help Ugandan youth develop the skills to
secure decent work and to serve as civic leaders in their communities. The
project will target vulnerable youth ages 15 to 18, promoting education and
vocational training and decent work opportunities for those of appropriate work
age. The project will also seek to enhance livelihoods for youth and their
households, support civic engagement of youth, and encourage youth to take on
leadership roles within their communities.
Development Specialist to provide technical support for a proposed US
Department of Labor (USDOL) program to help Ugandan youth develop the skills to
secure decent work and to serve as civic leaders in their communities. The
project will target vulnerable youth ages 15 to 18, promoting education and
vocational training and decent work opportunities for those of appropriate work
age. The project will also seek to enhance livelihoods for youth and their
households, support civic engagement of youth, and encourage youth to take on
leadership roles within their communities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Providing technical support, training and
guidance on best practices to the proposed project as related to
interventions promoting youth employment and participation; - Ensuring the quality and relevance of the
project’s activities to assist youth in securing decent work
opportunities and promote improved livelihoods for youth and their
households; - Supporting the establishment of or
strengthening of targeted support and opportunities for youth, including
non-formal education, technical vocational education, apprenticeships,
entrepreneurship training and support, microenterprise development
opportunities and access to financial services; - Working with the project team, including
partner staff, and others to ensure that all interventions take into
account the holistic needs and capabilities of youth and support their
protection and development; - Working with private sector partners, as
well as relevant ministries and officials, to provide youth with
employment, entrepreneurship, financial service access and networking
opportunities; - Ensuring that in all interventions, there
will be an explicit inclusion and expectation of promoting the active
engagement of youth at all stages of the project cycle, and building
leadership capacity and engagement in community and national forum.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- Master’s degree in economics, education,
international development, or other human development related field. - Minimum of three years of experience in a
leadership position and with demonstrable success in developing
employment/livelihoods training and development interventions, preferably
in Uganda. - Experience with skills training,
employment generation, entrepreneurship,
alternative/additional income generation, and projects promoting
leadership development, preferably with a youth focus. - Understanding of youth empowerment and
development issues. - Experience working successfully with
government agencies and private organizations engaged in promoting youth
empowerment and development, including the provision of livelihoods and
social services. - Experience working with employers’ organizations,
trade unions, or other civil society organizations. - Previous work experience in conducting and
interpreting market surveys and designing and implementing monitoring and
evaluation plans is highly desirable. - Experience managing USDOL-funded projects
is a plus. - Fluency in English is required.
How to Apply:
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Deadline: 31st July,
2013
2013
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