Job Title: YPI East Africa Coordinator
Organization: Young Peacebuilders
Initiative (YPI)
Initiative (YPI)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda. May consider Kigali, Rwanda
Uganda. May consider Kigali, Rwanda
Pay Arrangement:
Competitive local rate based on experience and skills
Competitive local rate based on experience and skills
Reports to:
YPI Director based in Kampala, Uganda
YPI Director based in Kampala, Uganda
About YPI:
YPI
develops collective impact initiatives nurturing peacebuilding passion and
skill in large numbers of children/youth in contexts impacted by or at high
risk of armed conflict and having very large child/youth populations. These
partnerships also research the peacebuilding impact of their efforts. In this
way YPI helps prevent and end cycles of violence. YPI began operation in 2012
and now has partnerships operating in Rwanda and Burundi.
develops collective impact initiatives nurturing peacebuilding passion and
skill in large numbers of children/youth in contexts impacted by or at high
risk of armed conflict and having very large child/youth populations. These
partnerships also research the peacebuilding impact of their efforts. In this
way YPI helps prevent and end cycles of violence. YPI began operation in 2012
and now has partnerships operating in Rwanda and Burundi.
Job Summary: The YPI East Africa
Coordinator is responsible for managing, supporting and expanding YPI work in
East Africa while maintaining the vision, mission, values and overall strategy
of YPI. The YPI East Africa Coordinator is responsible for the timely
advancement of YPI Africa objectives within budget, including, ensuring
measurement of YPI Africa impact with the support of an international YPI
Academic Advisory Team.
Coordinator is responsible for managing, supporting and expanding YPI work in
East Africa while maintaining the vision, mission, values and overall strategy
of YPI. The YPI East Africa Coordinator is responsible for the timely
advancement of YPI Africa objectives within budget, including, ensuring
measurement of YPI Africa impact with the support of an international YPI
Academic Advisory Team.
Job Objectives:
The YPI
East Africa Coordinator will achieve the following objectives, and take on the
following responsibilities, with support and guidance from the YPI Director.
East Africa Coordinator will achieve the following objectives, and take on the
following responsibilities, with support and guidance from the YPI Director.
- Manage,
strengthen, expand and build sustainability into YPI partnerships in
Rwanda and Burundi. - Launch a YPI
partnership in at least one new East African context within 24 months. - Focusing on
building local YPI capacity, grow sustainable funding for expanding YPI
Africa.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Maintain regular
written and oral reporting to YPI Director on key issues.
Explore New Contexts for YPI Partnerships:
- Discover who is
doing what, where and with whom, related to engaging young peacebuilders. - Identify key
stakeholders from different sectors of society who believe in the YPI
vision and will become champions to help make it a reality. Include NGO,
FBO, CBO, religious, government and education leaders, and leaders at
federal, state, and local levels. - Able to
communicate with a respected university about the need to develop a YPI
Research Institute that will support YPI research and measure YPI
success.
Support the Formation of New YPI Partnerships:
- Identify a small
group of leaders who will gather a broader group of cross sector
stakeholders and walk them through a YPI formation process. - Help them
clarify and commit to the YPI vision in their context. - Help them
identify obstacles to achieving that vision. - Help them agree
on opportunities to overcome obstacles and develop a strategy and
prioritized action plan for achieving the YPI vision in their context. - Help them
develop a committed YPI leadership team. - Help identify,
resource and support a committed and qualified YPI Facilitator in each YPI
context.
Strengthen, Expand and Build Sustainability into Operating YPI
Partnerships:
Partnerships:
- Ensure
leadership teams of each YPI in Africa put their prioritized strategy and
plan into action with a process for continuous progression. - Ensure each YPI
in Africa develops mechanisms for consistent quality communication. - Strengthen,
coach and encourage each YPI leadership team in Africa by helping them
identify and obtain what is necessary to achieve their YPI objectives. - Help continually
develop the skills of each YPI Facilitator in Africa. - Help develop and
manage YPI Research Institutes in each African context in partnership with
the context’s YPI leadership team, and YPI Director and YPI Academic Advisor
Team. - Advise on
child/youth peace building projects, principles and practices that
increase likelihood of success.
Grow Sustainable Funding For Expanding YPI Africa
- Identify,
cultivate relationships with, pursue and acquire funding from new donors
to support YPI’s work in Africa. - Nurture
sustainability of each YPI in East Africa by helping direct them toward
potential funding opportunities. - Manage YPI East
Africa grants and budgets, ensuring timely reporting and contract and
donor guideline compliance.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The applicant
should hold a Bachelors degree in related field - Proven ability
to build collaborative partnerships and negotiate multiple relationships
with various partners - Demonstrated
budgeting, proposal writing, grants acquisition and management skills - At least five
(5) years of experience in peace-building, development and/or related
fields, including democracy and governance issues such as civil society
strengthening - Dynamic
entrepreneurial leader with creative problem-solving skills, particularly
in challenging situations - Excellent
interpersonal and networking skills, as well as the ability to build and
conduct effective professional working relationships at all levels, both
internally and externally - Demonstrated
financial management and program administration experience - Strong oral and
written communications skills - Cultural
sensitivity and adaptability - Experience
working in conflict-affected contexts - Some research
experience, preferably designing and implementing qualitative social
research with children - Spoken and
written fluency in English and local language(s)
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