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• Lead
  the planning, organization, implementation and monitoring and evaluation
  of Youth Enterprise Development activities.
• Support
  Youth activities implementing teams and NUYOK staff to develop monthly, quarterly
  and yearly detailed program activity implementation plans on youth and
  young people development.
• Ensure
  timely and high quality delivery of the action phase/livelihoods
  components of the NUYOK programme related to youth and young people
  development.
• Provide
  technical leadership and guidance to the NUYOK programme team in the implementation
  of the youth livelihoods action phase.
• Collaborate
  with appropriate service providers on delivery of quality
  entrepreneurship, youth vocational and technical skills
• Facilitate
  the training, adaptation and appropriate translation of Livelihoods
  component training materials into easy to learn youth friendly reading and
  spoken languages. Among others, this will including materials for group
  enterprise training in agricultural production, market value chain
  analysis, business planning, business development, business management
• Facilitate
  participatory assessment of services, opportunities and demand in program area
  (including service providers’ suitability) is conducted timely and
  properly pursuing the procedures; a list of pre-vetted service providers
  for each location is prepared and signed off; and shared with Youth to
  help them focus their pathway mapping and choice of options to enhanced
  youth entrepreneurship.
• Coordinate
  Youth participation in mapping viable education, vocational training, and apprenticeship
  / employment opportunity service providers.
• Ensure
  procedures are properly followed among the youth and the pathway panels when
  selecting and recommending pathway options.
• Ensure
  that youth have selected viable group enterprises and have the materials, business
  plans and management structures in place; start their chosen enterprise;
  and intensive training to support implementation and monitoring is
  provided on a regular basis
• Support
  NUYOK programme team and stakeholders in mobilizing the youth into groups (agricultural
  production and marketing/business groups, post vocational skills training groups,
  post apprenticeship and formal education groups etc).
• Support
  NUYOK programme team and stakeholders in developing partnerships with vocational
  training institutions, agro input dealers, agro loan institutions and
  potential employers to enable youth secure apprenticeship and employment
  opportunities
• Strengthen
  network and linkages with financial service providers, micro and small enterprise
  development agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure youth are engaged
  in gainful and sustainable wage and self-employment activities.
• Providing
  and supporting a wide range of Business Development Services for marketing
  of youth groups to facilitate their growth and development.
• Link
  youth agriculture groups to input suppliers, to markets, broker
  partnerships, facilitating signing of sales agreements/production
  contracts, extension services and output markets
• Any
  other role as may be assigned by the management

• The
  applicant must hold a Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences, Education,
  Development Studies, BBA, SWASA and Development Economics from an
  accredited academic institution
• Training
  in Entrepreneurship will be added advantage
• At
  least two to five years of relevant experience especially working with
  Youth programmes and related Policy, Advocacy work and social
  entrepreneurship development.
• Experience
  working in Karamoja and proficiency in Luo language is an added advantage.
• Experience
  working in large scale, complex programs and challenging environments
• Proficiency
  with Microsoft Office and other computer applications.
• Possession
  of a valid riding permit is a must.

• Only
  shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
• Canvassing
  for support will lead to automatic disqualification.
• Ensure
  your academic documents are certified before submission of your application.

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