Plan International NGO Careers – Youth Engagement Officer

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Organisation: Plan International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Project Title: Youth
Employability and Governance
Reports to: Team Leader
Governance and Participation
About Plan:
Founded 75 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and
largest child centered development organizations in the world. We work in 50
developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child
rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. Plan’s vision is of a
world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that
respect people’s rights and dignity. Plan is independent, with no religious,
political or governmental affiliations.
About Project:
Plan Uganda has been selected to pilot a one year youth engagement
project due to her track record of meaningful youth participation. The project
focus is to build on existing initiatives to engage young people in internal
decision making to enhance practice and consistency across the organisation as
well as to lay down time-bound strategic goals, objectives and priority actions
for engaging young people in internal decision making. The main objective of
this project is to give Plan Uganda a direction on how young people must be
consulted at all stages in the decision making process.
Job Summary: The Youth
Engagement Officer  will ensure that
youth engagement will have impact across Plan Uganda’s life-cycle approach but
will have focus on adolescence; Ready for the Future – Now, working with young
people 13-24 years). He or she will ensure Plan is an organization where
decision making at all levels is conducted with young people, in an environment
of mutual respect and learning, to better realize our organizational vision and
commitment to putting children at the centre of all that we do. Specifically,
he/ she will ensure that children and youth are given the opportunity and
support necessary to have a significant influence on planning and management of
development programs and projects. The incumbent will provide leadership to
ensure effective coordination of youth Advisory Panels, partnerships and
collaborations, timely and effective work-planning and budget management and
reporting according donor requirements and Plan’s policies.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • The job holder will bear the overall
    responsibility for the establishment of the Youth Advisory Panels (YAP)
    Project within Plan Uganda;
  • Prepare annual detailed project
    implementation plans and budgets;
  • Manage and build relationships with
    partner organisations and other project stakeholders;
  • Develop and oversee implementation of
    Project Monitoring& Evaluation and procurement plans;
    Ensure implementation of policies, principles and operational standards of
    the Child Centred Community Development (CCCD) approach, and the
    citizenship and governance in the project
  • Coordinating annual recruitment of new YAP
    members, with the aim of establishing regional representation throughout
    Plan Uganda Program areas;
  • Networking with key Plan Uganda programme
    areas youth organizations and other key external partners, including
    relevant government departments in support of youth advocacy;
  • Offer technical support in the generation
    of accessible, youth-friendly versions of Plan documents and other
    resources targeting wider youth networks;
  • Develop tools for monitoring, evaluation
    and learning of Plan Uganda youth engagement initiatives, including YAP
    activities, with support from Project Coordinator- Children and
  • Youth Participation;
  • Train and mentor relevant departments in
    Plan Uganda on effective youth engagement and ensure staff are regularly
    updated on activities undertaken by YAP;
  • Support inclusion and participation of
    marginalised youth especially youth with disabilities;
  • Provide day-to-day support to the Global
    Youth Steering Committee Member; and
  • Participate in the global youth engagement
    technical network
  • Perform any other job duties as assigned
    by the supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
  • The applicant should possess a bachelor’s
    degree in Development Studies, Social Work or its equivalent in a related
    field.
  • A minimum of two years’ experience working
    with youth groups/organizations
  • Working knowledge and experience of key
    donor requirements.
  • Prior experience of supporting the
    successful growth of a youth group, organization or network
  • Significant experience in strategy
    development
  • Hands-on experience in working with
    marginalized youth population and on Human Rights/Youth Rights issues
  • Practical experience in participatory
    development and advocacy approaches
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
    skills, in English language, and the ability to adapt styles to meet needs
    of different audiences
  • Excellent networking and partnership
    skills
  • Computer proficiency i.e. skills in
    Microsoft Word and Excel
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates should send  their letters
of application, together with detailed and updated CVs, contact telephone
numbers, copies of relevant certificates, names and contact details of three
references plus salary history to: The Country Human Resources Manager, Plan
Uganda.
Email: uganda.recruitment@plan-international.org
Plan is an equal opportunity employer and qualified female candidates
are encouraged to apply.
NB: Only soft copies of application will be
considered and please indicate the position in the Subject line. Only
Short-listed candidates will be contacted.
As a child centered development organization, Plan strives to ensure
that children are kept safe in all the areas we operate. The organization
further has a child protection policy that every staff is required to sign.
Potential candidates will be required to provide information confirming whether
or not they have ever been convicted of any child abuse crimes.
Deadline: 31st January, 2014.
NB:
Please consider your application unsuccessful if you don’t hear from us by 28th
February, 2014

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