fbpx

Youth Inclusion Lead – Tanzania Horticulture Activity at Corus International 

Filed in Jobs Posts by on October 26, 2021 0 Comments

Job Position Youth Inclusion Lead – Tanzania Horticulture Activity at Corus International

Longtime partner INGOs Lutheran World Relief (LWR) and IMA World Health (IMA) have founded Corus International to spearhead new collaborations and innovations across the global development, aid, public health, and private sectors that achieve transformational change and build self-reliance.

LWR is seeking a Youth Inclusion Lead for an upcoming USAID-funded horticulture opportunity in Tanzania. The five-year project will focus on increasing the commercialization, inclusiveness, and competitiveness of horticulture market systems in Tanzania.

Summary of the Position

The Youth Inclusion Lead will provide vision and leadership to implement youth-focused outreach project activities including preparing youth for gainful employment and entrepreneurship and expanding access to critical information. The Youth Inclusion Lead supervises the work of Regional Youth Specialists embedded in project regional offices. The Youth Inclusion Lead will establish/strengthen relationships with private sector companies, farmer associations, etc.

This position will be based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and will report to the Chief of Party.

Actual hiring is contingent upon successful award and USAID approval. Nationals of Tanzania are strongly encouraged to apply.

Duties:

  • Provide leadership on youth-focused strategy and activities for the project
  • Monitor Regional Youth Specialists’ performance and provide capacity strengthening support when needed
  • Work closely with selected private business stakeholders and local government to develop their internal and external youth, livelihood, and gender programming capacities
  • Liaise with relevant Ministry of Agriculture counterparts and key stakeholders
  • Empower youth nationally to establish and maintain strong working relationships with local youth-led organizations, local civil society organizations, private sector companies, and other value chain stakeholders
  • Empower youth and their communities to acquire the knowledge, skills, and resources to advocate for youth-friendly practices within the horticulture sector
  • Establish strategy for youth in skills training (tailored to regional context) to implement and/or carry out income-generating activities (food, marketing of agricultural products, savings and credit activities, solutions/resilience to various shocks and stresses) in coordination with the technical team
  • Coordinate with the monitoring and evaluation team to develop and implement youth responsive M&E systems and indicators across project activities
  • Analyze regional inputs and draft contributions to the project’s quarterly, biannual, and annual reports by highlighting successes, challenges, lessons learned, and opportunities in youth programming within the project
  • Ensure visibility of youth-related project results, achievements, and lessons learned through presentations at conferences and workshops and/or by publishing articles through professional journals

Similar Job Posts

Qualifications:

The position requires a competent and experienced person with the following attributes:

  • Postgraduate degree in international development, agriculture, or relevant field with a minimum of seven years of demonstrated experience in youth-led economic growth and livelihoods programming on donor-funded international projects (such as USAID, EU, FCDO, etc.)
  • Competence in designing portable skills curricula and facilitation of capacity building workshops for community, private companies, and public sector engagement
  • Fluency in English and Kiswahili in oral and written communication
  • Advanced skills in MS Packages, and experience in monitoring, evaluation, and adaptive management
  • Demonstrated understanding and application of USAID Youth in Development Policy and Positive Youth Development frameworks preferred
  • Extensive knowledge in youth entrepreneur regional experience and experience in the Tanzanian country context strongly preferred
  • Ability to travel within the country as needed
  • Willingness to support Lutheran World Relief’s mission

IMA/Corus International OR LWR/Corus International is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). As such, Corus makes employment decisions and provides equal employment opportunity without regard to an applicant’s or employee’s race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, and local laws. If you need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please notify Corus’s Human Resources departmen

HOW TO APPLY: CLICK TO APPLY ONLINE VIA OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Tags:

About the Author ()

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Zam Careers