Skills Development Specialist Careers at FHI 360 in Uganda

Job Title: Skills Development Specialist

Employer: FHI 360

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Application Deadline: 10^th Feb 2015

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assess potential approaches for increasing opportunities for increasing learning opportunities for young people and develop a strategy to scale the most promising ones.

• Develop an understanding of labor market skills in demand to inform project skills development activities.

• Ensure that skills development and leadership activities are accessible to young women.

• Promote age-appropriate learning opportunities based on developmental phases of different age groups.

• Provide technical leadership in community engagement and leadership opportunities for youth.

• With support from FHI 360 workforce experts, provide technical leadership in design, development, planning, and implementation; and capacity-building in quality technical, workforce readiness and entrepreneurship skills training.

• Ensure that project strategies and activities addressing youth are evidence-based and in line with state-of-theart, globally recognized best practices; as well as aligned with Uganda’s National Youth Policy and USAID’s Youth in Development Policy.

• Ensure that the project engages youth in all stages of the project to promote youth leadership and ensure that youth perspectives are taken into consideration.

• Develop and maintains collaborative relationships with donor/client organizations, relevant government agencies, and, youth-serving organizations, and other NGOs.

• As a senior member of the project, the Specialist is responsible for planning and scheduling work flow and timetables for the skills development project activities according to project guidelines.

Skills and Experience:

• Master’s degree in education, business, or other relevant field. A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 10 years of experience may be substituted for a Master’s degree.

• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in workforce development with an emphasis on youth development activities

• Excellent track record of achieving results in similar types of skill development activities. Demonstrated high-level technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills.

• Knowledge of adolescent development and best practices to promote positive youth development

• Expertise in delivering training to diverse audiences with varying levels of education

• Strong critical thinking and technical writing skills.

• Excellent interpersonal and multi-cultural skills coupled with strong public speaking abilities.

• Experience in projects promoting livelihood interventions and youth employment with a focus on food-based economies highly desired.

• Demonstrated knowledge of Uganda’s vocational training opportunities.

• Understanding of child labor issues, including youth employment.

• Experience with USAID or other USG funding highly desired.

• Experience working with relevant government agencies, civil society organizations, employers, and unions.

• Must have strong English written and oral communication skills.

• Experience working in East Africa highly desired.

How to Apply

Submit a cover letter, CV/resume including salary requirements to: The Human Resource Office, FHI 360, Plot 15 Kitante Close, P. O. Box 5768, Kampala, UGANDA or by email to: uganda-info@fhi360.org not later than Friday, 10th February, 2015.