Job Title: Skills Development Specialist
Employer: FHI 360
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Application Deadline: 10th 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.