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Job Title: National Professional Volunteer: Youth Engagement Specialist
Location: Nationwide
Type of role: Advocacy Policy and Research
Start Date: 15th April, 2020
Duration: 13 months: March, 2020 to March, 2021
Responsible to: Head of Programs
Job Purpose
- The role will involve mobilising youth, identifying and engaging youth organizations, identifying youth employment and empowerment opportunities and challenges, developing initiatives for inclusive youth programming and building relationships with key actors to look at barriers within government policies and programs that hinder youth engagement and development
- The role will involve field travel, organizing meetings, engaging with stakeholders at community, and State levels; Identify, establish and, strengthen youth platforms and providing support in gathering both primary and secondary information in the process of developing youth programmes.
Skills and Knowledge
Successful candidates will be a Nigerian and would have the following skills, knowledge and experience:
Essential:
- Young persons with a Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Diploma in Social Sciences, Management, Business, Economics or other related courses
- Dynamic diploma holders with ambition, youth engagement skills, and exposure are eligible
- Leadership experience in the community or in a business setting
- Meeting facilitation skills
- Familiar with Youth programmes and initiatives in Nigeria
- A good level of spoken and written English
- Ability to use MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
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Job Features
Deadline | 11th March, 2020. |