Category: Programs
Req ID: LOCAL02051
Posted Date: 2020-05-11
Schedule: Full Time
Location: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso BFA

Project Summary:

The Youth Connect activity is one of several activities supporting USAID’s Bridge project, devoted to addressing the development challenges at the nexus of countering violent extremism and resilience. The goal of the activity is to equip vulnerable young women and men in Niger with technical and life skills, networks, and capital for increased strategic economic opportunities. This objective supports the overall Bridge project purpose, which is to address critical unmet needs that are the main drivers of violent extremist recruitment in the Sahel: poor governance, lack of economic opportunity, and perceived exclusion from the benefits and services provided and facilitated by governments in the region.

Position Summary:

The Local Governance Manager will provide oversight and leadership to cultivate opportunities for youth engagement in local governance. The manager will focus on the integration of youth in the local governance processes, ensuring them a voice and opportunities to participate in local government.

Reporting & Supervision:

The Local Governance Manager will report to the Local Governance Technical Lead.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders to enhance relevance of youth’s potential in the overall contribution of local development efforts;
• Organize youth to effectively engage them with local and national policies, investment, services and governance;
• Engage youth in interventions that enable youth to actively address and provide solutions to local water scarcity;
• Ensure the project delivers technical assistance and support in the areas of local governance including providing targeted guidance to the project team on design and implementation activities in a sensitive manner;
• Familiarity with Participatory and Responsive Governance- Principle Activity (PRGPA), the NCCI (Niger Community Cohesion Initiative) activity;
• Promote gender equality and the advancement of women and girls using the Positive Youth Development (PYD) Approach;
• Provide oversight to technical assistance design and implementation related to local governance and engagement;
• Work closely with the Country Director to ensure effective management of the project including but not limited to reviewing and updating key project documentation such as work plans, budgets, manual etc;
• Liaise with relevant local government institutions to support capacity building in youth inclusion;
• Familiarity with Participatory and Responsive Governance- Principle Activity (PRGPA), the NCCI (Niger Community Cohesion Initiative) activity; and
• Oversee the holistic integration of gender equality and advancement of women and girls using the Positive Development Approach.

  Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in international development, education, social work, human development, psychology, political science, governance, sociology or related field required;
• At least five (5) years of general work experience;
• At least three (3) years of experience in designing, managing and implementing youth empowerment, governance, or Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) activities;
• Demonstrated technical knowledge in PYD, CVE, governance, soft skills development, transforming gender norms, and social inclusion;
• Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with local governance leaders, youth leaders, and other stakeholders;
• Deep understanding of youth perspective, dynamics, goals, challenges in the Tillaberi, Maradi, and Diffa regions;
• Experience working with donor-funded programming, USAID preferred; and
• Fluency in spoken and written French required.

  Desired Skills & Qualifications:

• Technical knowledge in youth livelihoods, agriculture, or financial inclusion.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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