Position: Youth and Skills Expert
Location: Libya, Benghazi
Application Deadline: 10th July 2022
Duration: Full-time
Start Date: As soon as possible
SPARK is an international development organisation with more than 28 years of experience in supporting entrepreneurship development in fragile states. Soon we will start implementing a new programme to support entrepreneurship development and MSMEs growth in the Benghazi region.
We are looking for a results-oriented and experienced Youth and Skills Expert. He/she is responsible for overall managing the youth and skills component on an EU project in Libya. The position offers a great opportunity to be deeply involved in business development and (youth) job creation in conflict affected environments.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
The responsibilities and tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Work with youth and a pool of partners on creation of new and support of existing youth-centred start-up activities;
- Developing, selecting, and implementing networks and systems of youth skills engagement;
- Organize events and capacity building activities to support youth entrepreneurship development;
- Facilitate training programmes for youth and adults on vocational and entrepreneurial skills;
- Promoting collaboration through the design of training curriculum to promote entrepreneurship and provide skills training to youth for future employment;
- Contribute to learning expertise development across programmes/regions in this area of expertise;
- Liaison with key stakeholders and partners;
- Execute monitoring and reporting tasks for the relevant program component.
Requirements and Skills
- At least 3-5 years’ experience working with youth entrepreneurs, start-ups, youth skills development;
- Solid understanding of vocational education, youth capacity building, curriculum development and/or another relevant field;
- A relevant network in Libya;
- Bachelor’s Degree required, and master’s degree strongly preferred in business administration/MBA, international business, international relations or relevant field;
- Demonstrated ability to cultivate, build and maintain strong working relationships with youth groups in fragile settings;
- Familiarity with a broad range of innovation approaches and methodologies.
- Fluency in spoken and written English and Arabic. French is an asset.
- Forward-thinking, proactive and service minded;
- Available and willing to very frequently travel between project locations in Libya.
SPARK Offers
- A challenging and exciting field position in an international environment and an opportunity to contribute to impact full interventions for youth in Libya;
For questions about the vacancy, please contact Imen Ben Ammar through [email protected]@spark-online.org with reference Libya: Youth and Skills Expert.
All applications will be assessed on a rolling basis; interviews can therefore take place before the application deadline. However, due to the large volume of applications we receive, we cannot respond to every applicant individually. There may be a delay between the deadline and the moment we contact selected applicants.
If you have not received a reply, we regret to inform you that we have continued with other candidates.
At SPARK, we embrace diversity in thoughts, opinions, and backgrounds. We’re open-minded and committed to creating a work environment of mutual respect. That’s why your gender, age, religious beliefs, race, sexual orientation, skin color, or any other difference in your background doesn’t influence our hiring decision.
About SPARK
SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship, so that young ambitious people are empowered to lead their conflict-affected society into prosperity. SPARK is a dynamic and growing not-for-profit development organization with 100+ staff members, which supports young entrepreneurs to start or grow their own businesses. SPARK provides displaced youth and women with access to higher education in fragile areas. SPARK specifically focuses its intervention on localization through building the capacities of local partners and stakeholders, green entrepreneurship, digitalization, and women entrepreneurship.
