We are looking for a Project Coordinator, Youth entrepreneurship and Employability who will be responsible for the project day-to-day implementation within the project-targeted area through providing both programmatic and administrative support.

What we provide...

An amazing work environment that promotes personal growth through providing professional space to grow and advance your career!!

Your role....

As a Project Coordinator, Youth entrepreneurship and Employability, you will be in charge of the following:

• Facilitating the active participation and building trust with communities and other stakeholders.
• Spearheading the mobilization of all stakeholders and following up routine tasks of the program implementation at site level as required by the project;
• Working in close collaboration with regional and local government bureaus and offices to identify target youth for the project;
• Continuously identifying business opportunities for new youth-led start-ups and wage employment in the target regions and respective project areas;
• Advising and supporting field staff and implementing partners in the implementation of project activities;
• Support in designing and implementing the youth curriculum, training manual and best practice guide for youth entrepreneurship   and better employability;
• Facilitating the provision of basic life, business and technical skills training to young women and men job seekers 
• Working with the partners and micro finance institutions to design strategies to increase youth access to finance;
• Proactively identifying enterprises and other actors for apprenticeship and on-the job training.
• Supporting the effort to link youth led startups with selected financial institutions to increase access to young women and men friendly financial products and services;
• Supporting business startup in addressing challenges, access to markets and development of business to business relations with private sector companies;
• Ensuring regular project data collection and timely reporting 
• Documenting of project lessons
• Establish and ensuring a functional M&E system that assesses the impact of youth empowerment interventions;
• Promoting gender equality in the implementation of the project
• Identifying  potential partner organizations for and preparation of MoU for effectively implementing of the project;
• Maintaining and establishing contacts among local partner organizations and government offices, private sector and others 
• Leading  periodic cash flow and budget revision of the project