Plan International recruits 01 Youth Economic Empowerment Specialist

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

 

Plan International is one of the oldest and largest international development agencies in the world. In the Philippines, Plan works with children and their families in poor communities with programs covering disaster risk management, youth economic empowerment, nutrition, and child protection.

 

Plan International invites highly competent, experienced and committed professionals to fill the following position:

 

YOUTH ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT SPECIALIST

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

• Participate and provide technical inputs on youth employment and entrepreneurship project design, proposal writing, and budgeting process.
• Manage the youth economic empowerment (YEE) related projects assigned to him/her.
• Lead in the conduct of technical training and other capacity-building activities related to YEE in their covered area.
• Lead in improving the life skills training modules; both the digital and face to face version.
• Assist in the development of the detailed implementation plan for all YEE programs.
• Represent Plan and liaise with Local government and other government agencies on issues related to the implementation of YEE, livelihood and food programming in the country.
• Assist in the dialogues with LGUs for policy advocacy and formulation.
• This role will be based in Tacloban City, with travel to the various project and program areas of Plan International, in the Visayas.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

• Graduate of Economics, Education, Psychology, Social Work, Community Development or other related courses. Advanced studies on similar coursework is an advantage.
• Has a minimum of five years experience in development work, particularly in implementing projects related to livelihood, youth livelihood, and micro-enterprise development.
• Has a strong background and training on participatory research, project and proposal development, technical-vocational livelihood and monitoring and evaluation methods.
• Has strongly demonstrated skills in establishing and working with various stakeholders.
• Has a good command of verbal and written communication skills. Exposure and use of local languages is an advantage.
• Experience in an international non-government organization is an advantage.
• Applicants must be eligible to work in the Philippines. Local applicants are preferred.

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