% of time

Activity

20%

Planning:

1. Lead the annual and quarterly planning process of Youth economic empowerment under the supervision of the BLOOM Project Manager
2. Take the lead in the development of Annual Detailed Implementation Plans for the economic empowerment component,
3. In collaboration with the Finance Team and other team members, work on the annual Project Budget,
4. In collaboration with the M&E person, contribute to the development of the Youth Economic Empowerment M&E Plan.

20%

Implementation and Integration:

1. Coordinate World Vision and implementing partner teams in assessing youth empowerment needs and developing appropriate plans in alignment with the project plan and World Vision’s economic empowerment Models.
2. Coordinate with implementing partners’ teams in preparing Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) for Youth economic empowerment activities for all the covered communities,
3. Work with other livelihood projects in planning to integrate Youth economic empowerment with relevant livelihood projects.

20%

Monitoring and Evaluation:

1. Design guidelines and provide technical support in the identification and enrollment of Youth economic empowerment participants,
2. Coordinate the development of the Youth empowerment intervention monitoring tools,
3. Create and ensuring updates of the Project participants database
4. Collaborate with the M&E team to conduct baseline and evaluation surveys to measure the impact of the project.

20%

Capacity building:

1. To be the focal point for Youth Economic Empowerment in World Vision Rwanda
2. Provide capacity building to both World Vision and Implementing Partner staff on Youth economic empowerment Models,
3. Ensure trainees and other users have the adapted and user-friendly Youth Ready training materials,
4. Contextualize Youth Ready and other entrepreneurship training materials to the context of Rwanda,

20%

Communication, Learning, and Visibility:

1) Document lessons learned and better practices on the youth empowerment project, and support the collection and documentation of impact and success stories.

2) Organize learning events to share best practices and lessons learned at the cluster and national level

3) Develop quality and timely project progress reports to be submitted to either the National Office, the Support Office, or/and the Donor.

4) Provide quality data on time to show how the project is contributing to the National Strategy.

KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• 3 years of relevant experience in livelihood programming with a focus on youth entrepreneurship and economic empowerment, Social Science and/or Development Studies, and environmental sustainability.
• Experience in working with the most vulnerable communities, especially youth and women
• Ability to work with youth empowerment stakeholders: parents, local leaders, TVET principals, trainers,
• Should be computer literate in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Must be familiar with economic development models, e.g., Saving for Transformation (S4T), Microfinance (MFI), Local Value Chain Development (LVCD), Business Facilitation (BF), Microfinance, Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET), Women Economic Empowerment (WEE), Regreening communities (RG)
• A good understanding of the Rwanda multi-sectoral approach to graduate people out of poverty.
• Sound knowledge of the Rwanda Resilience and Livelihood programming context
• Proven experience in mobilizing communities
• Experience in identifying, establishing, and maintaining partnerships
• Experience in preparing project and programme proposals
• Knowledge of technical research methods
• Knowledge in the development, validation, and monitoring of a logical framework
• Strong project management skills
• Strong capacity-building skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Belief in World Vision’s vision, mission, and core values,

Required Education,

training, license,

registration, and

certification

• Bachelor`s Degree in Development Studies, Agribusiness, Education, Administration, Economics, Marketing. (If the degree is issued by a foreign institution, an equivalence certificate from the Rwanda Higher Education Council (HEC) will be required)

Preferred Knowledge

and Qualifications

· Preferably with a Master’s Degree in Project Management and/or Development Studies (If the degree is issued by a foreign institution, an equivalence certificate from the Rwanda Higher Education Council (HEC) will be required)

Travel and/or

Work Environment

Requirement

70% of the time is spent travelling to the field.

Physical

Requirements

Language

Requirements

Should be fluent in English, and knowledge of French is an added advantage.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Contact (within WV or outside WV)

Reason for contact

Frequency of contact

Grants Manager

Second line Manager

Daily

BLOOM Project Manager

Supervisory relationship

Daily

Grants Manager

Functional relationship

Weekly

Cluster Managers

Operational relationship and oversight

Monthly

Economic Development Specialist

Collaboration: Integration of Youth economic empowerment within the entire Economic Development Programming

Daily

R&L Sector Lead

Collaboration: Integration of Youth economic empowerment within cluster plans

Technical support

Daily