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GOAL is currently seeking to hire a Youth Engagement & Participation Portfolio
Coordinator to join our Uganda team. This is an exciting opportunity for you
to join an extremely dynamic International NGO and to apply your skills in
youth sensitive engagement, CSO partner management and program Coordination.
If you are familiar with partnership management, engagement of youth and other
vulnerable groups women, refugees and persons with disabilities,
participatory programming and design in livelihoods and market systems context
within Uganda and internationally, then this role is perfect for you!

About the Role ⇒ The Youth Engagement & Participation Portfolio Coordinator
is a position reporting directly to the Deputy Program Director and be part of
a YAW- Markets for Youth program team. The Youth Engagement & Participation
Portfolio Coordinator will coordinate with CSO partners to deliver robust
strategies for mobilizing and engaging youth and other vulnerable groups
within the agricultural market system, coordinate youth centered advocacy
initiatives at district, regional and national level to enhance the youth
voices in driving policy reforms within the agricultural sector and work
adaptively to increase opportunities for youth communicate and share
innovations in agribusiness. The YEP Coordinator will work collaboratively
with the YAW program management team to ensure that 15,750 Rural young women
and men collectively and collaboratively work together to increase their
purchasing and influencing power in the agricultural market system. YEP
Coordinator will also lead CSO partner processes to ensure all reports are
submitted on time.

Key Duties and Responsibilities ⇒ The key responsibilities of the role will
be-
Programme Coordination and Direct Technical Support on Youth Engagement
and participation
⇗ Lead development of technical SOPs and guides for training and skilling
youth in group formation, group dynamics, problem identification, youth-led
research and advocacy and the use of online platforms to increase
collaboration and sharing innovations within the agricultural market system
⇗ Coordinate with portfolio coordinators to develop or leverage opportunities
for improved small enterprises and business to showcase their positive
experiences to other young people at district, reginal and national levels
⇗ Build or leverage relationships between young people with incubators,
accelerators, BDS providers, and other key market actors such as FIIs and PSAs
⇗ Support groups of youth to network and collaborate with other young people
across districts and regions to share information, business innovations/ideas
and experiences using youth sensitive forums within the agricultural market
system.
⇗ Support groups of young women to individually or collectively pursue new or
existing business ideas for improving business performance through co-design
opportunities and showcasing success/failures.
⇗ Monitor policy discussions and reforms within the agricultural market
system to increase youth influence and participation on government programmes
targeting agricultural market systems at district, regional and national
levels
Support CSO Implementing Partners for youth engagement & participation

⇗ Support program partners to work adaptively by co-designing youth
empowerment interventions that maximize their unique strengths and aligns with
contextual realities across priority districts and regions in Uganda
⇗ Train/mentor partner staff in delivering youth sensitive programming with
emphasis on training, coaching and mentoring for young people within the
agricultural market system in group formation, group dynamics, youth-led
research and advocacy, and use of online opportunities to share innovations
and best practices in agribusiness.
⇗ Strengthen the capacity of local partners to facilitate youth participation
in new/existing self-help groups for employment, engagement and participation
in decision making within the agricultural market system
⇗ Monitor CSO partner plans and budget spending to inform projections for
programme activities
⇗ Support partner capacity development plans to ensure partner compliance
with organisational development priorities identified from partner
organisational assessments According to GOAL partnership development
procedures
⇗ Organize partner coordination/learning and reflections sessions to leverage
program learning and enrich intervention strategies across the priority
districts
Contribute to Program Quality Control, Learning and adaptive management

⇗ Monitor program implementation to ensure adherence to the set Standard
operating procedures SOP’s, training manuals and curricular to guide youth
engagement.
⇗ Monitor implementation of program strategies and consistently review their
effectiveness in achieving youth voice and empowerment in the priority
districts.
⇗ Work closely with GOAL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning team to ensure
that the programme has appropriate M&E plans and staff are adhering to them
and reporting on a timely basis
⇗ Work closely with partner staff to ensure technical quality of
implementation through training and coaching and monitoring of implementation.
⇗ Improving program intervention /co-design opportunities; Utilize evidence
and data from MEAL team to guide reflection, learning and adaptation/ youth
engagement strategies to attain efficiency and effectiveness within the
agricultural market system
⇗ Review partner narrative and financial reports and flag issues for
discussion with partner teams
Reporting and coordination
⇗ Develop program information flow matrix and ensure that partners can upload
and retrieve program data using a robust information sharing and storage
products.
⇗ Draft all quarterly reports and workplan updates for youth engagement and
participation component
⇗ Ensure regular updates of actors and stakeholders within the agricultural
market system whose roles and actions have an effect on the participation of
youth in the system WDWW matrix
⇗ Ensure regular updates of issues emerging from program implementation
issues log
⇗ Organise monthly internal coordination meetings for youth engagement and
participation component – using mechanisms as the CRFM to enhance feedback
generation and response
⇗ Organise quarterly and bi-annual coordination meetings for partners
supporting youth engagement and participation component.
Direct Supervision and Performance Management of Field Teams
⇗ Manage all aspect of staff in line with GOAL policy – timesheets, objective
setting, performance reviews
⇗ Liaise closely with Portfolio Coordinators, Market Systems specialists and
with MEL staff to ensure work quality oversight and team integration
⇗ Build a strong team and consortium, leveraging unique strengths of all team
members

Qualifications, Skills and Experience ⇒ To be successful in this role, you
will need
⇗ Degree or post-graduate qualification ideally with a specialization in
social sciences development, business, program management
⇗ At least five 5 years’ work experience in participatory programming for
youth and other vulnerable groups youth with advocacy engagements that seek to
give voice to vulnerable groups young people, refugees, persons with
disability
⇗ Experience in policy analysis especially agriculture, market systems,
National & Local Governments budget cycle in Uganda
⇗ Past experience in partnership management especially for CSOs and
potentially private sector in Uganda
⇗ Facilitation of training & workshops, coaching and mentoring staff
⇗ Understands group dynamics for youth and other vulnerable groups within the
agricultural market system in Uganda is an added advantage
⇗ Experience with projects funded by institutional donor knowledge of rules
and regulations
⇗ A strong belief in the potential for young people influence positive change
through participation
⇗ Agile in programme budgeting, planning, monitoring and management
⇗ Experience of market-based development programs is an advantage

Safeguarding
Children and vulnerable adults who come into contact with GOAL as a result of
our activities must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from
deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of
abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that
GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous
background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.
Accountability within GOAL
Alongside our safeguarding policy, GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and
has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be
expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability
⇗ Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding,
code of conduct, health and safety, confidentiality, do no harm principles and
unacceptable behaviour protocols.
⇗ Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any
wrongdoings within our Programmeming area.
⇗ Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or
partner.

GOAL
Established in 1977, GOAL is an international humanitarian agency, with a
global team of 2,400 personnel, dedicated to alleviating the needs of the most
vulnerable communities. Currently operating in 13 of the world’s most
vulnerable countries, GOAL delivers a wide range of humanitarian and
development Programmemes, ranging from humanitarian relief in disaster
situations, to focusing on nutrition, food security, and building greater
resilience and sustainable livelihoods.

General description of the country programme
First operational in Uganda in 1979, the current GOAL Uganda country programme
focuses on Health including WASH, Health Accountability and Nutrition
programing; and a market-based systems approach to improving agricultural
livelihoods and WASH. GOAL Uganda mainstreams gender, child protection, social
behaviour change and resilience strategies across all programming. GOAL works
on a district focused approach and uses a mixture of direct implementation and
partnerships with national and international civil society organizations,
local government, the private sector and communities to give effect to our
mission.

GOAL Uganda has a skilled team of approximately 100 personnel and manages an
annual operating budget of approximately €8.7 million 2018. GOAL is
currently operational in the North, South, East and West of Uganda with six
established offices in Kampala, Lira, Bugiri, Abim, Kaabong and Agago
Districts. GOAL Uganda country programme is funded by a number of donors who
include Mastercard, charity water, Irish Aid and some small foundations.

Details of remuneration package and benefits
Our package includes a competitive salary, health insurance cover for up to 3
dependents, comprehensive 24 hour personal accident cover, terminal benefits
equivalent to one month for each completed year of service and our working
hours provide for a half day on Fridays. GOAL promotes a learning and
development environment with training & study opportunities aligned to our
staff development policy.

How to Apply ⇒
Interested applicants who meet the requirements should apply via this link and
include in the Resume 3 reference contacts from the last three employers
preferably current/former Supervisors.

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Deadline 29th July 2020

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