Youth Challenges International Senior Program Manager, Livelihoods Job Vacancy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Title: Senior Program Manager, Livelihoods

Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Duration: One Year Contact (renewable)
Start: February 2013
Salary: 2 million TZS per month

Background:
Youth Challenge International (YCI) is a leading youth development organization
that has programs in East and West Africa, and South and Central America. Our
programs focus on three integrated sectors supporting youth livelihoods, youth
health, and youth leadership. YCI works with local partners and youth as well
as volunteers to implement local programs.

YCI has been operational in Tanzania since 2004,
with field offices in Zanzibar, Morogoro, and Arusha, and will start programs
in other locations in 2013. In collaboration with local partners, YCI will be
entering the fourth year of a four-year Global Youth Partnerships Program
funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). YCI is focusing
on increasing the scope and impact of its programs in youth livelihoods.

The Senior Program Manager, Livelihoods (SPML) will
be responsible for the overall design and management of programs and
partnerships focusing on livelihoods and youth development across all YCI sites
in Tanzania. The SPML will manage local and international volunteers, lead
program design, partnership development, and add technical expertise to the YCI
Tanzania program.

Reporting to the Tanzania Country Manager (CM), the
Senior Program Manager will:
Program Development:

 In
conjunction with the CM design and implement programming opportunities with new
and existing partners, especially focused on building the impact of youth
livelihood and business development programs at all YCI sites;

 In
conjunction with the CM, partners and YCI staff, develop annual program
work-plans and partnership capacity development plans;

 Develop
in-country projects and create job descriptions for volunteers based on the
annual program work-plan.

Program Management:

 Ensure the
Youth Livelihoods component of the GYP program is designed and implemented in
collaboration with local partners and integrated with existing country plans, as
well as YCI and donor requirements;

 Manage the
YCI Livelihoods program with a commitment to best practice in youth-focused
Programming;

 Facilitate
and support relationships between YCI staff, volunteers, partners and peer
educators by providing leadership and oversight of programs and partner
relations;

 Enhance
the capacity of existing partners using a strategic approach to training and
development;


Collaborate directly with partners and other program managers to
implement and report on program activities;

 Establish
relations with new organizations in Tanzania that are committed to youth
programming and livelihoods development for youth;

 Follow all
YCI and donor finance policies and procedures and ensure accurate receipt
tracking and timely submission to the Operations Officer;

 Maintain
regular communication with partners, staff and volunteers in Tanzania and YCI
head office.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

 Develop
new monitoring and evaluation tools for livelihoods programs to improve program
quality and assist with donor reporting;

 Provide
training and ensure monitoring and evaluation systems are adhered to for the
efficient collection of information relating to project outputs and outcomes;

 Ensure all
donor and YCI partner, program and finance reporting is submitted in a timely
manner

 Support
staff and volunteers in completing YCI and donor reports.

Volunteer Management:

 Support
orientation and debrief sessions for volunteers and preparation of related
materials;

 Ensure
that volunteers are appropriately supported in their programming activities;

 Enforce
YCI policies and risk management protocols;

 In
conjunction with Volunteer Program Manager (HQ), create and edit volunteer
orientation guides;
detailed project descriptions and other documents as needed;

 Provide
logistical support for the volunteer program as required.

Background and Qualifications:

 5+ years
technical expertise in private sector / livelihoods development programs with
youth;

 5+ years’
experience managing youth development programs;

 5+ years’
experience in program, partner and staff management;


Degree/Master’s degree in, business, community development or related
field;

 Community
development experience considered a strong asset;

 Previous
experience working with partners and partner capacity building;

 Previous
experience mainstreaming gender across program activities;

 Previous
experience working with youth, youth volunteers and peer educators;

 Excellent
written and verbal communications skills in English;

 Previous
experience with financial management, donor reporting, budget development and
M&E;

 Flexible,
strong inter-cultural skills, excellent written and verbal communication
skills.

How to apply:

Please submit a cover letter and CV in a single
MICROSOFT WORD or PDF document to recruitment@yci.org by Sunday, December 23, 2012.
YCI will only consider applications from Tanzanian citizens. YCI is an equal
opportunities employer and strongly encourages applications from females and
people with disabilities.

Successful candidates will be contacted for an
interview. YCI will not accept any telephone queries in relation to this
application.