Chemonics International Inc Regional Team Leader Job Vacancy in Uganda

inclusive, and cost-effective approaches that put
youth especially female youth squarely in the agriculture sector as leaders,
farmers, entrepreneurs, and employees. The purpose of this flagship activity is
to increase economic opportunities for approximately 350,000 Ugandan female and
male youth ages 10 to 35 in agriculture-related fields, in order to increase
their incomes and build their entrepreneurship, leadership, and workforce
readiness skills. Chemonics International seeks to recruit dynamic, inspired
and innovative individuals that are committed to making a difference in the
lives of others.

• Provide
  mentorship and strategic direction to the regional teams to pursue and
  leverage productive public and private partnerships that are willing to
  engage in
  and out of school youth in furtherance of YLA’s objectives. Applying a
  facilitative approach throughout, and cognizant of specific age cohorts of
  youth, these partnerships will lead to:
• Adoption
  of technologies that improve agricultural productivity by youth and or
  firms working with youth;
• Increased
  provision of market-driven technical, workforce readiness, and
  entrepreneurship skills development services by private sector firms to
  youth and or firms supporting skills development for youth;
• Increased
  access to input and output markets by youth;
• Increased
  employment opportunities for youth along agriculture value chains;
• Increased
  opportunities for youth to demonstrate leadership, social
  entrepreneurship, and community engagement; and
• Improved
  provision of life skills for healthy living to youth.
• Manage
  YLA strategic partners’ subcontracts Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation
  and Learning (MEL) team to ensure that data collection is consistent and
  accurate as specified in the MEL guidelines and provide analysis of data
  resulting from YLA interventions
• Assure
  management of grants agreements is consistent to deliver timely and
  quality results
• Prepare
  monthly reports outlining advances towards yearly work plans
• Provide
  inputs and content for quarterly and annual reports and other reports as
  required by USAID Uganda
• Supervise
  and manage the performance of the regional Partnerships Managers and Team
  Coordinators
• Perform
  any other tasks assigned by the Chief of Party or Deputy Chief of Party consistent
  with the overall nature, objectives and strategic direction of the
  Activity

• Minimum
  of 6 years’ experience in workforce development or youth development work.
• Excellent
  track record of achieving results in similar types of activities.
• Demonstrated
  high level technical, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Minimum
  of a master’s degree in education, business or other relevant field.
• A
  Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with 10 years of experience may be
  substituted tor a Master’s degree.
• Strong
  written and oral communication skills in English.