FHI 360 is currently recruiting for the position of Youth Corps Coordinator for a USAID/Haiti youth civic engagement project. This proposed five-year project will strengthen youth programming, participation and partnership in support of development objectives, and mainstream and integrate youth issues and engage young people. Project objectives include increasing civic knowledge and civic engagement, enhancing civil society capacity to engage youth to advocate for reform, and building productive working relationships with local government.
The Youth Corps Coordinator must demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to youth civic engagement. S/he ensures the youth corps’ daily management and operations, and assists with and ensures that the youth groups’ practical civic engagement experience is being achieved. The Youth Corps Coordinator will ensure that the youth officers and trainers equip youth corps members with appropriate skills and civic values. This includes but is not limited to: close monitoring of youth corps attendance, and establishing civic engagement skills-planning goals.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance on project activities in order to maximize their effectiveness in increasing youth civic engagement;
- Design and oversee implementation and scaling up of regional youth corps groups;
- Lead development of leadership training and civic values education for youth corps members, and manage trainers and youth officers;
- Support monitoring and evaluation of youth civic engagement activities.
- Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in Haiti or in other countries in the region;
- Practical experience creating and maintaining meaningful relationships with various stakeholders such as parents, school administrators, community members and local authorities;
- Fluent spoken, written, and reading abilities in English and French preferred;
- Proven leadership and organizational skills to successfully manage and coordinate large and disparate work groups;