Career Opportunity: Program
Officer / Career Development Officer
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The Kenya Youth Employment
and skills Program K-YES seek to engage Program Officer /Career Development
officer based in Nairobi.
Position Overview: Program
Officer / Career Development officer: will support the development and delivery
of a comprehensive youth internship, mentorship, apprenticeship and career
counseling program for KYES under the leadership of the KYES Senior Technical
Advisor.
He/she also will support in
the development of relationships with potential employers, screening and
orienting youth and employers to ensure successful matches, oversight of
activities and communication related to all career development activities.
Additionally he/she will
support in the design and implementation of interventions that assist youth to
access opportunities and platforms for internships, apprenticeships, job search
activities including labour market and career information.
Finally, he/she will lead in
the implementation of strategies and activities that promote youth engagement,
particularly focusing on girls and young women, and marginalized populations in
order to access relevant employability trainings, markets, finances, jobs and
other employment services.
Specific roles and
responsibilities will include:
- Provide career
counseling and career assessment administration and interpretation,
including building the capacity of implementing partners to deliver the
career development support services;
- Coordinate the
internship and apprenticeship program including the initial assessment,
placement and monitoring and oversight of youth internships,
apprenticeship, career, and labour market information needs.
- Coordinate and
present specialized outreach programs designed to heighten awareness of
careers in collaboration with targeted TVET institutions and service
providers under KYES.
- Assist in
designing and implementation of KYES customized labour market information
platforms and channels.
- Support in
Management and development of relationships with private sector for
provision of internship, apprenticeship and career counseling and youth
mentorship providers and agencies.
- Help to
Coordinate and participate in various events, activities and fairs on
topics related to internships, apprenticeships, job placement as well as
career counseling for youth
- Work with
County teams to ensure targets for Life Skills Training, career
counselling and mentorship are met every quarter
- Work with CBFs
and County teams to monitor implementation and reporting of Labor Market
Information activities and outcomes
- Work with
employers, VTCs, Life Skills TOTs and Mentors to identify and profile
success stories emerging as a result of objective 3 interventions
- Support in
roll out of Behavior Change Campaign Implementation plan
- Support in
verification of documents relating to payment of interns stipend and
employers’ s fees
- Support in
KYES youth mobilization and outreach activities
- Other duties
as assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications:
Applicants must possess a
minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences with 5 years solid work
experience in roles involving working with youth and dealing with multiple
stakeholder’s especially private sector and county and national
government.
Preferable experience in
Youth workforce Development Programmes and implementing of USAID funded
projects.
How to Apply
Please email cover letter and
CV to hrapplications@nb.rti.org by 9th August,
2017
Applicants must include the
POSITION TITLE in the subject line of their email.
Please do not attach copies
of certificates.
We regret that only
shortlisted applicants will be contacted
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