Requirements

Additional Requirements

• At least 3 years job experience in the development field along with relevant position/responsibility.

• Excellent planning, analytical, organizational and decision-making skills.

• Understanding on project planning and implementation.

• Communication with Govt. and other stakeholders.

• Good working relationships with colleagues, actors and allies.

• Excellent communication skills including written and spoken in English.

• Conversant in common IT applications (MS word, MS power point, internet browsing & e-mail communications).

Responsibilities & Context

Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) <www.ypsa.org> is an organization for sustainable development working in greater Chittagong division including Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) since 1985 (International Youth Year). YPSA is implementing a project at Host and Camp areas of Teknaf in Coxs Bazar titled “Youth from Host Communities and Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar as Agents of Change” project (YPSA-YHCRCCAC Project). The project funded by the Federal German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and technical supported by Plan International Bangladesh & Germany.

Project Duration: 16 Months (High Possibility to extinction of the duration)

• Responsible to implement economic empowerment related planning, resource mobilization and capacity building for the most marginalized young women and men.

• Ensure that the project activities are implemented and executed and delivered timely to ensure the sustainability.

• Responsible for conduct market assessment to ensure access appropriate, market-specific income sources of Youths and young adults.

• Responsible for Individual Development Plans (IAP), Family Development Plan (FDP) and Business Development Plan (BDP) and developed based on market analysis.

• Organize and conduct work readiness skills and vocational training for youth to ensure targeted youth received basic interpersonal skills and work readiness skills.

• Responsible for engaging youth with decent economic activities through skill development initiatives.

• Responsible to ensure number youth received cash/kind support to start-up small scale business enterprises and youth got opportunities of apprenticeship in private sector.

• Responsible for ensure of targeted youth received training/employment opportunities due to linkages with government service providing department

• Responsible for overall management and Communication, Collaboration at the camp authority (CiC’s office, SMS, & other stakeholders)

• Responsible to prepare the reports on Daily, monthly, quarterly, six monthly and annual basis or as per reporting procedure of donor and within deadlines and provide documents/report to the organization as per need or instruction

• Regular Activity Follow up and finding Gap and provide support in proper implementation

• Support Project Officer on methodology and tool for assessment as well as provide training as per guideline if needed

• Implementation maintaining a quality standard of project, maintain records on progress reports, and provide technical inputs where necessary.

• Ensures that all programs and activities are implemented according to relevant legislation, policies and procedures

• Arranging and facilitating training, workshops and seminars for project beneficiary and others stakeholders.

• Arrange necessary resources for the project and utilise them efficiently for implementation in line with the budgets and value for money is ensured within the project.

• Collecting regular monitoring information related to the project, documenting, analysing the information and drawing possible conclusions and disseminating findings.

• Provide high quality and effective support to the staff of the project/beneficiaries and implementing in the job and enterprise-related issues based on identified needs.

• Maintains strategic partnerships with relevant skills development service providers for job placement; and maintain networks.

• Prepares a local resource map to identify and analyse existing skills development service providers to heightened of their value and potential for playing a major role in helping youth engage and re-engage in skills development.

• Continuously monitor changes in the context to guide the directions of the project coordinator, particularly with regards to the transfer of basic services to the vulnerable people.

• Prepares periodic and annual progress report on project activities specially focused on project component.

• Identifies best learning at implementation documents and shares to feed into the overall project on advocacy issues;

• Represents YPSA & Plan International at the local level network to promote YPSA & Plan’s profile and scale-up of Plan’s program in the program areas.