Kenya National Youth Development Programme Assistant Project Manager / Liaison Officer Job in Kenya

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

The Kenya National Youth Development Programme

Assistant Project Manager / Liaison Officer

Location: Nairobi-Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports HO

Application Deadline: 11 May2011

Type of Contract: Individual Contract/Contractor

Duration of Initial Contract: 9 Months

Background:

The youth in Kenya (15-35 years) are about 11 million and hence account for about 33 per cent of the population. It is projected that by 2012, this number will have risen to about 16 million;

Only about 25% of youth are absorbed, leaving 75% not absorbed in the job market due to high level of unemployment and lack of vocational skills demanded by the economy.

Furthermore, some of those absorbed in the labour market have jobs that do not match their qualifications and personal development goals.

In view of these facts, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports with financial support from UNDP has put some measures in place to contribute to the desired efforts of directing the potential of the youth by developing and rolling out a youth training initiative to empower the youth and catalyze competitive growth of trade by enhancing employment and injecting a new breed of productive labour force in the country’s economy in micro and small enterprises and reduce the propensity of the youth to engage in violence and crime.

The long term objective of this programme is to contribute to livelihood support for Kenyan youth.

Project objectives and expected outputs:

In order to achieve this objective the programme focuses on changing the mindset of young graduates by training in Business Skills & Entrepreneurship Development and generating a pool of Business Advisory/Trainers and Enterprise Development Agents, developing Youth Polytechnics curriculum and curriculum support materials, developing a National Policy for Youth Polytechnics’ and Vocational training

Deliverables

• Training conducted and certification awarded to completed Business Skills & Entrepreneurship Development and Enterprise Development Agents’ trainees;
• Log book for trainees and business experiencing placement;
• Training progress reports;
• Document at least three success stories/cases every quarter;
• Quarterly progress and annual report;

Competencies:

• Knowledgeable and experience in projects skilled to entrepreneurship development, vocational training and skills development;
• Ability to deliver quality reports within the given time;
• Familiarity with the challenges facing youth development and training;

Qualifications and Experience:

• National consultant with academic and professional background in fields related to entrepreneurship, business education and vocational training;
• A Bachelor’s degree or Higher Diploma in Entrepreneurship development, Business/Technical Studies, Development Studies, or other related field;;
• Be trained and certified or accredited as an Enterprise Development Agent under either the YES-MSE (UNDP/Ministry of Trade) or the Kenya National Youth Development & Training (UNDP/Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports) Programme
• Additional training on youth management and youth development issues, an added advantage.
• Familiarity with vocational training and TIVET will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience is required;
• Ability to deliver quality reports within the given time;

Reporting:

For purposes of this assignment, the consultants will report to the programme Analyst, Poverty Reduction Unit and will use own computing equipment, facilities and office.

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications complete with their current P11 form, CV with three referees to; consultants.ken@undp.org to reach us on or before 11 May 201 1

The full Terms of Reference (TOR) and requirement can be viewed by visiting the UNDP website: http://www.ke.undp.org/index.php/procurements

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