Jobs in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Youth Training and Employment Specialist (YTES) Job For Zambians

by ·


Counterpart International Zambia helps people build better lives and more durable futures, community by community. They equip individuals, organizations and communities to become solution creators in their own families, communities, regions and countries. Working with them in some of the world’s most challenging places to tackle social, economic, environmental, health and governance issues that threaten their lives and undermine their futures.

Job Title: Youth Training and Employment Specialist (YTES)

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development, management, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the vocational and entrepreneurial training interventions
  • Design individualized training plans; conduct skills assessments; develop life skills, technical and entrepreneurial materials/curriculum; manage trainings; conduct M&E on training impacts on skills acquisition and employability
  • Design tools to assess market needs and create market-driven technical or employability programs
  • Coordinate with government agencies, networks of vocational training associations, employers’ organizations, and trade unions or comparable entities to implement effective training networks and programs
  • Determine employment market needs through the use of mechanisms that contribute to the creation of market driven technical or employment training programs
  • Collaborate with government agencies and employers to promote employment opportunities for youth
  • Facilitate the formation of peer support and business and social networks in order to raise awareness of child labor and gender equality for youth

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in a relevant field
  • Strong knowledge in gender equity and empowerment and positive youth development approaches
  • Experience working on USG projects
  • A university degree in a relevant field
  • Five years of experience in a leadership position responsible for developing, managing, and/or implementing technical, vocational, or entrepreneurial training interventions, preferably for youth
  • Three individualized training plans, skills assessments, life-skill, technical, and entrepreneurial materials/curriculum development, training management, and training monitoring and information systems
  • Experience in performing training needs assessments, developing corresponding training programs, evaluating training, and evaluating the impact of training on skills acquisition and employability
  • Understanding of exploitive labor issues, including child labor and the special educational and training needs of children and youth removed from exploitive labor conditions
  • Experience working with vulnerable youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Experience working successfully with government agencies, networks of vocational training associations, employers’ organizations, and trade unions or comparable entities
  • Experience developing mechanisms and tools to accurately determine market needs, and utilizing the results to contribute to the creation of market driven technical or employment training programs
  • Experience working successfully with government agencies and employers to promote employers’ organizations, trade unions or other civil society organizations on issues related to employment opportunities for at-risk youth
  • Proficiency in English and one or more of Zambia’s major languages (Bemba, Kaonde, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga) is required
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills

How to apply
Qualified candidates should submit a copy of the most up to date resume and three professional references with “Youth Training and Employment Specialist (YTES)” in the subject line.