Consultancy – Communications

As part of our efforts to offer professional development and skills training opportunities to our Youth Advisory Committee for their ongoing contributions to DREEM, WUSC is seeking consultants to provide group and individual training and coaching to the members in the following area (which have been identified by the YAC members themselves):

Communications and advocacy: storytelling, public speaking, written and visual communications, and presentation skills;

Qualifications:

The Consultants are expected to have:

• Demonstrated previous experience in content development, training delivery and coaching in any of the areas identified above;
  
• Excellent written English skills, particularly developing content that is concise and engaging;
  
• Experience in East Africa is desirable;
  
• Demonstrated understanding of the challenges that young refugees face in accessing employment and educational opportunities;
  
• Lived experience with displacement is considered an asset.
  

As part of our efforts to offer professional development and skills training opportunities to our Youth Advisory Committee for their ongoing contributions to DREEM, WUSC is seeking consultants to provide group and individual training and coaching to the members in the following area (which have been identified by the YAC members themselves):

Communications and advocacy: storytelling, public speaking, written and visual communications, and presentation skills;

Qualifications:

The Consultants are expected to have:

• Demonstrated previous experience in content development, training delivery and coaching in any of the areas identified above;
  
• Excellent written English skills, particularly developing content that is concise and engaging;
  
• Experience in East Africa is desirable;
  
• Demonstrated understanding of the challenges that young refugees face in accessing employment and educational opportunities;
  
• Lived experience with displacement is considered an asset.
  

• Support Scholars Program (SP) partners and staff with the knowledge, capacity and networks to meaningfully recruit and serve refugees and displaced youth in higher education and transition to work and to work towards more inclusive societies;
  
• Support Young Africa Works (YAW) country partners and staff in Kenya to gain the knowledge, capacity and networks to meaningfully include and develop programming that meets the unique training and employment needs, opportunities and aspirations of refugee and displaced youth, especially young women;
  
• Strengthening Economic Opportunities for Refugees (SEOR) will complement WUSC’s existing Learning through Education and Access to Employment Pathways (LEAP) program and provide refugee entrepreneurs, especially young women (who will comprise 70% of beneficiaries), with improved access to market-oriented business support services that improve business and employment outcomes in Kenya.