County Youth Officer Nairobi

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences or in a related field from a recognized institution, and in-depth knowledge of the current youth development priorities in Kenya.
  
• Demonstrated experience in youth development work.
  
• Proven ability to work across the project cycle management.
  
• Sound knowledge and skills in project planning and management.
  
• Demonstrated ability to work closely and effectively with administrative and community structures.
  
• Experience in implementation of projects in multi-stakeholders environment.
  

Program development/ implementation

• Provide technical assistance and day-to-day coordination of the Youth Programs
  
• Maintain routine communication internally (KRCS’ Youth Office) for effective delivery and coordination of the programme.
  
• Prepare periodic programme update reports documenting programme progress against the set targets.
  
• Maintain budget and track expenditures at the implementation level.
  
• With support from the Youth Office ensure the aligning of Youth activities to the overall KRCS Youth Program objectives
  
• Monitor planned activities to ensure implementation constraints receive timely corrective actions.
  
• Support and strengthen the youth organizational capacity through the County Youth Board
  
• Work with the County Board to ensure strict adherence to statutory requirements of the County Youth Board
  
• Identify and map out potential and strategic partners to support youth activities
  
• Develop sustainable resource mobilization strategies in line with the KRCS resource mobilization strategies
  
• Work with the County Coordinator to devise communication and engagement strategy to advocate for youth empowerment agenda across the county
  
• To oversee the implementation of youth programs across all Red Cross school clubs, Red Cross University/ College Chapters and other youth groups in the county.
  
• Ensure up to date records/ database of all the youth leaders, youth members and youth volunteers across all the counties in the county
  
• Strengthen the partnership between KRCS and all the patrons within Nairobi County which will ensure seamless implementation of the in-school programs
  
• Identify risks to youth programming in the county and device mitigation strategies
  
• Coordinate the implementation of joint youth development initiatives at the county level any other duties that may be assigned from time to time
  

Knowledge management

• Creation and sharing of knowledge by synthesizing and documenting lessons learned, success stories and best practices, strategies, and approaches
  
• Track best practices and maintain a breadth of knowledge about current trends, emerging issues, opportunities and thematic areas in youth engagement efforts that are key to the county
  
• Research to identify appropriate stakeholders and cost-effective program components and put its implement to practice.