Overview
The consultant will support UNICEF GenU South Africa by developing a strategic operational and co-ordination roadmap, including a governance structure, youth engagement strategy, and performance indicators, to achieve the mission of UNICEF’s GenU.
Key Responsibilities
- Establishment of the GenU SA Governance Structure, including board composition and structure, and Terms of Reference for board members.
- Development of the GenU-PYEI youth engagement and accountability strategy.
- Development of GenU SA Key Performance Targets, and the Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting framework.
Required Experience
- Minimum 10 years’ work experience including mid-to-senior professional roles within:
- National youth development and empowerment interventions (focusing on employment, entrepreneurship, advocacy, etc.)
- Civil Society or Private sector led youth-support programmes
- Advisory boards and/or steering committees focused on youth livelihood support
- Programme Management within government or private sector
- Proven experience working with national government or government agencies within South Africa
- Experience aligning MER systems with national statistical systems such as those used by Statistics South Africa is advantageous
- Experience with multi-stakeholder coordination and partnership management.
- Strong background knowledge of youth unemployment challenges, youth livelihood and empowerment trends, public sector governance, youth in governance, and labour market trends.
- Knowledge of the South African youth development landscape, including government support programs (e.g., Presidential Youth Employment Intervention, National Youth Development Agency, Youth Employment Services (YES), SA Youth Platform, etc.).
- Systems integration expertise desired
- Familiarity with Generation Unlimited/UNICEF agendas is desirable.
- Experience working with the United Nations will be advantageous
- Specialized training in programme evaluation, governance systems, public sector reform, youth participation methodologies, and public administration is advantageous.
- Experience producing strategy documents and policy frameworks, and ability to communicate with senior government stakeholders.
- Experience working with government institutions is highly desirable
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Public Policy, Public Administration, Development Studies, Youth Development, Economics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Policy
