Country: Nigeria
Closing date: 31 Dec 2015
DFID-funded skills development programme
Empowering marginalised youths and women
Northern Nigeria
Title - Kano State Lead
Reporting to - Team Leader on technical matters, Senior ASI Project Manager on operational and administrative issues
Background
MAFITA is a 6-year DFID-funded programme working in Nigeria's northern states, with a vision to empower marginalised youths and women through provision of increased economic opportunities and social inclusion. MAFITA is currently recruiting.
Position Overview
The Kano State Lead manages and provides strategic direction for all stakeholder engagement, research and interventions in the Kano state. This responsibility manifests itself in, but is not limited to, the following activities:
Key areas of responsibility
- Identify, develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders in government, private sector, academia and in civil society in order to promote Mafita and its approach both in-state and in other states, as opportunities arise
- Work with the intervention managers (TVET and Apprenticeship) to ensure successful execution of pilots at Kano cluster locations
- Support the research team to manage research and design during pilot interventions
- Work with MRM team to assess the impact, demand and feasibility of the pilot interventions
- Continually manage, monitor and evaluate Kano interventions, taking actions to correct course as necessary, and ensure the production of project completion reports that well-inform decisions about future interventions
- Any other tasks as assigned by the Team Leader
Duration and Location
This is a full time position, commencing on the 4th January 2016 with anticipated 440 days of input until 4th January 2018. The consultant will be based in the Kano project office with some travel to the focal states; Kaduna and Katsina, with Jigawa in the long-run.
MAFITA
Northern Nigeria has high-youth unemployment, insecurity and limited economic opportunities. This reality can lead to extremism and instability. Marginalised groups, such as adolescent women and the Almajirai are particularly hard-hit.
MAFITA aims to lead 68,000 marginalised young people - with a particular emphasis on adolescent girls and Almajirai - to gainful employment. By 2021, the program will create a net total of 43,300 full-time equivalent jobs and assisting 23,500 micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The project will tackle the supply and demand side of the labour market, focussing on the delivery of skills essential for employment, as well as the absorptive capacity of the labour market.
MAFITA will partner with public and private stakeholders to improve access to relevant and quality training, mentorship, work experience, business development, and financial services for marginalised youths and women. The programme will also support local market systems to enable the absorption of MAFITA's target beneficiaries into sustainable income-generating activities.
Applications
Interested applicants must have experience working in the skills sector and must comply with requirements.
Applications close on 31/12/2015
Due to the volume of applications received by Adam Smith International, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Required Skills:
Education:
- Minimum of a master's degree in a relevant technical area
Work:
- Specialist: 5+ years
Technical area:
- Professional experience in either vocational training, TVET, COSDEC or apprenticeship
Language:
- Fluent in Hausa and English (written and spoken)
How to apply:
Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=Y2hyaXN0b3BoZXIubW9yZ2FuLjY4NTY3LjM4MzBAYXNpLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ
