Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
The Kenya National Youth Development Programme
Assistant Project Manager / Liaison Officer
Location: Nairobi-Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports HO
Application Deadline: 11 May2011
Type of Contract: Individual Contract/Contractor
Duration of Initial Contract: 9 Months
Background:
The youth in Kenya (15-35 years) are about 11 million and hence account for about 33 per cent of the population. It is projected that by 2012, this number will have risen to about 16 million;
Only about 25% of youth are absorbed, leaving 75% not absorbed in the job market due to high level of unemployment and lack of vocational skills demanded by the economy.
Furthermore, some of those absorbed in the labour market have jobs that do not match their qualifications and personal development goals.
In view of these facts, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports with financial support from UNDP has put some measures in place to contribute to the desired efforts of directing the potential of the youth by developing and rolling out a youth training initiative to empower the youth and catalyze competitive growth of trade by enhancing employment and injecting a new breed of productive labour force in the country’s economy in micro and small enterprises and reduce the propensity of the youth to engage in violence and crime.
The long term objective of this programme is to contribute to livelihood support for Kenyan youth.The Kenya National Youth Development Programme
Assistant Project Manager / Liaison Officer
Location: Nairobi-Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports HO
Application Deadline: 11 May2011
Type of Contract: Individual Contract/Contractor
Duration of Initial Contract: 9 Months
Background:
The youth in Kenya (15-35 years) are about 11 million and hence account for about 33 per cent of the population. It is projected that by 2012, this number will have risen to about 16 million;
Only about 25% of youth are absorbed, leaving 75% not absorbed in the job market due to high level of unemployment and lack of vocational skills demanded by the economy.
Furthermore, some of those absorbed in the labour market have jobs that do not match their qualifications and personal development goals.
In view of these facts, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports with financial support from UNDP has put some measures in place to contribute to the desired efforts of directing the potential of the youth by developing and rolling out a youth training initiative to empower the youth and catalyze competitive growth of trade by enhancing employment and injecting a new breed of productive labour force in the country’s economy in micro and small enterprises and reduce the propensity of the youth to engage in violence and crime.
Project objectives and expected outputs:
In order to achieve this objective the programme focuses on changing the mindset of young graduates by training in Business Skills & Entrepreneurship
Development and generating a pool of Business Advisory/Trainers and Enterprise Development Agents, developing Youth Polytechnics curriculum and curriculum support materials, developing a National Policy for Youth Polytechnics’ and Vocational training
Deliverables
- Training conducted and certification awarded to completed Business Skills & Entrepreneurship Development and Enterprise Development Agents’ trainees;
- Log book for trainees and business experiencing placement;
- Training progress reports;
- Document at least three success stories/cases every quarter;
- Quarterly progress and annual report;
Competencies:
- Knowledgeable and experience in projects skilled to entrepreneurship development, vocational training and skills development;
- Ability to deliver quality reports within the given time;
- Familiarity with the challenges facing youth development and training;
Qualifications and Experience:
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