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Gender and Social Inclusion Advisor– South Sudan – USAID South Sudan Integrated Youth Engagement Activity (IYEA)
Position Location: South Sudan
Project Name: Youth Empowerment Activity (YEA)
Anticipated Start Date: ASAP
EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER (EDC)
EDC is one of the world’s leading nonprofit research and development firms. Established in 1958, EDC designs, delivers and evaluates innovative programs to address some of the world’s most urgent challenges in education, health, and economic opportunity. Our services include research, training, educational materials, and strategy, with activities ranging from seed projects to large-scale national and international initiatives.
EDC is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Project Description
The $43.5 million Integrated Youth Empowerment Activity supports South Sudanese youth and communities to develop, promote and strengthen the skills and assets of youth, and to create an enabling environment for the youth to be productive and positively contribute to their communities. The purpose of this activity is to support and empower at-risk out-of-school youth ages 15-29 gain the necessary skills they need to lead productive lives, gain employment, and positively contribute to their communities with following intended results:
- Improved youth access to functional literacy, numeracy, soft and life skills
- Increase youth entrepreneurial, employment, and vocational opportunities
- Increase behavior changes among youth to make positive adolescent reproductive health choices
- Improve social cohesion among youth and their communities
USAID/South Sudan also envisions that YEA will adapt and/or pilot a Youth Corps Service model as
a modality to creatively achieve the activity’s stated goal and integrated objectives. Unemployed
South Sudanese youth who are graduates from high school and universities, and non-graduates of
exceptional demonstrated ability, will be mobilized, trained, coached, and mentored to become
Youth Corps Service members. They will deliver specific YEA-prescribed activities to
disadvantaged targeted youth beneficiaries and their communities. The activity will help leverage
youth for the youth’s benefit, build a sense of belonging and solidarity, and help to promote
peace.
Position Description
The Gender and Social Inclusion Advisor will provide technical leadership in the development, implementation, integration and evaluation of a series of activities that increase equitable access and inclusion of vulnerable youth in learning, employment and civic engagement opportunities. They will provide technical expertise and direct technical support to ensure that the development and adaptation of curriculum and materials, youth engagement and policy advocacy, and intervention designs are gender and conflict sensitive. They will play a key role in the development of GESI guidance, training and capacity building of YEA staff and program stakeholders as relevant.
NB: Advert is extended until 6th Dec 2024.