Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Project Overview and Role:
The Challenge Fund for Youth Employment (CFYE) is a 6-year and €114 million programme funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that aims to create a prosperous future for 200,000 young women and men in the Middle East, North Africa, Sahel & West Africa and Horn of Africa regions. The Fund will be supporting initiatives in 23 focus countries that will offer youth, in particular young women, opportunities for work that is demand-driven and productive, offering a stable income and safe working conditions, and that is contributing to their personal development and social protection.
Private sector, civil society and knowledge institutions will be invited to submit proposals geared to scalable solutions for creating more and better jobs and income generating opportunities for youth. Solutions will in particular focus on an integrated approach that addresses the shortcomings on the demand side (jobs) and supply side (skills) and bridging the mismatch between these two in the labour market.

One of our implementing partner, Healthy Entrepreneurs Uganda is desirous to acquire the services of a Training and Capacity Building Expert to build the capacity of Healthy Entrepreneurs Uganda teams by facilitating their growth and development as they pursue and contribute to the challenging mission of Healthy Entrepreneurs Uganda. This would involve two key tasks including; implementing the Healthy Entrepreneurs Uganda Academy and setting up sustainable structures for delivering capacity building practices with the Training-of-Trainers (ToT). The main purpose of this role is to provide consultancy services in the area of training and capacity building for CFYE’s key implementing partner in Uganda – Healthy Entrepreneurs (HE).

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
As a consultant, you will be expected to achieve the following objectives (1 & 2) by conducting the
key activities/tasks (1.1 to 2.4) below:

Objective 1. Development of delivery structures for the Healthy Entrepreneurs Uganda academy
• Activity 1.1: Develop the learning process and road map for the delivery structure.
• Activity 1.2: Conduct a Training of trainers on the developed content.
• Activity 1.3: Develop the training, learning and capacity building resources.

Objective 2. Build the capacity of Healthy Entrepreneurs Uganda staff in key result areas of their work:
• Activity 2.1: Conduct capacity building in key professionalism areas (e.g planning & managing work, communication & reporting, time management, etc).
• Activity 2.2: Conduct capacity building in the area of business acumen e.g., sales skills.
• Activity 2.3: Conduct capacity building on use of different software applications e.g. MS Excel, etc.
• Activity 2.4: Conduct commercial coaching for Community Health Entrepreneurs.

Deliverables:
The expert is expected to deliver the following outputs during the period of the consultancy:
• A training needs assessment report to inform design of the delivery structure and capacity building.
• A quality assessment report of the existing Healthy Entrepreneurs Uganda Academy curriculum.
• A learning and development training resource/manual developed.
• Tools and resources used in roll out of HR and learning/training practices.
• Comprehensive activity reports from each of the capacity building activities.

Operational Arrangements:
Expert will report to the CFYE Country Lead in Uganda on contractual issues, and on a day-to-day basis, report to senior staff designated for you at our partners Healthy Entrepreneurs, where you will be posted.

Level of Effort:
This role will be provided over a period of 6 months, potentially starting from July 2023 and end in December 2023.

Required Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements :
• A first degree or its equivalent in a field related to the assignment is essential.
• Experience in some of the key areas of the assignment including training and capacity building, sales and marketing, social marketing for public health products, human capital development and international development are desired.
• Very good working knowledge of written and spoken English.

Core Competencies :
• Knowledge of effective and creative training delivery methods and approaches.
• Willingness to work with and be part of a team.
• Knowledge of local working style and culture.
• Experience supporting cross cultural working teams.
• Experience working in European/Dutch working style and culture.
• Expert in effectively conducting capacity development training.
• Can be an individual or organisation (with a small team).
• Must have the right to work in or based in Uganda.


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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