Objectives

Under the overall supervision of the Innovation manager, the consultant will:

• Support the scale of Youth for Children model through YOMA and Yunitok.
• Scale the Yunitok and YOMA platforms to an additional 500,000 young people collectively with a gender disaggregation of 50% and disability inclusive.
• Support capacity building of State Department for Youth Affairs in coordination of Youth initiatives including: Yunitok, YOMA, GenU, EKYAN and BeGreen through various governance mechanisms and steering committees.

Activities and Tasks:

• Collaboration Framework: Establish a collaborative framework in partnership with the State Department for Youth Affairs to convene the national steering committee for Yunitok and facilitate the YOMA learning-to-earning program and other youth initiatives.
• Opportunity Awareness Campaign: Execute an awareness campaign to inform and engage young people in available opportunities related to green, digital, and girls’ initiatives on Yunitok.
• Platform Scalability and Maintenance: Deliver a comprehensive sustainable plan for scaling YOMA to 60,000 participants and Yunitok to an additional 440,000, including regular updates to ensure all platforms are functional and current.
• Youth Engagement in Climate Action: Develop and implement strategies that engage youth on the move in Yunitok and YOMA while documenting their contributions to climate initiatives through the Green Rising program.
• Virtual Event Series Documentation: Organize and conduct a series of 8 virtual events for Yunitok and YOMA, with all participant insights and experiences documented for future reference. Analyze data from polls from Yunitok to inform programme priorities and areas.
• Feedback and Poll Mechanisms: Create and execute polling mechanisms to gather participant feedback and document the engagement and success stories of young people, including adaptations for global contexts.
• Ecosystem Partnership Support: Provide tailored technical support for key partners in the YOMA ecosystem, managing feedback systems and highlighting young people’s achievements within the program.
• Comprehensive Reporting Framework: Compile a detailed report outlining findings, use cases, and lessons learned from Yunitok and YOMA initiatives, with recommendations for future activities.

Minimum Requirements

Education: Bachelors Degree in one of the following areas- Innovation, IT, Computing, Digital Media, International Relations, Social Sciences or Marketing or related field. An advanced degree in one of the key areas is an asset.

Work Experience: 

• A minimum of seven (5) years of professional experience in Innovation, IT, Computing, Digital media, International Relations, Social Sciences or Marketing, or related field.
• Experience in partnership development, youth engagement, and youth outreach and advocacy.
• Demonstrated expertise in conceptualizing, planning, and executing ideas as well as transfer of knowledge and skills.
• Previous working experience with U-Report (Rapid Pro and Partners Page).
• Experience with a high-level communications campaign across multiple mediums, with national brand recognition.
• Expertise in social media platforms, preparing brochures, newsletter, fact sheets, research analysis, feature stories, social media engagement content and online communication
• Understanding of community-based channels of influence, community-based communication, and development. And community-based organizations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write succinctly and clearly.
• Fluency in English and Kiswahili is required; strong written and verbal competency is necessary.