Youth Engagement Coordinator

Plan International

Dimensions of the Role

The post holds significant responsibility for the strategic, operational, and representational delivery of the project. The role oversees the effective management of project resources, including financial, programmatic and partnership, to ensure timely, compliant, and high-quality implementation.

The role requires regular internal and external communication at senior levels, including coordination with donors, government counterparts, implementing partners, private sector actors, and civil society stakeholders. It represents the project in coordination meetings, technical working groups, and high-level forums, contributing to advocacy, learning, and visibility.

The post has decision-making authority related to programme planning, prioritization, partner coordination, risk management, and adaptive management.

Accountabilities

Youth Engagement & Participation

• Lead the design and implementation of inclusive youth engagement strategies aligned with the Ready for Tomorrow project objectives.
• Ensure meaningful participation of diverse youth groups, including young women, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable or marginalized youth.
• Facilitate youth-led initiatives, consultations, focus groups, and co-creation activities to ensure youth voices inform project design and implementation.
• Act as a key focal point for youth participants, maintaining regular communication and feedback mechanisms.

Program Implementation & Coordination

• Coordinate the implementation of youth-related project activities in collaboration with consortium partners, trainers, and service providers.
• Support the organization and delivery of workshops, bootcamps, mentoring sessions, community events, and employability-related activities.
• Ensure activities are delivered on time, within scope, and in line with approved workplans and budgets.
• Contribute to the development of activity TORs, PRs, schedules, and participant selection criteria.
• Support the coordination, preparation and facilitation of all events related to the project (meetings, workshops, trainings, consultations, national stakeholders meeting
• Conduct regular field visits, provide coaching and technical support on an ongoing basis and ensure implementation of effective coordination mechanisms;
• Provide inputs to Project Manager to ensure budget follow-up and monitoring of expenditures in line with donor requirements.
• Support the logistic, procurement and financial issues related to all project activities and events;
• Regularly participate to management meetings to update colleagues on project updates and progress.

Capacity Building & Youth Development

• Support the delivery of facilitation skills, employability, entrepreneurship, and future skills interventions targeting youth or partners.
• Identify youth capacity gaps and contribute to adapting and engagement approaches accordingly.
• Promote youth leadership, economic engagement, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities within the project.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)

• Support data collection and analysis related to project data, satisfaction, outcomes, and impact in coordination with the MEAL team.
• Track youth economic progress indicators and contribute to learning, reflection, and adaptive management processes.
• Document youth success stories, challenges, and lessons learned, ensuring ethical and inclusive storytelling practices.

Partnerships & Stakeholder Engagement

• Support coordination with youth lead organization, community-based organizations, educational institutions, and private sector actors.
• Strengthen linkages between youth and employers, mentors, and service providers involved in the project.
• Represent youth perspectives in coordination meetings, consortium discussions, and stakeholder engagements when required.

Safeguarding, Inclusion & Compliance

• Ensure all youth engagement activities comply with safeguarding, protection, PSEA, and Do No Harm principles.
• Promote gender equality, social inclusion, and conflict-sensitive approaches across all youth-related activities.
• Ensure informed consent, confidentiality, and safe participation of youth in all project interventions.

Reporting & Documentation

• Contribute to periodic narrative reports, activity reports, and donor updates related to youth engagement components.
• Maintain accurate records of youth data, activities, attendance, and feedback.
• Support audit and compliance requirements by ensuring proper documentation of the project activities.

Communication & Visibility

• Support project visibility by documenting the project activities through stories, testimonials, and social media-ready content (in coordination with the communications team).
• Promote positive narratives around youth employability, resilience, and future skills development.

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Key relationships

This Role has Internal and external contacts he/she will Work closely with senior management, programme and technical teams, MEAL, finance, and operations staff to ensure effective planning, implementation, reporting, and compliance. Maintains regular coordination with consortium partners and project teams through in-person and virtual meetings and liaises with donors, government counterparts, implementing partners, private sector actors, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders to strengthen partnerships, ensure alignment, and support project objectives.