Program Manager - Youth

About the role

Our work with youth looks to support individuals, groups and organizations working in the community with an intensive focus on young people, geared towards building and celebrating social-justice, fraternity, and diversity. We partner with mid-sized, large, and small organizations to work with youth, building their perspective on values, leading to action in the community to build a just, equitable and humane society.

Responsibilities

• Identify potential partners within specific states.


• Ensure compliance with specific grant proposals so that they meet the Foundation s guidelines and requirements, and are a well-drafted request, complete in all aspects


• Review all completed proposals to ensure that required information has been provided. Ensure that the story of the grantee organisation comes through clearly.


• Lead the efforts on the due diligence process and partner engagement from both programme and finance lens.


• Post approval, provide support to the partners to ensure that the financial resources reach them in time and support small organisations in reporting, meeting grants compliances, on and in capturing effects of the work.


• Ensure compliance with the grant making system through the entire lifecycle of a grant.


• Supplement the research and development of frameworks, models, and theories around the operating area.


• Contribute to capturing the effects of the overall work in the theme.

What we are looking for

• Candidates who have worked with young people, with a rights based perspective, building leadership for action.


• Bachelor s degree required; master s degree desirable


• Should have made significant contributions in his/her area of specialisation


• High level of self-motivation, initiative, and creativity


• Willingness to travel extensively for work


• Substantial knowledge of organisational and project management


• Ability to work with minimal supervision, and solve problems independently or collaboratively if needed


• Minimum 8 - 15 years of experience in the sector