New Job Offer at World University Service of Canada (WUSC)

New Job Offer at World University Service of Canada (WUSC)

POSITION TITLE: Zonal Coordinator

Company Profile

The Canadian non-profit World University Service of Canada (WUSC) works to improve the world for all youth. We connect students, volunteers, institutions, governments, and corporations who support our objective. Also, We work together to challenge injustice and exclusion among youth worldwide, especially young women and refugees, via education, economic opportunity, and empowerment.

In 25 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, WUSC spends about CAD $40 million annually. Over 90 people work in our Ottawa office and over 200 people work on 16 development projects with donors like Global Affairs Canada, DFID, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Mastercard Foundation, and the African Development Bank.

ACTIVATE, a five-year collaborative project, will help Ghana build a stronger, gender-responsive, socially inclusive, and market-driven Agriculture Technical, Vocational Education, and Training (ATVET) System that promotes long-term employment, well-being, and resilience among young women and men.

To promote agripreneurship, ACTIVATE will provide education and high-quality, market-relevant skills training in certain agriculture value chains. To create decent work for young people, the project will remove gender-specific barriers, raise youth voices and aspirations, and incorporate a strong inclusivity lens for gender and disability. It will also foster collaboration and linkages among key stakeholders like public and private actors, academia, and agriculture value chain actors.

Insufficient management capacity of ATVET sector facilitation bodies, non-alignment of new TVET policies and reforms across sector ministries, low quality of ATVET instruction, curriculum, and equipment, lack of industry engagement, and poor business skills are among the issues ACTIVATE will address in agriculture and adjacent sectors.

NATURE & SCOPE

The Zonal Coordinators report to the ATVET Specialist and are in charge of providing technical, programmatic, and administrative support to the project. Also, The Zonal Coordinator serves as the project’s consistent link to the operations of the four (4) zones, providing day-to-day issue solving, technical input, writing and editing, and coordination as needed for field activities. The Zonal Coordinator will conduct a variety of operational and implementation duties to provide excellent assistance to the ACTIVATE Project Offices and the Project as a whole, as detailed in the list below.

Key Responsibilities: Program Support.

• Act as a focal point (for respective zones) for partners and stakeholders to support ACTIVATE implementation activities (training, events, campaigns, meetings, partnerships, etc.).
• Provide necessary assistance in maintaining mechanisms for establishing and revising market-driven, gender-sensitive training programs, with strong employer involvement.
• In partnership with the ATVET expert, provide the necessary support for TVET best practices in curriculum development and revision, ToT and training program implementation, innovations and models, gender considerations and evaluations, internship links, and employment procedures.
• Implement and promote sustainability by scaling up and identifying adjustments to technical and soft skills training programs as required by national standards and plans.
• Assess ATVET institutional capabilities in partnership with the ATVET Specialist and the MERL team. Support the creation and implementation of capacity development strategies as needed.
• Collaborate with the GESI and Safeguarding Advisor, partners, and key stakeholders to ensure that training and support services at ATVETs are gender responsive and socially inclusive.
• Work closely with the Technical Advisors to offer implementing partners with the necessary support in project planning and management.
• Provide backstopping support to anchor partners’ staff within the designated zone.
• Help ensure the private sector’s long-term engagement and participation in program creation and implementation.
• Develop good working relationships with ATVETs and other stakeholders. Complete any other responsibilities provided by the ATVET Specialist.

Monitoring Coordination

• Coordinate and monitor the activities of implementing partners to guarantee timely completion, high-quality programming, and avoid duplication of effort.
• Compile, analyse, and display zonal-level data to report on program progress.
• Capture and report on program problems, important choices, lessons learned, and best practices identified.
• Identify and disclose any gaps or weaknesses in the project’s reporting and monitoring systems.
• Facilitate the collection and documentation of lessons learnt from the system modification.
• In close collaboration with the ATVET Specialist and MERL team, provide timely inputs to program and donor reports pertaining to zonal operations that are compliant with internal WUSC regulations as well as any relevant external donor needs.

Required Skill or Experience

• A recognized professional designation in social science, management, or business administration (BA or Bsc).
• At least four years of increasing experience with relevant development projects.
• Experience working with INGOS and a variety of implementation partners, including government and civil society.
• Computer abilities in office software such as Word and Excel.
• Capable of doing a wide range of complicated tasks.
• Ability to operate collaboratively in an international team setting.
• Experience with many sorts of reporting.
• Ability to think logically and strategically while defining goals and arranging priorities.
• Ability to accomplish deadlines in many tasking circumstances.
• Significant field experience collaborating with various partners.
• Ability to work independently and objectively while maintaining the greatest level of integrity in job performance.
• Extensive transit inside the zone can be expected.
• Demonstrate devotion to gender equality and believe in women’s empowerment.
• Experience working in the chosen place.

Company Profile

WUSC provides a dynamic work environment with a diversified, intercultural staff. We provide exciting possibilities for workers and volunteers to utilize their abilities and earn experience while also making a difference in the lives of youngsters around the world. We think that adolescents have the ability to provide for their families, strengthen communities, and effect constructive social change for future generations. WUSC employees work hard to promote long-term change in education, employment, and empowerment.

WUSC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and promote applications from individuals with impairments. Accommodations are available on request for candidates who participate in all phases of the selection process. Only those who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

How to Apply for this Job Offer at World University Service of Canada

Interested people are asked to send their CV and cover letter through the Google form. Questions about this consulting can be sent to jobs-ghana@wusc.ca.

Closing Date: We will only accept electronic proposals. The deadline for applications is May 17, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. (GMT).

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