World University Service of Canada Senior Program Officer - Higher Education Inclusion Jobs in Kenya

World University Service of Canada Senior Program Officer - Higher Education Inclusion Jobs in Kenya; WUSC through the DREEM project plays a unique role as a technical assistance and strategic learning partner to the Mastercard Foundation and its partners. The DREEM project contributes to the Mastercard Foundation’s commitment to meaningfully include refugee and displaced youth in their Scholars Program and Young Africa Works strategy.

The DREEM project focuses on two thematic areas:

1. Higher Education Inclusion:

Support Scholars Program (SP) partners and staff with the knowledge, capacity and networks to meaningfully recruit and serve refugees and displaced youth in higher education and transition to work and to work towards more inclusive societies;

2. Economic Inclusion:

Support Young Africa Works (YAW) country partners and staff primarily in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Ethiopia and also in other countries around the continent to gain the knowledge, capacity and networks to meaningfully include and develop programming that meets the unique training and employment needs, opportunities and aspirations of refugee and displaced youth, especially young women;

Strengthening Economic Opportunities for Refugees (SEOR) to complement WUSC’s existing Learning through Education and Access to Employment Pathways (LEAP) project and provide refugee entrepreneurs, especially young women with improved access to market-oriented business support services that improve business and employment outcomes in Kenya.

Mastercard Foundation’s enterprise-wide Refugee and Displaced Persons (RDP) Strategy aiming to invest in young Africans who have faced forcible displacement—and in the host communities, they become part of—by enabling access to high-quality education and training and supporting young people's pathways to dignified and fulfilling work as employees or entrepreneurs and job creators. The Foundation also works with multiple stakeholders across the public, private, and non-profit sectors, particularly young people themselves, to address systemic barriers inhibiting the economic prospects of forcibly displaced youth.

Job Role

Under the supervision of the DREEM Pan-African Initiatives Manager and Deputy Project Director, the Senior Program Officer will work closely in collaboration with the WUSC team,

the DREEM Youth Advisory Committee, and the Mastercard Foundation team to support the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program partners.

Responsibilities:

Provides overall programmatic support and coordinates capacity building support, and technical advice to Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program partners on refugee and displaced youth inclusion in higher education;
Works closely with the DREEM Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Officer to track Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program partner engagement and impact;

Supports with the coordination of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars program Inclusion Working Group, providing operational support and organization to the Program activities;

Coordinates the development and dissemination of resources and delivery of training opportunities for Scholars Program partners;

Supports in the maintenance of relationships with Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program partner staff and provides ongoing technical assistance on refugee and displaced youth inclusion;

Identifies and rolls-up promising practices and ways to share learning across the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program network;

Line Manager

DREEM Pan-African Initiatives Manager with a dotted line to the Deputy Project Director.

Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in international development, education, public policy, social sciences or a related field is preferred

Experience & Competencies

The ideal applicant will combine experience and technical expertise in the higher education and/or forced migration sectors with a familiarity of the African refugee context, strong organization skills, excellent listening and interpersonal skills, and an ability to get things done.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; World University Service of Canada Senior Program Officer - Higher Education Inclusion Jobs in Kenya

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