Save the Children is an
international NGO and the world’s top independent charity for children
in need. Since 1919, we have been fighting for children’s rights, saving
their lives and providing hope for brighter futures worldwide. In
Indonesia, Save the
Children currently works in eleven provinces, has staff of
approximately 200 local professionals, and programming in Child
Protection, Education, Health and Nutrition, Disaster Risk Reduction,
and Humanitarian Response.
Save the Children in Indonesia is seeking
to fill the following position:
YOUTH EDUCATION SPECIALIST – S2S
1 position, based in Bandung
Code : YES
ROLE PURPOSE:
Save the Children Indonesia
through the Skills to Succeed (S2S) helps to address the need for skills
that open doors to employment and economic opportunities for at-risk
youth ages 16-24 in Indonesia. Our unique livelihoods approach
identifies and serves
the most marginalized youth and creates job linkages through local
market assessment, local private sector partnership and dynamic training
approach, which combines life skills, market relevant skills, and
financial literacy topics. In order to address the
skills gap and societal barriers faced by unemployed youth, SC will
directly reach over 30,000 youth in Indonesia in the provinces of
Bandung and Lampung in the period 2015-2018 in order to secure a job or
start/improve their business. This will be achieved
by testing and implementing an eLearning methodology, combined with our
classroom approach, to strengthen employability skills through a
variety of channels. SC will implement an ICT-enabled database
management system to improve data collection and conduct
major research to better understand the impact of various
interventions.
The three main program components are:
- Train and support youth at scale.
- Learn by building evidence base through ICT and research.
- Build partnerships for sustainability.
Purpose of the role of Youth
Employment Specialist is to provide technical guidance to the program
team, partners and stakeholders in development, implementation and
monitoring of activities related to Youth Education and Training. Youth
Employment Specialist
will lead on all the activities for development of youth training
modules (including e-learning), as well as advocacy and relationships
with key education stakeholders.
Updated CV and application letter should be sent to recruitment.indonesia@savethechildren.org
Please fill the “subject” column of the e-mails in this format:
<YES><your name>
Closing date for application is up to 5 May 2015
(Only short-listed candidates will be notified)
