Volunteer Executive Director/Project Manager

What will you be doing?

The International Youth Academy shall be established with the ultimate goal of identifying and nurturing future generations of young leaders. The IYA will invite young people to join hands-on, highly experiential leadership development programmes designed specifically for promising young leaders. The academy will provide youth with a positive, uplifting, and challenging atmosphere. That will empower youth communities to contribute to a sustainable future for us all. Responsibilities :- (A) Administrative duties:  • Provide overall leadership and take management responsibility for successful plan, design and oversight the implementation of the project. • Oversee project staff and consultants. (B) Coordinate the initiation and the implementation of the project in compliance with the project specific objectives, activities and expected outputs by:  • Ensuring a quality achievement of the project outputs in line with corporate standards. • Designing a detailed work and activities plan and regularly monitoring its implementation. • Identifying project implementation partners and stakeholders. • Drafting terms of reference of contracts and departments. • Following-up on the implementation of the contracts, assessing the quality of services provided and       requesting disbursement of funds; (C) Ensure the monitoring and evaluation of project implementation and the reporting on project activities by:  • Presenting aggregate strategic analysis on project performance based on commitment of indicators        and implementation of activities as well as output delivery.  • Regularly monitoring the financial status of the project and promptly developing budget revision if          needed. • Regularly conducting meetings of the project steering and technical committees, preparing minutes of   meetings and action plans with clear responsibility and timeframe.  

What are we looking for?

Minimum of 10-Years of experience and results preferred in education role, development, communications, youth issues, sports, women empowerment, youth-led organizations or another relevant field.

What difference will you make?

To voluntarily represent, positively promote, and uphold the mission of “Empowering youth for a better world” in various programs and opportunities throughout the IYF interventions across member countries.