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• Maintains
  a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for
  Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with
  people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds
  Compassion’s ministry in prayer.
• Acts
  as an advocate for children – raising the awareness of the needs, neglect,
  nurture, and potential of children in poverty and challenging and enabling
  those within one’s influence to greater involvement and effectiveness on
  behalf of children.
• Will
  provide subject matter expertise regarding the holistic development and
  needs of beneficiaries ages 12+. This role will collaborate with other
  Support Specialists, Program Trainers and Partnership Facilitators to
  ensure Implementing Church Partners are adequately informed and equipped
  to provide holistic development to youth.
• Responsible
  for supporting the implementation and regular review/revision of: 1) Field
  Office’s Certified Youth Development Strategy; 2) Field Office’s Certified
  National Youth Curriculum; 3) Child Development Progress Report (CDPR)
  Progress Measures for ages 12+; 4) Milestone Bibles for ages 12+ and other
  Other youth-related program content/elements as assigned by the Manager of
  Program Support.
• Have
  the ability to understand the funding needs of Youth Development and its
  associated beneficiaries (ages 12+) and mobilize resources (both
  Compassion and non-Compassion) to meet those needs.
• Co-ordinate
  and provide oversight to all youth related Interventions, collaborating
  with the associated Partnership Facilitator(s) to ensure implementation
  quality as well as monitoring & evaluation and learning.
• Network
  with other like-minded ministries & organizations in order to
  identify, evaluate and recommend potential partnerships related to the
  holistic development of youth. This role will represent Compassion
  International’s approach to Youth Development both internally &
  externally within his/her country and continually be aware of current
  national statistics and trends related to youth.
• Review
  and analyse relevant information received from CDPR assessments, the
  Program Support Specialist – Monitoring & Evaluation and the Program
  Evaluation & Research Team to determine the current state of
  Compassion supported youth as it relates to the achievement of Outcomes.

• The
  ideal candidate should preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Child/Youth
  Development, Education, Social Work or other similar field from a legally
  recognised institution.
• A
  minimum of three years of working experience in a similar job or related
  job in an NGO setting
• Broad
  knowledge and understanding of the National Education System as it relates
  to secondary & tertiary options
• An
  understanding of vocational, technical & apprenticeship options with
  the local context
• An
  understanding of the developmental milestones & patterns of youth 12+
• Proven
  ability to review/analyse information, reach conclusions and make relevant
  decisions/recommendations
• Ability
  to think programmatically and make recommendations/ decisions based on
  this
• Ability
  to coordinate and facilitate discussions across multiple working groups
• Ability
  to collaborate well both internally & externally
• Ability
  to network with other ministries & organizations
• Great
  communication skills both verbal & written.
• Ability
  to drive both manual and automatic vehicles will be an added advantage

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