Youth Program Associate – Ma3an Program-IREX Retour vers les opportunités

Location: Tunisia

Group/Practice/Unit: Youth Leadership Practice

Who We Are

At IREX we strive for a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world—where individuals reach their full potential, governments serve their people and communities thrive. 

But around the globe, persistent poverty, repression, and injustice prevent too many people form achieving their full potential.  To address these problems, we focus on people, not on vaccines, roads, or wells. We support individuals and institutions to create change in their own communities—and to create person to person bridges between nations. 

IREX works with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information.

IREX seeks a dynamic Youth Program Associate to support community youth engagement programming across Tunisia, as part of the Ma3an Program, and assist with all financial and administrative aspects of the program. The position will be part of a broader team engaging youth who drive community activities in their communities. The Youth Program Associate reports to the Youth Program Officer and coordinates closely with IREX Program and Finance staff in Tunisia.

Alumni of US leadership programs are strongly encouraged to apply.

We are doers. Our decades of on-the-ground experience help us create greater impact, practical recommendations, and lasting partnerships. 

Are you the next member of our team?

Your Background & Skills

• Undergraduate degree in the field of Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, marketing or communication.
• 1-2 years of experience; may be professional, internship, or volunteer experience.
• Experience working with young people in underserved communities in Tunisia, taking an approach that empowers and supports youth positive development. 
• Prior experience facilitating or assisting with trainings, events and workshops. 
• Professionalism in written correspondence and report writing. 
• Experience with internationally funded programs, preferred. 
• Professional English and Arabic language skills, required.
• Self-motivated with the ability to learn quickly or seek resources to continually improve their own performance.
• An ability to prioritize work, multi-task and meet deadlines.
• An ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Demonstrated flexibility, patience, dedication, and creativity.
• An ability to work in a positive, solutions-oriented and collaborative way with others on a team.
• An ability to communicate professionally in speech and writing in English and Arabic required. 
• An ability to remain flexible while adhering to strict deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail
• You must have unrestricted authorization to work in Tunisia

Your Daily Tasks

• Contribute to engaging and mobilizing a network of Youth Mentors.
• Coordinate with and support Youth Mentors in activity planning, implementation, and submission of activity reports.
• Serve as a point of contact for Youth Mentors and Youth Mentors buddies. 
• Support the planning and implementation of Youth Mentors’ Training of Trainers (ToTs). 
• Coach Youth Mentors to represent the Ma3an Program and the Youth Mentor role to community youth, and stakeholders. 
• Support the recruitment and onboarding of the third cohort of Youth Mentors. 
• Assist in training workshops, info sessions, meetings, and other events.  
• Assist with the program monitoring and evaluation plan, including data collection, data entry, and focus groups with Youth Mentors.
• Assist in preparing quarterly and annual reports. 
• Manage procurements including suppliers benchmarking and preparing procurement documentation consultants and Youth Mentors. 
• Manage payments for suppliers, consultants and Youth Mentors.  
• Establish and maintain good relations with suppliers and consultants.
• Contribute to ensuring compliance with award requirements. 
• Represent IREX and Youth Practice interests both internally and externally.
• Translation from Arabic to English, and vice-versa. 
• As needed, travel domestically to support partners and beneficiaries (as permitted by health and safety situation) 
• Other duties as assigned.