Team Leader/Skills Development Specialist at DT Global

About the Role

The Team Leader/Skills Development Specialist will play a critical leadership role in support of DT Global/client’s project implementation activities. This will include coordination of team members and ensuring timely delivery of milestones. The position will be responsible for overall administration of the program as well as supervision of the field staff.

The primary responsibilities of the Team Leader/Skills Development Specialist are:

• Support implementation and best practices in capacity building in the areas of workforce development and skills development.
• Lead identification of proven models and approaches that deliver labor market relevant skills which will improve both employability for the targeted youth and productivity for their businesses/employers.
• Advise, create and, if need be, facilitate training programs and tools to enhance knowledge and performance of the project team as well as target youth/MSMEs.
• Manage renovations and upgrading of training facilities (civil works) and equipment
• Extensive experience providing direct services to young people, ideally including employability and/or employment outcomes.

About You

To be considered for this role, you will have Master’s degree in business, education or TVET. You have at least 15 years of experience in micro enterprise advisory, capacity building roles, including international development, ideally in skills, education, and youth development programs. You have experience with direct service provision to youth. You demonstrated understanding of and passion for youth economic empowerment and workforce development in Sub-Sahara Africa. East Africa experience is preferred. You will have experience designing and implementing programming focused on capacity building of organizations to deliver market relevant training, strong interpersonal and analytical skills and excellent communication and report-writing skills as well as proficiency in English, with excellent writing and presentation skills.

The selection criteria will also include:

• 10 years’ experience working with large multi-disciplinary teams constituting of national and international staff.
• Experience implementing projects in liaison with national government and donor.
• Experience coordinating/ managing projects with large and numerous sub-contracting.
• Experience designing, implementing, and monitoring large (> US$50M) multi-year program progress and impact.
• 10 years working on youth empowerment projects (minimum 5 years on entrepreneurship and 5 years on employment).

APPLICATIONS CLOSE – 15th August 2023, at 5PM East Africa Time (EAT)