Senior Technical Specialist, Entrepreneurship

Organization: International Youth Foundation 

Website: IYF

Title: Senior Technical Specialist, Entrepreneurship

Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 

Compensation: Not Listed

Description:
The Senior Technical Specialist will provide oversight and technical input into the design and implementation of the Generation Unlimited program in the Kyrgyz Republic. This includes workforce skills and entrepreneurship skills development activities including activity design and implementation; identification of skills development needs and priorities; development of training plans, curriculum and training programs; delivery of training to subpartners and beneficiaries; and identification of additional technical specialists as needed.  The Senior Technical Specialist will be based in Bishkek and be responsible for technical program implementation and monitoring on a full-time basis.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide technical input into the design and implementation of the program, and monitoring and evaluation plan, leading coordination with and amongst staff and partners.
• Assist Country Director in monitoring project quality.
• Scan/monitor existing institutional programs (Ministry, USAID, NGO, University, and Private Sector), intellectual property and partners to leverage existing activities, identify gaps projects could fill, avoid duplication, and maximize synergies.
• Review M&E data and reporting, track project performance and identify best practices.
• Identify areas for evaluation and learning activities, as well as learning events of importance to broader stakeholder community.
• Conduct project monitoring site visits and report on project activities on a regular basis.
• Provide capacity building services to both our local partners and government entities.
• Promote collaboration and coordination amongst implementing partners.
• Successfully encourage private sector partners to commit to provide funds, project resources, internships, jobs, and volunteers to support projects funded by IYF.
• Provide regular updates on implementation progress and prepare appropriate contributions to quarterly reports and generate other technical reports as required.
• Identify any problems and challenges that may arise and offer solutions accordingly.

Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree or equivalent in Workforce Development, Education or a closely related field is preferred
• Minimum of 7 years experience working on youth employment/entrepreneurship programming in the region. Experience working on Public Private Partnerships is preferred. 
• Demonstrated ability to find viable solutions to complicated problems in a flexible, time-sensitive and creative manner.
• Experience successfully working with the public sector, the private sector, and/or civil society, community based organizations, local communities, local government and donors and in developing effective capacity building methods.
• Solid “troubleshooting” skills and sound judgment in dealing with partners experiencing implementation challenges.
• Experience working on USAID-funded programs in the Kyrgyz Republic and/or Central Asia.
• Demonstrated experience managing teams of diverse actors to produce programmatic results.
• Good command of English and Russian, both oral and written is required. Proficiency in local/other language a plus.

To Apply:
Please submit the following documents via email to jobs@iyfnet.orgwith 'Senior Technical Specialist- Entrepreneurship - KR' on the subject line:

• Completed IYF Application for Employment, which can be located here:  http://www.iyfnet.org/jobs-iyf
• Cover Letter
• Resume