The Youth Bridge Trust (YBT) is an innovative organisation, based in Johannesburg, established in July 2017. The Trust aims to create opportunities for young people to be successful in the workforce, develop livelihood skills and further their education, through partnerships and collaborations.
YBT seeks to appoint a Programmes Officer to be based in Johannesburg.
Salary: R30,000 per month (R360,000) per year
Responsibilities:
- Design programmes that align with the organisation’s mission and support the organisation’s goals
- Design and implement monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems/tools for sub grantees/programmes
- Manage sub grantee relationships and oversee implementation of grants according to their contracts
- Establish strong working relationships with Senior Managers and sub grantees dealing with M&E/Information management and programme supported to facilitate effective collaboration and communication
- Contribute to the improvement of YBT programmes, Monitoring and Evaluation (M& E) activities, Data Quality with the sub grantees by undertaking visits to sub grantees as needed to support and/or mentor data collection/collation or verify data quality or carry out spot checks/views
- Assist in preparing monthly, quarterly and annual programmatic performance reports, conduct basic data analysis and interpretation, as required for programme support and for reporting
- Participate in/or coordinate the timely collection and analysis of all supported programme performance data, document best practices, trends and success stories
- Strengthen sub grantees capacity to analyse and use data for decision making
- Contribute and provide support to research studies planned by the project
- Participate in meetings and workshops related to YBT programme objectives and activities
- Provide inputs for the monthly and annual project performance reports
- Support the ED in establishing and developing partnerships
- Support the ED in resource mobilisation
- Develop new grant applications or proposals
- Perform other related duties as required
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Development Studies, Measurement and Evaluation, Management, Social Science discipline or related field
- Minimum of four to five years’ experience as Programme officer
- Five years or more in a donor or donor-funded environment
- Experience in the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation tools and systems
- Experience in programme management role
- Minimum of four to five years’ experience in measurement and evaluation (M&E)
- Experience of working with youth-led programmes
- Networking skills.
- Communications skills, verbal and written
- Ability to work under pressure and with minimal supervision
- Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment and adapt with minimal effort
- Empathy
- Problem-solving skills
- Clear decision-maker
- Ability to motivate and enthuse others
- Financial literacy
- Monitoring and Evaluation (M& E) experience
- Capacity Building experience
To apply, submit a CV (maximum three pages) and letter of motivation to [email protected]
For more about, The Youth Bridge Trust refer to https://www.facebook.com/youthbridgetrust.org/