AFRICAN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION Job advertisement Position Home based Funding coordinator(Volunteer position) Reporting to Regional Director Working with Regional M&E director based in Buroa Somalia, Country focal points, Field M&E officers, Regional operations Manager Duration 3 months initial Starting date immediate Organizational context African Youth Employment Solution is an African Ngo based in Hargeysa Somalia with a liaison office in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. AFRICAN Yes aims helping more young people find jobs or start their own businesses, and ensure that employers can find the skilled workers they need to grow their businesses. In Somaliland, AFRICAN YES is committed to improve young peoples chances of securing decent work, self-employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, as well as promoting socially inclusive development and respect for youths’ fundamental rights. Initiatives created community employment services, encouraged new job opportunities, promoted legal frameworks and tackled migration with new policies and awareness-raising campaigns. Country profile Somaliland is an unrecognized self-declared state that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent on 26 June 1960 as the State of Somaliland before uniting with the Trust Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland on 1 July 1960 to form the Somali Republic. In 1988, the Siad Barre regime committed massacres against the people of Somaliland, which were among the events that led to the Somali Civil War. The war left the economic and military infrastructure severely damaged. After the collapse of the central government in 1991, the local government, led by the Somali National Movement (SNM), declared independence from the rest of Somalia on 18 May of the same year. AFRICAN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION Since then, the territory has been governed by an administration that seeks self-determination as the Republic of Somaliland. The economic condition is the major contributor of unemployment in the country. Somaliland’s economy is mainly livestock based, A substantial number of individuals and families are entirely dependent on livestock, however national returns from livestock has seen a visible drop for the worse. Livestock shortage has been attributed to pandemic diseases and drought episodes. Currently majority of the stock exported from the Berbera port is from Ethiopia and South Central Somalia. This situation has further sought to amplify the unemployment rate in the country. Rapid urbanization of Somaliland population is another key issue; many people are migrating from rural areas to main cities of Somaliland in search of jobs among other reasons. The government is still young and the private sector is trying to establish itself and they cannot accommodate this rising number of people in the urban areas hence unemployment persists. Objectives of the Funding coordinator The funding coordinator will have will have the responsibility of identifying and pursuing opportunities for funding job creation program for youth in Somaliland and in Nigeria as well. The post holder will be responsible for sourcing of funding via charitable trusts and developing funding strategies for the programs in Africa (Somaliland and Nigeria for the first time). Reporting Report to AFRICA YES regional director based in Somaliland on a regular basis. Fundraising • Develop a fundraising action plan • Identify and suggest fundraising opportunities; • In conjunction with the Treasurer keep records relating to fundraising monies Human Resource In collaboration with the HR Manager – (to be based in Addis Ababa) hire fundraising volunteers regionally Line manages and assigns tasks for the fundraising teams Ensure that donor data base is updated and draft letters of collaborations to the donors with the help of the Regional director Undertake any other task assigned by the supervisor
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