Adolescent And Youth Specialist

ROLE PURPOSE:   The position will work to support, expand and promote Save the Children’s adolescents and youth development and humanitarian response in the Lebanon office.  The position will support development of strategic partnerships and lead/guide development of proposals targeting those two specific groups.   Other key responsibilities include supporting Programme Managers and partners to deliver the field programs in areas of primary responsibility, participating in design, development, piloting and monitoring of projects, designing and supporting trainings and monitoring tools, and participating in strategic discussions and planning meetings.  Specifically, the position will support teams in the country office make effective links to child protection, education and livelihood interventions within targeted adolescents and youth programmes and facilitate knowledge and practice exchange amongst them.   In addition, the specialist will support documentation and knowledge dissemination of lessons learned and innovations from both adolescents/youth programs and child protection programs in the field offices to further support Save the Children’s strategy for adolescents and youth across the sectors. S/he will also support fundraising and program development efforts in primary areas of technical expertise.   Program Development and Design Support the Programme Managers in building relationships with partners in the area of Child protection and adolescents/youth livelihoods, including technical oversight, proposals writing and seeking funding opportunities, as well as coordination with other in country and regional players. Provide technical support to other sectors and partners in the country within area of responsibility, including but not limited to:  assessments and market research for program design and start-up, development of monitoring and evaluation tools and approaches in coordination with M&E advisor Support proposal development in the area of child protection (as they related to adolescents and youth), household/community livelihoods and youth livelihood development Support the CP TA with identification and development of sources of funding for new and on-going child protection and adolescents/youth livelihood development activities Respond directly to field office (Field Managers and Programme Managers requests on needs and opportunity assessments, program design, partnership development, capacity building (see below), program evaluation and strategic planning to achieve excellence in primary areas of responsibility Liaise with other technical advisers on innovations to ensure coordination, integration where possible developing multi-sectoral interventions and to expand coverage of essential services for adolescents and youth Capacity Building and Learning Collaborate with youth development teams in the MEE Region to explore and develop links to adolescents/youth and livelihoods activities, development strategy outcomes as related to increased access to practical skills development and employability for adolescents and youth  Identify, promote and manage opportunities for cross-learning among field offices and partners in key areas of relevance to their development Identify and facilitate staff development opportunities for field office staff in the area of adolescents and youth livelihood development and household/community livelihoods Develop tools and approaches for older adolescents and youth livelihood development programming based on field work experience in the region, and specifically as relates to assessment and design and monitoring and evaluation in collaboration with M&E advisor Build relationships for cross-country office learning with the other SC CO working on the Syria response Technical Leadership & Management Support the collection of documentation and share information on developing best practice within the PDQ and Operations team       SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice) Accountability: Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved Creates a managerial environment to lead, enable and maintain our culture of child safeguarding Ambition: Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a country wide/global scale Collaboration: Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to Builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally. Creativity: Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach Integrity: Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence Displays consistent excellent judgement