Location: Lusaka or Kitwe

Reports to: Senior Programs Manager

Positions supervised: 4-6 direct reports

About Us
Copper Rose Zambia (CRZ) is a youth-led and youth-focused organization working towards the empowerment of youth and women in Zambia. We exist to create a conducive environment for young people to thrive in all aspects of their lives as we envision a world in which every young person is happy, healthy, and living to their full potential. We are currently implementing around 3 thematic areas namely:

1. Health and Wellbeing,Buy vitamins and supplements

2. Gender Equity

3. Youth Development and Leadership.

Job Summary:
Copper Rose Zambia is seeking a dynamic and experienced youth development and leadership (YDL) manager to join our team. The YDL manager will be responsible for the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programs aimed at promoting reproductive health, economic empowerment, and leadership among young people. The role requires a proactive individual with strong project management skills and a passion for youth development.

About the Unit
CRZ aims to enhance young people’s leadership abilities and effective participation in economic and social activities by means of training, mentorship, empowerment, and cross learning. Through its youth development and leadership portfolio, CRZ is establishing youth mentorship, entrepreneurship, and internship programs in all its youth hubs covering the skills development, safe space, and fun thematic areas.

The YDL manager reports to the senior programs manager in the design, roll-out, and day-to-day management and implementation of both the youth hub activities and projects that implements community-based interventions and related community strengthening activities for priority populations. The youth hub includes activities within the following areas:

Fun: Meet new friends, play games, develop youth soft skills and learn new interests
Safe Space: A place where young people can be their true self, learn and discuss any topic without the risk of discrimination, criticism, harassment, or any emotional or physical harm
Skills and Youth Development: A place to discover and grow youth interests, careers and passions
The YDL Manager will also support projects such as the USAID – Controlling HIV Epidemic for Key and Underserved Populations (CHEKUP) 1, Campus Corps Fellowship (CCF), and Kids to Care.

Main Duties YDL:

Functions as a lead of the USAID-CHEKUP 1 team, providing strategic guidance on how to overcome technical and administrative obstacles to HIV prevention among priority population groups, and how best to develop and manage strategic partnerships for the sustainability of project outcomes.
Provides day-to-day oversight, as well as strategic and technical input and direction in the implementation of all priority population-related activities of all assigned projects.
Manage day-to-day activities at the youth hub .
Oversee the planning and implementation of the YDL activities (operational planning and budgeting).
Oversee the implementation of the CCF program at different universities.
Assists project officers/coordinators to build technical skills in HIV prevention, as well as strengthening organizational capacity to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency.
Oversee the implementation of all projects and grants assigned to the YDL portfolio.
Identify opportunities to collaborate with other organizations and leverage resources.
Monitor/track activity funds against planned and approved activity budget lines.
Support the project officers/coordinators in planning, coordination and implementation of the youth hub activities.
Supports project officers/coordinators to ensure timely reporting of all project activities, monitoring, and analysis of results against set targets, and use of data to adjust implementation strategies as necessary.
Support the project officers/coordinators in drafting youth hub events and Facebook announcements.
Develops technical papers, presentations and reports to document key achievements of CRZ activities, best practices, and lessons learned to share with donors and relevant stakeholders.
Support the communications team in the production of communication tools: videos clips, leaflets, press release/press kit database.
Support the project officers/coordinators in organizing and conducting weekly community outreach activities for adolescents and youth.
Actively find and develop fundraising opportunities for the youth hub in collaboration with the business development department.
Oversee the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
Provide technical support to the project team and partners when necessary.
Establish relationships and attend technical meetings with other NGOs and networks when appropriate.
Other:

May occasionally be required to work on weekends and/or public holidays for which time off in lieu will be granted.
Any other duties assigned by the CEO, Supervisor, program managers, or any other duly authorized staff.
Qualifications and Experience:

Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Social and/or Behavioral Sciences, development studies, adult education or a related field, with specific emphasis on community-level health promotion and/or education and/or youth development
Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in designing and implementing large-scale HIV and youth development programs
Knowledge of evidence-based and structural HIV prevention care and support interventions for priority populations and linkage to services, and approaches to addressing gender issues relating to HIV prevention
Training and knowledge in entrepreneurship, youth development activities/ youth empowerment
Excellent interpersonal, training, facilitation, team building and problem-solving skills, ability to ensure confidentiality and work in a high profile, fast paced environment
Demonstrated ability to establish and sustain professional relationships and to work collaboratively with host country government counterparts and civil society organizations
Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical issues effectively and persuasively – both in the local language and English
Innovation and problem-solving abilities are a plus