iVolunteerOverseas - Youth Education Program Designer

Youth education program designer

Papua New Guinea

3 months

VSO is the world's leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries. They bring people together to share skills, build capabilities, promote international understanding and action to change lives and make the world a fairer place.

In PNG, each year over 100,000 young people leave school without completing a primary education. Despite huge progress in enrolment through free education levels of literacy and numeracy are low. There are a number of NGOs, churches and a Government service to help but the quality and scale is limited.

Since 1960, VSO has worked in PNG. VSO would like to work more in Education sector with young people who need basic skills, including entrepreneurship and will be funding a placement to explore opportunities and develop projects for submission to donors. This is an exciting role to further develop VSO's portfolio of projects in PNG.

Role Overview:

Lead the design of projects which help improve the literacy, numeracy and entrepreneurship skills of young people who have not completed a primary education. Build partnerships, relationships and collaboration with DoE, NGOs, churches and donors to fund and manage the projects. Design placements and collect and analyse evidence for the projects.

Skills, qualifications and experience required:

- Knowledge of adult or out-of-school youth education

- Skills of networking and partnership building

- Able to collect, analyse and report data from different sources

- Passionate about improving work opportunities for young men and women

- Able to draw up a detailed and realistic budget and clear proposal

- All applicants must possess strong written and spoken English language skills

- Applicants may be required to take a VSO language test as part of the selection process

What we offer:

In terms of financial support, VSO will typically cover the following costs:

- Medical insurance

- One return flight to get you to, and home from, your placement

- Accommodation

- Home country funded allowance

- An allowance to cover your basic living expenses while overseas according to the destination country

Above all, we give you a chance to gain a new life experience and professional development in an international setting.

How to apply:

If you wish to work in the field with VSO and become a part of our mission, please submit your application online here - http://vso.force.com/jobopportunities/Job_DetailsPage- jid=a0mD0000005qFFyIAM

Additional information:

Where is Papua New Guinea- Lying just south of the equator, 160km north of Australia, Papua New Guinea is part of a great arc of mountains stretching from Asia, through Indonesia and into the South Pacific. Know more about VSO's work in PNG by visiting http://www.vsointernational.org/where-we-work/papua-new-guinea.asp. Further information on VSO's work in each of the countries we work, additional opportunities and to read volunteer experiences, visit www.ivoindia.org