Job Description

The Goal of the Agriculture Sector at SNV is “More Inclusive, sustainable and resilient food systems which provide diverse nutritious food for all within planetary boundaries”. In order to achieve this, SNV has chosen to work in four areas, which we call products: ‘Inclusive Value Chains’, ‘Sustainable Nutrition for All’, ‘Climate and Business’ and ‘Opportunities for Youth Employment’. Each of these work areas (products) is co-ordinated by a Global Lead who steers the content and implementation – both internally and externally – of their “product” within the Global Agriculture Team at the Head Office and across all Country Offices of SNV globally.

The Global Youth Employment Lead – under the leadership of the Global Head of Agriculture, but also working closely with the Global Heads of Energy and WASH –develops and continuously improves the description and the methods, tools and approaches of all youth employment related work of SNV. Our Opportunities for Youth Employment Product applies an inclusive market-based approach. Opportunity identification in selected market sectors is the point of departure of all OYE interventions. In order to “make markets work for youth”, OYE acts as the matchmaker between skilled youth and the labour market and is a systematic methodology that equips youth with social skills, business development, entrepreneurship and leadership skills, (Push); creates a platform for internship and apprenticeship opportunities based on youths’ interest and passion (Match) while collaborating with private sector players, civil society organisations and national governments in provision of mentoring and coaching, access to capital and market linkages (Pull) to create sustainable opportunities and networks that enable youth aspirations and businesses to thrive. SNV’s Opportunities for Youth Employment contributes to improved livelihoods and socio-economic prospects for young women and men, through the (self-) realization of employment and enterprise development.

The Global Youth Employment Lead monitors and manages the quality of project development and implementation for all SNV projects globally that include Youth Employment components in order to support project teams around the globe to create sustainable impact while achieving agreed revenue and margin targets. Key aspects of this include developing and nurturing relationships with key donors, leading and contributing to the development of funding proposals, building capacity of staff around the world and providing technical assistance directly to project teams. The Lead steers the knowledge sharing and learning agenda on Youth Employment across SNV and guides Agriculture Sector Leaders and Project Managers in up to 27 SNV Country Offices on theories and best practice relating to youth employment.

The Global Youth Employment Lead represents SNV with key youth employment stakeholders and at selected events at international and occasionally at national level, building partnerships with relevant actors (companies, research institutions, universities, donors etc) through professional profiling and by promoting SNV’s strategy, vision and level of (product and project) knowledge. The Lead identifies and enters global partnerships with knowledge institutes in consultation with the Global Head of Agriculture.