Background

African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is an international conservation organization formed in 1961. Together with the people of Africa, AWF works to ensure that the wildlife and wild lands of Africa will endure forever. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, AWF has field offices in nine African countries: (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger, and Rwanda) and is registered in the United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, and South Africa.

Position summary

• The Youth Program Officer will support AWF’s newly established Youth Leadership Program.
• The position will report to the Country Director and functionally (technically) to the Senior Manager Youth Leadership Program.
• The position will work closely with the Policy, Partnerships and Global Leadership teams.
• The Youth Program Officer will be responsible for supporting the country-level implementation of the youth engagement strategy, program development, policy influencing, partnerships, documentation, and other administrative functions of the program.

Additionally, the Youth Program Officer will be responsible for ensuring effective coordination with other actors/stakeholders, monitoring and evaluation, and quality assurance of AWF’s Youth portfolio in Zimbabwe S/he will be responsible for contributing to program design and development; technical support to interventions; measurement, research and documentation; representation and partnership development, proposal and resource development; and training, mentoring and organizational learning for implementing youth program partners. This position will be based in Harare, Zimbabwe