Regional Coordinator Consultancy- Francophone Africa Region At Aflatoun

Company: Aflatoun

Location : Remotely with willingness and ability to travel extensively in the region

Job type : Full time – (36-40 hours per week)

Remuneration : Paid

Salary : 1300-1600 euros per month

Comment : Inclusive, holiday allowance, National taxes and health insurance, and communications

Necessary equipment will be provided

The Organisation

Aflatoun International is a non-profit organisation, which offers social, financial & entrepreneurship education to children and young people worldwide, empowering them to make a positive change for a more equitable world. Aflatoun creates high-quality curricula for different age groups, which are contextualized to local needs and circumstances, and are implemented by over 300 partner organizations in 101 countries. Aflatoun programmes inspire children to discover their talents and put them to use, to stand up for their rights and those of their communities through active learning and problem solving. They learn how to save, how to budget, and how to set up social and financial enterprises that benefit themselves, their families and their communities. Aflatoun has been recognized globally (Brookings, Harvard, HundrEd, Million Lives Club) for its high-impact, low-cost model, which has shown to be effective in changing behaviours of participants across the globe. By using a social franchise model, Aflatoun transfers curricular content, monitoring and evaluation tools, and training capacity to partner organisations, helping them enhance their existing expertise and create an efficient learning ecosystem. Aflatoun’s programmes follow an active-learning, participant- centred methodology, which combines social and financial education (SFE) through engaging participants, educators, government institutions and civil society organisations.

Position

Aflatoun International’s network across the world is expanding and we are looking for a qualified candidate for the role of Regional Coordinator for the Francophone Africa region. In this position, you will play a key role in coordinating Aflatoun’s Regional Hub; which is a newly established module that serves Aflatoun’s partners in the Francophone Africa region, offers technical support, facilitate the coordination of the partners’ activities and coordinates implementation of projects and initiatives in the Francophone Africa region.

The Regional Coordinator will work closely with the programme manager for the Francophone Africa region and the Regional Representative of the Global Board. She/he is responsible for coordinating and monitoring the delivery of main initiatives and activities across implementing partners, and ensuring effective engagement with other key stakeholders. The successful candidate will demonstrate her/his capacity to be a key facilitator, who can lead several regional initiatives, build successful partnerships and liaise with multiple implementing partner organizations to ensure operational and programmatic efficiency and success.

Duties and Responsibilities

Partner Network

• Lead Aflatoun’s Regional Hub and coordinate its activities.
• Coordinate Aflatoun activities/events on a regional level.
• Manage Aflatoun Youth Forum in the region and coordinate the implementation of the work plan
• Facilitate partners exchange activities in the region.
• Provide technical support to existing Aflatoun partners.
• Liaise with the Francophone Africa regional representatives to further strengthen the network
• Support Aflatoun in growing the partner network by identifying and recruiting new partners.
• Conduct due diligence based on Aflatoun’s requirements.
• Support the implementation of strategic projects & initiatives in the region.
• Review, suggest adaptations and translate developed content used in the region.
• Write reports and provide regional updates.
• Support the partners in fundraising efforts.

Advocacy

• Advocate with regional bodies and national governments to mainstream the social financial education in school curricula and major government programs for child and youth empowerment.
• Advocate with non-governmental entities by identifying key partners to support in the mainstreaming of the social financial education in their programme areas.
• Plan and implement advocacy events: conferences, webinars etc.

Capacity building

• Organize and deliver trainings and workshops to key partners.
• Support the capacity building for key partners such as governments and non-governmental organizations

External Representation

• Represent Aflatoun externally and present work in regional events, meetings and conferences.
• Reach out to UN regional bodies, other regional networks and initiatives in the field of social and financial education (such as The Bank of Central African Countries (BEAC); Association for the development of education in Africa ADA; Professional savings and microfinance associations at regional and national level) and engage with their initiatives and events.
• Identifying regional funding opportunities and building consortiums for projects proposals.

Non-technical responsibilities as Aflatoun staff

• Positively contribute to team discussions and the effective running of the organization;
• Cross-departmental collaboration, compliance with organizational policies and procedures including submitting monthly timesheets;
• Facilitate the regional group on the Aflatoun Interactive Network Platform;
• Maintain contacts’ details and key communications in the organization’s relationship management system, Salesforce;
• Promote Aflatoun’s work on social media;
• Perform other duties and tasks, consistent with the skills and expertise, as required in non-routine circumstances;
• Be willing to adapt to different tasks and different cross-organizational tasks, this includes but is not limited to helping deliver Aflatoun events such as the International Conferences and staff retreats.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in international relations, economics, social science, human rights, education or related field required, with 3-5 years of work experience; or Master’s Degree in relevant fields with at least 2 years of experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience coordinating projects in relevant areas such as education; youth employability and entrepreneurship; improving quality and access to financial services; development of community participation in the improvement of livelihoods and food security.
• Fluent written and spoken English and French is required. Knowledge of additional languages such Spanish, Russian or Arabic would be an advantage.
• Currently lives in one of the Francophone Africa region’s countries.
• Experience or knowledge of international child development, including regional and multilateral initiatives, NGOs and working directly with adolescents and Youth.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, and comfort moderating or managing public engagements (meetings and trainings).
• Advocacy experience with government bodies at local, national or regional level.
• Capacity to work well under pressure, and the ability to communicate appropriately and effectively cross-culturally is critical.
• Ability to work remotely and independently with minimum supervision.
• Understanding and willingness to conduct work and demonstrate behaviours in line with Aflatoun International’s values and policies.
• Strong computer skills, including sound knowledge of Windows and Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability and willingness to travel locally, regionally and internationally.

Employment details

The position is for a full time. We offer a dynamic and pleasant multicultural working environment, with an indicative gross monthly salary range that depends on the type of contract but it will be inclusive of Inclusive, holiday allowance, National taxes and health insurance, and communications the salary level awarded will depend on relevant work experience and educational background.

Due to the nature of Aflatoun’s work with children around the world, specific attention is drawn towards Aflatoun’s Child Protection Policy and its Policy on the Protection of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA). These two policies are required to be signed by new employees and forms part of the employment documents related to the employment contract. The applicant commits to zero tolerance towards sexual exploitation and abuse. An additional written test may be required.

Management may appoint at a lower step based on the candidate’s skills and experiences against the position’s requirements