Talent Youth Association (TaYA) in partnership with Amref Health Africa implements Kefeta in Addis Abeba and Debrebirhan city. Kefeta envisions Ethiopian youths who are game changers: empowered to advance their own economic, civic, and social development; resilient in the face of shocks; actively promoting development within their communities and contributing to the country’s peace and prosperity.

Kefeta will strengthen the youth ecosystem in Ethiopia with integrated, multi-sectoral, youth-centered programming aligned with the Positive Youth Development (PYD) approach.

Category: Training and Facilitation

Career Level: Beginner level

Required: 9 (6 for Addis Ababa and 3 for Debrebrhan)

Supervisor: Employability, Skills development, and Training Officer

Contract duration: 1 Year with possibility of extension

Location: Addis Ababa and Debrebrhan Ethiopia

Starting Date: Immediately

Key Responsibilities

• Map out, mobilize and motivate out-of-school youth in the vicinity of the target city to join in a functional Literacy program.
• Develop a comprehensive weekly and daily lesson plan that depends on the out-of-school youth’s needs and implement it promptly as necessary.
• Facilitate lessons and instructional activities with the principle of experiential learning, learner interests, level of learner’s literacy and numeracy skill, and inclusive & gender-responsive sessions.
• Create a supportive and positive classroom environment and work to create youth-friendly learning environments.
• Prepare instructional aid materials, coursework materials, homework assignments, and handouts to boost out-of-school youth independent learning activities.
• Establish positive relationships and communication with learners and partners.
• Monitor & track the performance of learners, records, and documents, and discuss the lessons learned and possible corrective actions.
• Prepare and administer Functional Literacy Assessment tools and ensure the government functional literacy assessment tools.
• Collaborate with other Kefeta technical officers to integrate the functional literacy program with other capacity building and Kefeta’s service packages.
• Capacitate youth volunteer who works for mentoring out-of-school youth for their independent learning.
• Prepare and submit Functional Literacy activities progress reports.

Job Requirements

Qualifications : BA degree/Diploma in education, adult education, and other related fields.
A minimum of six-month experience in teaching young people, facilitating functional adult literacy sessions, and other non-formal education programs.
Experience in teaching adult literacy and numeracy is a plus

Technical and other Skills

• Able to mobilize out-of-school youth and the ability to work with young people at their preferred time including out-of-working hours.
• Able to read and write proficiently in the targeted city instructional languages.
• Able to demonstrate a high level of integrity, flexibility, and teamwork.
• Able to facilitate inclusively and gender-responsive pedagogic sessions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in both local and English languages.
• Willing to work at youths’ preference time including on the weekend and evening