Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Adolescent Development Specialist and Chief of Education at UNICEF or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Generation Unlimited Technical Lead will:

1. Project management

• Act as the technical and programmatic focal point at the hosting government entity
• Provide conceptual “thought leadership” along GenU priorities and themes
• Liaise and follow-up with hosting government agency on GenU matters daily
• Coordinate with country team members (RCO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA and ILO) and engage them individually and collectively
• Liaise and initiate discussions with UN Country Team members, International Finance Institutions, other national government agencies, CSOs, young people, private sector, bilateral donors beyond to promote and further strengthen GenU
• Participate in UNSDCF issue groups on Sustainable Job Creation and Economic Opportunities & Partnerships and Communications Group and others
• Oversee and manage national staff as applicable
• Represent GenU to third parties as applicable

2. Knowledge management and generation

• Oversee and guide the development and piloting of a “rapid assessment approach” together with a service provider
• Identify research gaps based on observations, own country knowledge and Landscape Analysis and draft research proposals
• Identify, document and share best practices on youth engagement/empowerment including from experiences of other countries including knowledge sharing platforms

3. Resource mobilization

• Identify and initiate overall GenU’s resource mobilization efforts for programmatic and operational funding
• Prepare and undertake donor engagements in coordination with other country team members and JCC
• Draft resource mobilization plan
• Draft a comprehensive project proposal on GenU for donor resource mobilization
• Draft any other materials, i.e. presentations or handouts, briefs for resource mobilization
• Draft programmatic project proposals / concept notes for GenU interventions

4. Coordination and matchmaking (internal / external)

• Review and rollout the “Governance mechanism” for GenU Ethiopia
• Draft a GenU private sector engagement strategy
• Undertake a mapping of all government, donors and other partners coordination mechanisms in Ethiopia with a focus on GenU strategic priorities
• Initiate a range of cross-sectoral partnerships and build networks with the private sector, youth and youth organizations, as well as government entities and other significant stakeholders
• Identify, assess and engage potential GenU partnership members based on local in-depth knowledge and familiarity with initiatives and projects
• Pro-actively reach out and build new networks, especially adolescent and youth as well as enterprise networks in line with GenU strategic priorities
• Coordinate networks and or stakeholders and align them under GenU
• Identify GenU advocacy themes and draft concept note
• Oversee the development of an advocacy plan

5. Partner to Youth

• Oversee GenU’s youth engagement activities
• Finalize a youth engagement strategy
• Oversee and guide the implementation of the GenU “Youth Challenge” together with a service provider