Overview
Regional Director – NGO; Volunteer Jobs in South Jordan, USA at International Youth Federation (IYF)
Position: Regional Director – NGO (Volunteer)
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* Please note – this is a fully remote part-time voluntary unpaid position. Hours can be worked on a fully flexible basis, including evenings and weekends, from 6-9 hours per week, TBC s role must be based remotely across the Americas & Caribbean region.*
Location:
Regional(Remote)
Category: FTA International
Level: D
Duration: 2 Years
Supervisor/Report to:
Director, Executive Office
Job type:
Voluntary Service (VS) Part-Time
Overview
The Fédération Internationale de la Jeunesse in English International Youth Federation (IYF), is an international non-profit youth organization network governed by the present Statutes and the Swiss Civil Code. It is politically neutral, and non-denominational, aiming to empower youth worldwide.
The IYF is a global youth network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to empower young people across the world. IYF works in over 50 countries and territories, helping to achieve youth empowerment and improve the status of youth.
The IYF Regional Director (RD) is the senior member of the International Youth Federation will serve as a senior official for IYF in one of the five regions. The Regional Director provides leadership to IYF Representatives in the region. The primary responsibility of the Regional Director is to ensure successful engagement of the Country Teams in the region with the IYF global strategies, missions, and vision.
She/he is a member of IYF’s Executive Board and contributes to shaping and monitoring overall corporate strategic directions of the IYF interventions in the region.
Mission Statement
To voluntarily represent, positively promote, and uphold the mission of “Empowering youth for a better world” in various programs and opportunities throughout the IYF interventions across member countries.
Responsibilities
(A) Managing the IYF Regional Administration in the assigned region IYF:
• Providing overall leadership and shaping strategic thinking for IYF’s engagement in the region;
• Identifying existing and emerging youth empowerment challenges and priorities in the region, and defining the strategic programming priorities at the regional and country and implementing measures to improve the quality and effectiveness of programmes;
• Assist the IYF Headquarters in the implementation of corporate strategies and support resource mobilization and delivery efforts;
• Provide guidance to the IYF Representatives, including playing a facilitating role with host governments, donors and counterparts as needed; and
• Building and maintaining strategic partnerships for IYF in the region, with a focus on knowledge sharing, joint activities and resource mobilization and representing IYF, as required, in high-level events relating to the region.
(B) Advocacy, Leadership and Representation:
• Lead and direct the Regional Administration (RA) staff members, and ensure the proper functioning of the RA in the region;
• Lead RA’s effort in Representatives’ nomination, selections, and appointments;
• Assist the Representatives in establishing IYF Country Teams (IYFCT) which comprises National Volunteer Officers (communications, youth, sport, and women) that are responsible for facilitation of IYF activities at national level;
• Communicate and advocate on behalf of the IYF at the regional level and create new opportunities to improve the situation of young people and women through relationships and networks with regional partners;
• Represent the IYF in the region and establish and maintain highest level of contacts and effective relationships with regional partners, including national partners, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, NGOs and civil society;
• Providing intellectual guidance for region-specific knowledge products; and
• As Director of the Regional Administration, exercise leadership to manage the decision-making process for the region on policies, strategies and human and financial resources allocations, monitoring implementation and evaluation of regional results and lessons learned.
(C) Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting:
• Monitor…
Title: Regional Director – NGO; Volunteer
Company: International Youth Federation (IYF)
Location: South Jordan, USA
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