Youth Empowerment and Skills Officer Jobs – Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Job Title:  Youth Empowerment and Skills Officer Organisation: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support implementation of delegated project portfolio according to plan of action.
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management.
• Promote and share ideas for improvement of project delivery.
• Ensure proper filing of documents and project records.
• Conduct regular monitoring and provide feedback to improve programme quality.
• Ensure youth safeguarding, inclusion, and feedback mechanisms are integrated.
• Represent NRC in coordination meetings with youth-led structures and partners.
• Ensure visibility and accountability standards are adhered to in youth programming.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the line manager

Specific responsibilities

• Lead in the community sensitization of the project in the target communities
• Organize and undertake youth training or workshops e.g. in Youth-led Advocacy and human rights, Communications, Human Rights, Sustainable Development, Social Accountability, smart enterprise and Business skills, Digital literacy, Project Management, creative activism etc.
• Raise procurement requisitions as per procurement & spending plans for power project related activities.
• Coordinate Field Monitoring for grantees (RYLOs) to ensure projects implementation is on track.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with POWER participants and mentors, ensuring that they are informed and participate through monthly check-in meetings, feedback mechanisms and joint problem-solving sessions.
• Assist in developing communication materials, reports, case studies, and newsletters.
• Track project outputs, update activity trackers, and support monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Support project participants to meaningfully interact with POWER digital tools and platforms through information and troubleshooting sessions.
• Collaborate with the M&E team to collect data and assess project outcomes.
• Support the integration of POWER’s methodologies into other sectoral programming (ICLA, Protection, etc.).
• Provide technical support on digital engagement to other CO colleagues upon request.
• As requested, represent NRC in internal and external coordination forums, workshops, and meetings, sharing experiences, lessons learned, and best practices with relevant stakeholders.