Regional Director, MENA
Position title: Regional Director, Middle East, and North Africa
Location: Arab States
Category: FTA International
Level: D
Duration: Two Years (Renewable)
Department: IYF Executive Office
Supervisor/Report to: Secretary-General
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 a senior member of the International Youth Federation who 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
Managing the IYF Regional Administration in the assigned region IYF, by 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.
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 and fora relating to the region.
Lead and direct the Regional Administration (RA) staff members and ensure the proper functioning of the RA in the region, including Representatives’ nomination, selections, and appointments.
Develop and expand IYF Member Countries in the Region both qualitatively and quantitatively, and assist IYF Representatives with engaging in fundraising activities, through strategic partnerships and public engagement activities and initiatives.
Competencies
Lead (Level-3) Leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act as a team towards achieving a common goal.
Design (Level-3) Ability to recognize what changes are required and create a path for improvement using existing knowledge, problem-solving skills, creativity, and original ways of working.
Empower (Level-3) Empowerment is a practice of giving team members skills, authority, opportunity, and motivation so that they can take initiative and make decisions to solve problems and improve performance.
Mobilize (Level-3) Ability to identify resources and activities that individuals and organizations will undertake to support the IYF’s strategic goals and objectives. Engage and influence appropriate donors by building win-win relationships.
Inspire (Level-3) Inspiration and leading by example are about energizing and creating a sense of direction and purpose in others, unlocking motivation and momentum for positive change.
Functional Competencies
Ability to lead strategic planning, results-based management, and reporting.
Ability to lead and manage corporate strategic initiatives.
Excellent computer, internet, social media, and information system skills.
Eligibility
Be a citizen of one of the region countries.
Highly interested in youth empowerment, and youth issues.
Skills Required for Position
Ability to interact cordially and communicate with a diverse community.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
Ability to assess and evaluate situations quickly, accurately, and effectively.
Experience
Experience and results preferred at national or international level in youth empowerment role, management, coordination, development, communications, international relations, youth studies, sport, women empowerment, youth-led organizations, or another relevant field.
Language
Fluency in English and Arabic with superior drafting skills is essential.
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