Associate

YIELD Collective Action Learning Hub

(36 hours per week, vacancy number 2022-39) 

About the YIELD Collective Action Learning Hub

Young people want and deserve the power to decide their bodies, lives, and futures. It is both their right and their responsibility. But making this a reality requires youth participation at every level of Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (AYSRHR) decision-making and implementation – such that young people are engaged as partners and leaders in all efforts.

Despite the increasing evidence of the multi-level benefits of youth partnership*, this practice has yet to be systematically, consistently, or rigorously adopted. Mainstreaming youth partnership in AYSRHR is hindered by a lack of cross-stakeholder alignment, coordination, and shared learning. As such, stakeholders call for concentrated efforts toward collective action learning to overcome these persistent barriers and advance youth partnership in AYSRHR efforts as the norm.

The YIELD Collective Action Learning Hub** (the YIELD Hub) functions as a cross-stakeholder platform for mainstreaming youth partnerships in the AYSRHR field as a norm. This is a new initiative built on the research and stakeholder engagement of the Youth Investment, Engagement, and Leadership Development Project (YIELD Project). For more information about the YIELD Hub, please visit yieldhub.global.

The YIELD Hub is an independent initiative hosted by Rutgers International. A core team staffs the YIELD Hub with operational support from Rutgers staff.   

What you will be doing

The YIELD Hub Associate supports day-to-day activities and discrete projects. You will contribute to the Hub by delivering time-bound projects and/or supporting overall functions. You will support the Action Learning Groups by collecting information, and data, reaching out to members, scheduling meetings, coordinating activities and contributing to reports. This role reports to the YIELD Hub Manager.

You will support the Hub management and Action Learning Groups implementation on the following. 

Planning and organizing:

• Provides practical support for various meetings and activities.
• Organises meetings and ensures the follow-up of action points.
• Monitors the project planning and follow-up after meetings and reminds colleagues of their action points.
• Acts as an internal and external point of contact for projects and interventions.

Content-wise:

• Provides support on the content of the YIELD Hub
• Collects, edits, and disseminates data and information.
• Contributes to reports and policy notes for reporting to donors and for information purposes.
• Performs data analysis and advises relevant Hub staff on this.
• Supports in carrying out project/intervention activities.

Acquisition:

• Assists colleagues with projects/interventions.
• Provides input for project proposals, budgets, and grant applications.  

What we are looking for

The ideal candidate will bring the following skills to this role. Please apply if you do not (yet) meet all the criteria above but still feel your experience and skill level could be a good fit for the position. We recognize that candidates who only check some boxes, still can add value to the YIELD Hub.

• A vision on AYSRHR and global health, for instance, shaped by relevant participation in programs, volunteer background, board representation, internships, or lived experiences.
• Some experience in project support
• Bachelor’s degree in public health, global health, international development, social studies, or similar.
• Capacity to use online working tools such as Office365, G Suite, and Monday.com
• Experience using online meeting platforms and hosting meetings through them (Zoom and MS Teams).
• Capacity to support different activities simultaneously.
• Good writing skills.
• Written and verbal Fluency in English, French, and Spanish. Other languages are welcome.
• Good interpersonal communication skills to facilitate meetings, desirable.

What we offer

We offer a challenging position in an international working environment with highly motivated and qualified colleagues. The position is contractual for one year for 36 hours per week, with the opportunity for annual renewal. Global conditions permitting the job may require up to 10% regional and international travel. The compensation range is US$35–37,000 per year based on a 36-hour week.

Individuals from all countries, gender identities, and backgrounds are welcome to apply. Young professionals are encouraged to apply. 

Your personal data will be erased three months after completing the application procedure. 

This vacancy has been posted internally and externally simultaneously.

If this is not your dream job, please support The YIELD Hub and Rutgers by sharing this vacancy in your network. 

We do not appreciate receiving commercial correspondence through the channels listed to reply to this advertisement. 

* The YIELD Hub uses the term “partnership” to reflect the nature of relationships between all actors, including young people. It connotes equitable, mutually respectful, and beneficial relationships that allow stakeholders to work together and make complementary contributions to processes that lead to achieving the YIELD Hub’s shared vision.

** Collective action learning is a dynamic, interactive process of bringing together a group of people with varied perspectives and skills to analyze an actual problem, challenge or goal and develop and test related action plans to address the issue.