Youth Engagement and Participation Expert / Outcome Manager

Consulente-Educazione e formazione

Descrizione

Job Title: Youth Engagement and Participation Expert / Outcome Manager

Location: Milan/Remote
Job Type: Part-Time, Contract to be defined
Availability: ASAP
Deadline: 31/03/2025

About Us
ACRA is a Milanese Non-Governmental Organization committed for over fifty years to fighting poverties and inequalities. In Europe, Africa, and Latin America, ACRA works for the protection of human rights, access to food, education, water, energy, and the protection of the environment and gender equality. ACRA promotes a culture of dialogue, cross-cultural exchange, peace and solidarity.
We are looking for a passionate and experienced Youth Engagement and Participation Expert to join our team and develop with us our Global Districts project.

Project Overview
The Global Districts project is co-funded by the EC under the DEAR program and implemented by ACRA and its partners across Europe. The project targets young people less involved in global challenges, who come from situations of social and geographic marginalization, with the goal of their greater inclusion as actors of change within society. From informal education activities to schools of civic participation, the project aims to build a process of community activation that creates a link between the local and the global, revealing how international challenges (poverty, climate change, gender discrimination, etc.) act on our society and how local communities can best play their role to make a positive impact. The project places a strong focus on the concepts of intersectionality and gender equality and aims to form the basis for proposals for policy matching and innovation with institutional actors at the local, national and European levels.

Key Responsibilities:
•    Lead the development of strategies within the project partnership to engage marginalized young people in community initiatives.
•    Develop adaptable and flexible guidelines, methodologies, and solutions to foster inclusive global citizenship education actions in non-formal education settings.
•    Provide ongoing capacity building for partners by defining relevant content and outputs.
•    Support local project managers and staff in implementing and adapting the action across various contexts and in enhancing the project's themes and outcomes.
•    Conduct online monthly meetings with local project managers and tutors/facilitators to promote youth engagement.
•    Collaborate with the project manager and the project monitoring expert to assess the effectiveness of youth engagement activities and provide recommendations for improvement.

Qualifications:
•    Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Education, Youth Development, or related field.
•    Proven experience in youth engagement and participation, including developing guidelines and overseeing interventions at the European level.
•    Experience in Global Citizenship Education programs, including non-formal and informal educational settings.
•    Experience in inclusive youth actions, targeting socially marginalized young people.
•    Proven communication and interpersonal skills for engaging with diverse professionals and stakeholders.
•    Proven organizational and project management abilities.
•    Capable of working independently and as part of a team.
•    Fluent English language (spoken and written), fluency in Italian is an asset.

Fondazione ACRA ETS reserves Zero tolerance to Sexual Abuse and Exploitation and to Child Abuse, Violence, Harm, Injury and Negligence.
Fondazione ACRA ETS will conduct a reference check on shortlisted candidates that might compromise candidates’ privacy. Shortlisted candidates shall promptly provide an up-to-date criminal background check. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

How to Apply
You can send your application to selezione@acra.it, by March 31st, 2025, including:
-    Updated CV
-    Motivation Letter.
Please, include “name_surname OUTCOME_MAN” in the subject.

The recruitment process may be closed early if a suitable candidate is found. Due to the large number of applications, we apologize in advance and will only respond to those profiles deemed suitable for the role.