Facilitator cum Project Officer

Job description

Facilitator — Youth Service Program (YSP) (Co-Lead & Community Outreach)

Location: Mphande village, Kafue district— rural field work required.
Contract: Full-time, fixed term (24 months — aligns with the 2-year YSP cohort); renewable/extendable depending on funding.
Reports to: Program Coordinator
Start date: As soon as possible (negotiable).

About Tevel & the Youth Service Program

Tevel’s Youth Service Program (YSP) is a two-year, full-time service and leadership initiative that equips rural youth with the practical skills, agribusiness knowledge, and mentoring needed to become resilient agripreneurs and community leaders. YSP combines hands-on demonstration farms, business incubation (small grant + loan), community outreach, and club structures (youth & women) to catalyze sustainable local economic transformation.

Role purpose (short)

The YSP Facilitator will co-lead day-to-day delivery of the YSP cohort, mentor and coach youth participants, plan and run community outreach and club activities for youth and women, keep project records (including spending), document activities and produce timely progress reports. This is a field-facing, facilitation-heavy role that blends training, community mobilization, M&E, basic financial record keeping, and stakeholder liaison.

Key responsibilities

1. Program leadership & coordination

Co-lead the operational delivery of the 24-month YSP cohort in coordination with the other staff.
Develop and maintain a rolling activity plan and field schedule (weekly/monthly) for cohort activities and outreach.
Coordinate logistics for trainings, field demonstrations, input distribution, and market visits.
2. Facilitation, training & mentorship

Deliver participatory training modules (agri practices, business planning, marketing, financial literacy, record keeping, leadership, soft skills).
Provide regular one-to-one and group mentoring to participants to support business plan development and enterprise growth.
Implement follow-up coaching visits to monitor adoption of practices and troubleshoot challenges.
3. Community outreach & club development

Lead community mobilization and sensitization activities — engage local leaders, extension agents, parents, and other stakeholders.
Design and implement plans to form, register (if applicable), and strengthen youth clubs and women’s groups: meeting schedules, governance, savings & lending mechanisms, training calendar.
Facilitate community events, demo days and market linkages.
4. Financial tracking & record keeping

Keep clear, up-to-date records of project spending in the field (petty cash, inputs distributed, club funds), and support financial reconciliation with the central finance team.
Prepare and submit supporting documentation (receipts, payment vouchers) in agreed formats and timelines.
Support transparent tracking of in-kind inputs, grants and loans to participants.
5. Monitoring, evaluation & reporting

Maintain participant records, attendance sheets, training logs, and a basic M&E tracker.
Collect routine quantitative and qualitative M&E data (pre/post surveys, case studies, photos, beneficiary feedback).
Produce monthly field reports and quarterly progress reports with clear results, challenges, and corrective actions.
6. Documentation & communications

Document success stories, lessons learned, photos and short write-ups for donor reports and communications.
Work with the communications team to produce content (briefs, social posts, newsletters).
7. Safeguarding, health & safety

Promote and enforce Tevel’s safeguarding, child protection and health & safety policies during all activities.
Ensure safe working environments for participants during field visits, trainings and in poultry/irrigation facilities.
8. Stakeholder engagement & partnerships

Build and maintain relationships with government extension officers, , NGOs and community leaders to support participant enterprises.
Represent Tevel at local coordination meetings when required.