Planned Parenthood Global seeks a Youth Engagement Manager to provide technical, financial, and programmatic support to Planned Parenthood Global’s staff and partners working to advance adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Africa Region.
PURPOSE
Reporting to the Regional Director, Africa Regional Office (ARO), and working in close partnership with the Associate Director of Youth Engagement, Global Program Support (GPS), the Youth Engagement Manager, ARO will manage the creation, incubation, and support of local partners’ efforts to implement the programmatic components of ARO’s youth-focused initiatives in support of PP Global’s new Backing the Brave Strategy. A primary component of the youth work in ARO is in the strengthening and expansion of Billi Now Now! (BNN!), which aims to create a powerful youth movement that leverages technology and youth culture to empower young people to adopt positive steps towards embracing their sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and advocate for their rights. The BNN! movement has a rallying call of: “a billion young people, in charge of their bodies, culture, and destiny.”
The Youth Engagement manager will report to the Regional Director, ARO and a partner to
the Associate Director of Youth Engagement, responsible for the overarching global and
cross-regional youth engagement strategy.