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The Youth Health and Welfare Promotion Specialist is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating programs and initiatives aimed at improving the health and well-being of youth in Rwanda.

Responsibilities or duties,

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct research, formulate policies, programmes and strategies to ensure young people are healthier and promotion of youth wellbeing.

• Design and implement health promotion programs targeting youth empowerment;
• Formulate policies, programs and projects targeting youth social welfare;
• Coordinate joint interventions for youth health and social welfare;
• Conduct research and propose the research-based policy actions to address teenage pregnancy;
• Advocate for policies and practices that support youth health and well-being;
• Facilitate young people to have access on mental wellness services and counseling to youth on health-related issues.

Conduct monitoring, evaluation and implementation of national programs related to health and social welfare among youth:

• Follow up and evaluate the implementation of the youth health and social welfare;
• Analyze reports on youth health and social welfare and provide policy recommendations;
• Monitor the progress of the implementation of different programs implemented by both public institutions and development partners

Initiate partnerships with key players intervening in Youth health and welfare

• Initiate and participate in consultations with youth stakeholders to elaborate national programs, strategies and policies intended to promote Youth health and social welfare;
• Initiate MoUs between the Ministry and partners & monitor its implementation.

Reporting

• Prepare the weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports of activities and report them to the supervisor;
• Carry out any other assignment as requested by the supervisor;
• Prepare analytical reports on key areas in youth health and social welfare promotion which require special attention and advise accordingly

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills),

Experience needed,

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• Design and implement health promotion programs targeting youth empowerment;
• Formulate policies, programs and projects targeting youth social welfare;
• Coordinate joint interventions for youth health and social welfare;
• Conduct research and propose the research-based policy actions to address teenage pregnancy;
• Advocate for policies and practices that support youth health and well-being;
• Facilitate young people to have access on mental wellness services and counseling to youth on health-related issues.
• Follow up and evaluate the implementation of the youth health and social welfare;
• Analyze reports on youth health and social welfare and provide policy recommendations;
• Monitor the progress of the implementation of different programs implemented by both public institutions and development partners
• Initiate and participate in consultations with youth stakeholders to elaborate national programs, strategies and policies intended to promote Youth health and social welfare;
• Initiate MoUs between the Ministry and partners & monitor its implementation.
• Prepare the weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports of activities and report them to the supervisor;
• Carry out any other assignment as requested by the supervisor;
• Prepare analytical reports on key areas in youth health and social welfare promotion which require special attention and advise accordingly