Programme Manager - Youth Employment and Market Systems

• Programme Leadership:
• Provide technical leadership in the implementation of youth employment and market systems interventions.
• Lead the development of annual work plans, budgets, implementation strategies and performance targets to deliver sustainable pathways into dignified and fulfilling work for young people.
• Ensure youth employment interventions are market responsive, evidence based, and aligned with labour market trends, youth aspirations and  emerging economic opportunities.
• Drive adaptive programming by using data, rapid market assessments and learning to continuously  improve programme approaches and outcomes.
• Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) team to develop performance frameworks that measure youth employment outcomes and programme effectiveness.
• Strengthen accountability, risk management and safeguarding systems across programme delivery.
• Contribute to organisational strategy delivery by actively participating in the leadership team, providing technical insights, identifying opportunities and risks, and supporting evidence-based decision-making to strengthen organisational performance and impact.
• Youth Employment Pathways and Market system development:
• Provide leadership in the development of integrated pathways that enable young people to transition from skills development to self employment/entrepreneurship.
• Oversee approaches that connect young people to employers, markets, business development services, financial services and  enterprise growth opportunities.
• Lead market systems approach that identify barriers and opportunities affecting youth employment and facilitate solutions with relevant ecosystem actors.

Qualifications & Experience:

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Skills & Competencies:

• About the Role:
• The Programme Manager, Youth Employment and Market systems will provide technical leadership for Restless Development Uganda youth employment portfolio, leading the delivery of integrated interventions that enable young people to transition into dignified and fulfilling work.
• The role will drive market responsive employment pathways by building the agency of young people, and strengthening the connections with the private sector, financial institutions, youth led organisations, SMES and other related market actors. The role will champion meaningful youth engagement throughout the programme, ensuring that young people actively shape employment pathways, influence local economic systems and participate in decisions that affect the growth of their enterprises.
• Reporting to the Senior Technical Advisor – Livelihoods, the programme manager will support youth-led organisations to deliver market responsive employment pathways, build partnerships with private sector, finance institutions and government to enable young people transition into dignified work. He/She will ensure high quality programme implementation, adaptive management and delivery of employment outcomes for young people.
• Job Title: Programme Manager – Youth Employment and Market systems.
• Location: Kampala, Uganda
• Salary: UGX.117,282,458 Gross Per annum
• Preferred start date: 1st October 2026