Facilitation Lead
RWANDA (Full-Time Employee) or SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (Independent Contractor)
ABOUT YLABS
YLabs is a leading global design and research organization working to improve health and economic opportunity for young people 10–24 years old. Founded in 2014 at the Harvard Innovation Lab, YLabs partners with young people in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Central America to design, test, and advocate for youth-driven solutions that address key challenges to young people’s health and economic opportunity worldwide. YLabs’ focus areas are sexual/reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, mental health, and economic inclusion. Find out more about our projects here: https://www.ylabsglobal.org/work.
Our team of physicians, designers, economists, public health professionals, and educators bring a unique mix of human-centered design, adolescent health, evaluation, economic and health outcome evaluation, behavioral science, and implementation know-how to the global problems facing youth.
YLabs is committed to building teams and policies that promote equity, justice, and belonging at work. We strongly encourage people from all cultures, races, educational backgrounds, socio-economic classes, sexual orientations, age, gender, and physical abilities to apply. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, familial status, marital status, caregiver status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
JOB SUMMARY
YLabs is seeking a Facilitation Lead to provide leadership and support to YLabs Rwanda’s design team in sub-Saharan Africa. The Facilitation Lead will be responsible for conceptualizing, developing and facilitating the innovation design process. They will support a high-profile multi-country project helping multiple-youth focused organizations across the region to adopt and mainstream youth-driven innovation practices in their work.
The ideal candidate will be an accomplished design practitioner, who has deep experience leading design processes from start to finish, and training and supporting organizations and individuals to apply innovative design practices. They have fluency in design techniques and have developed and led training within accelerators and incubators or similar, in the African context. They have experience engaging diverse stakeholders in the design and innovation process and are comfortable communicating in external fora about YLabs’ work.
The ideal candidate will be excited to work with a dynamic interdisciplinary team of designers and public health professionals to support the development of design solutions for some of the biggest challenges facing young people in sub-Saharan Africa.
This position requires the ability to regionally travel within Rwanda and other African countries with remote support from YLabs’ US and Rwanda offices, up to 10-20% each year. All costs related to regional project travel and field work are covered by YLabs in line with our organizational policies.
ABOUT YLABS’ COMPENSATION
YLabs adheres to Project Fair’s principles and standards to establish equity in pay with the overriding principle of “equal pay for work of equal value” outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals. All salary ranges are based on level within the organization and are competitive to regional and national salary benchmarks, based on the respective office location.
PAY RATE
For Rwanda-based candidates who are legally authorized to work in Rwanda, this is a full-time position, fully benefited position based in Kigali, Rwanda.
For all other candidates based in sub-Saharan Africa, this is a two-year, independent contractor position; no benefits will be provided, however remuneration may be negotiable to accommodate self-administration of benefits and tax withholdings.
The pay range for this position is 40,000,000 RWF- 52,250,000 RWF per year, commensurate with experience.
YOU WILL:
- Lead the design and implementation of a social innovation lab model
- Develop engaging learning activities and lab content including learning objectives, a curriculum and training tools
- Prototype various social innovation lab models and adapt them based on user feedback
- Develop assessment tools and criteria to assess learner’s performance and ongoing learning needs
- Map and engage diverse stakeholders to participate in innovation sprints across multiple countries
- Conduct periodic check-ins with individuals or teams to ensure custom feedback and asses how innovation principles and practices are being applied
- Provide input to support external communication about the projects outputs
YOU ARE:
- A creative, experienced leader with deep experience leading and managing innovation processes and practices in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Adept at partner communication and engaging with diverse stakeholders from young leaders to small community organizations, to government partners.
- Adaptable, flexible, and responsive to new opportunities and challenges that arise during work
- An enthusiastic trainer, mentor, and coach, who is able to break down complex topics into practical engaging training content.
YOU HAVE:
- 7-10 years of professional experience in innovation methodologies and practice
- Proven experience leading high-quality innovation and design projects in East Africa
- Experience developing and leading training models, such as accelerators or incubators
- Experience engaging young people in consultations, research or training
- Extensive experience in collaborating with remote, multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience working across multiple cultural contexts and country offices
- Experience working with and managing external partners, including key stakeholders and donors
- Master’s degree in a relevant discipline preferred
- Worked and/or lived in sub-Saharan Africa
- Professional fluency in English, which will be the main working language
DESIRABLE:
- Fluency in French, Kinyarwanda, or Swahili
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
To apply, send a resume and cover letter to talent@ylabsglobal.org with the subject line: Facilitation Lead – Rwanda. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
This posting will be open until August 1st, 2023. Once the application period closes, all applications will be reviewed by our Hiring Committee. YLabs recognizes the effort that goes into submitting an application; all candidates will be notified of their application status once the hiring process begins.
All YLabs offers of employment are conditional on a satisfactory background check and criminal record clearances.
