The Department for
Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has announced that 77 local authorities will
receive additional funding of £25,000 each to provide
activities for young people on Friday and Saturday nights in
neighbourhoods where crime and anti-social behaviour are a
concern. Ensuring youth centres stay open late at weekends and
evenings forms part of the proposals announced in the
government's Youth Crime Action Plan.
Capacitybuilders
has announced the programmes across England that will receive
£2.5 million of grant awards for the modernisation of third
sector support. The projects have been put forward by local
and regional consortia from the business plans developed last
year. A full list of projects is available. It will also be
announcing details of the next phase of investment – with a
capital grants programme to improve the facilities available
for organisations in third sector resource
centres.
BBC Children in Need
distributes grants to not-for-profit organisations working
with disadvantaged children and young people, living in the
UK. Grants from £500 to over £100,000 are available for up to
three years. Deadline for applications is 15 January
2009.
Communities
Secretary Hazel Blears has announced the 22 projects that will
share in a £1.3m Community Leadership Fund aimed at supporting
Muslim communities to unlock the potential of local people to
take a lead on tackling violent extremism. One strand of the
funding will be to support youth-led projects which develop
the leadership skills of young people, including both formal
and informal activities and training such as sports, workshops
and mentoring. Recipients of the first funding round include
the Muslim Youth Helpline and Muslim Youthwork
Foundation.
The DCSF has
announced that it will be introducing new legislation to
ensure that multi-agency Children’s Trusts Boards are
operating in every local authority area. The Boards will
consist of the local authority, health, police, schools and
other services who will be legally required to work together
to agree and deliver a Children and Young People’s
Plan.
The DCSF has also
published new guidance on Children’s Trusts. The
guidance takes into account the revised 2008 statutory
guidance for local authorities and agencies on the ‘duty to
cooperate’ to improve children’s well-being. The
guidance states that Trusts should involve and empower
children, young people and their families in order to drive
through change. Alongside this guidance is a short
leaflet which contains a simplified explanation of what a
Children’s Trust is for and what it does.
The Government has
introduced support for commissioning services for local
authorities and Children’s Trusts partners. The
Commissioning Support Programme will help Children’s
Trusts to plan, design and implement services more effectively
by providing tailored support as and when Trust partners need
it, developing online resources and networks to help
commissioners share best practice, and holding
conferences. The programme will run until April
2011.
The Government has
introduced a change to the law to place a duty on all
maintained schools in England and Wales to consider the views
of children and young people. The provisions are introduced as
new Section 29A of the Education Act 2002. A consultation on
the regulations will take place in Spring
2009.
Director
Country Operations
Established in
January 2008 to address the critical and growing need to
create jobs and economic opportunities for young people.
The initiative promotes large-scale job creation,
entrepreneurship and access to capital and markets for
youngpeople aged 18-30 throughout 22 countries across the Arab
world. Their aim is to create 100 million jobs over the next
20 years by working with and through a growing network of
strategic partners.
Our clients
objectives include: facilitating job linkages through
state-of-the-art contact and counselling centres; promoting
cutting edge technologies to connect young people with
potential employers; providing access to business development
services and capital to enhance the growth of small and
medium-sized businesses; enabling aspiring young entrepreneurs
to start and build new enterprises; and breaking down
barriers to risk taking and entrepreneurship. They focus on
mobilising partnerships to bring investment, thought
leadership and innovative technology platforms that connect
young people to jobs and opportunities. Our client is
supported by regional and international leaders with a Board
of Trustee’s comprised of highly influential
executives and VIPs.
The
Position
Director – Country
Operations as part of the start up team who will report to the
Managing Director, Program
Operations.
The purpose of the
role is to provide leadership and support to field operations
including establishment of field offices,
planning, financial management, international program
delivery, partnership and government relations, development of
Regional and Country offices, logistics and security
measures. In addition the incumbent is also accountable for
the field operations team who are responsible for aspects
of program management and delivery, operations and personnel,
sector and market knowledge. Working alongside the MD,
the Director – Country Operations will oversee the development
of detailed country and project plans, ensuring programs
in the Field are developed, implemented, monitored and
evaluated to the highest
international standards.
This role offers a
fantastic opportunity to be part of a ground breaking
initiative in the Middle East whilst working
alongside global leaders as well as regional partners to
connect young people with employment and enterprise
opportunities.
Profile
Bachelor’s Degree in
International Development, Commerce or related field.
Additional higher level qualifications will be highly
regarded.
Approximately 15+
years professional experience in a role with comparable levels
of international complexity Extensive MENA regional
experience; must have a strong understanding of government and
private business sector regulations across a large
section of the region. A keen business developer with
experience establishing, developing and monitoring
partnerships, JVs and alliances Professional and
diplomatic; an individual who is culturally sensitive and
values diversity Must be fluent in Arabic and
English
The compensation
package offered to the successful candidate is highly
competitive and negotiable based upon relevant experience
and overall suitability. The successful candidate can expect
an excellent and comprehensive package including Housing,
transportation, mobile, travel, schooling allowances plus full
medical coverage
Jenny Cardwell, Head
of Research
Telephone: +974 496
7294
Established
in January 2008 to address the critical and growing need to
create jobs and economic opportunities for young people.
The initiative promotes large-scale job creation,
entrepreneurship and access to capital and markets for young
people aged 18-30 throughout 22 countries across the Arab
world. Their aim is to create and place 100 million jobs over
the next 20 years by working with and through a growing
network of strategic partners.
Our
clients objectives include: facilitating job linkages through
state-of-the-art contact and counselling centres; promoting
cutting edge technologies to connect young people with
potential employers; providing access to business development
services and capital to enhance the growth of small and
medium-sized businesses; enabling aspiring young entrepreneurs
to start and build new enterprises; and breaking down
barriers to risk taking and entrepreneurship. They focus on
mobilising partnerships to bring investment,
thought leadership and innovative technology platforms
that connect young people to jobs and opportunities. Our
client is supported by regional and international leaders with
a Board of Trustee’s comprised of highly influential
executives.
The
Position
Job
Placement Specialist. The purpose of this role is to provide
leadership and overall direction to our client’s programs
as it relates to job placement and career counseling whilst at
the same time being actively engaged in the formation and
nurturing of strategic partnerships throughout the 22 Arab
countries.
The
incumbent will be responsible for developing and implementing
a strategic plan and resourcing plan across the following
four main areas:
·
Internships
and Work Experience
·
Recruitment
and Employment
·
Career
Guidance
·
Career
Development
The
main deliverable of the role are;
·
Create
the business strategy that will lead our client across the
broad areas of job placement, outreach and career
counseling.
·
Generate
new business opportunities, including developing successful
proposals
·
Set
up job placement and career guidance resource centers and
train staff to provide professional
support.
·
Map
and actively engage with key personnel from Government
Agencies, existing job placement centers and other
strategic partnerships throughout the region and
internationally.
Profile
Bachelor’s
degree from a leading international or regional
institution.
Additional
post graduate qualification such as a Masters would be highly
regarded
Minimum
of 15 years experience in Similar
roles
Experience
in working on large and diverse education or government sector
projects would be advantageous
Broad
international experience in job placement, career counselling,
career development, out reach strategies and
recruitment.
Proven
ability to handle and build key internal and external
stakeholders, clients and partnership
relationships.
Must
be fluent in Arabic and English.
Package
The
compensation package offered to the successful candidate is
highly competitive and negotiable based upon relevant
experience and overall suitability. The successful
candidate can expect an excellent and comprehensive package
including Housing, transportation, mobile, travel,
schooling allowances plus full medical
coverage.
Contact:
Joanna
Garvey: Research Associate
Telephone:
+974 496 7295
