About the Programme

The Youth on the Move (YOM) Programme is a global initiative delivered through a partnership between Migration Youth & Children Platform (MYCP) and UNICEF to create more inclusive and accessible pathways for migrant and displaced youth to engage in international development and humanitarian work. Originally launched in 2022 as the Youth on the Move Fellowship pilot, the programme was co-designed to address the barriers many young people on the move face in accessing professional opportunities due to legal, financial, and administrative challenges.

Following the success of the pilot, UNICEF and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme launched the UNICEF UNV Youth on the Move Programme, with MYCP continuing as a key implementation partner supporting mentorship, capacity building, alumni engagement, and youth participation in migration and displacement policy spaces. The 2026–2027 cohort will support Youth on the Move UNVs across Kenya, Uganda, Iraq, Colombia, Sudan, and Myanmar through mentorship programmes, Skills Accelerator sessions, development roundtables, and professional development opportunities.

About the Role

The Youth on the Move (YOM) Programme Coordinator will lead the end-to-end coordination, planning, design, implementation, and partnership management of all programme activities under the YOM Programme.

The Coordinator will be responsible not only for programme management and delivery, but also for designing the programme architecture of the Skills Accelerator, development roundtables, mentorship structures, and guidance materials. The role requires a highly proactive individual capable of building collaborations, sourcing and managing facilitators and mentors, designing engaging learning experiences, and ensuring all activities align with the programme’s inclusion and empowerment goals.

The Coordinator will serve as the primary operational focal point between MYCP, UNICEF, mentors, external partners, and participating UNVs. They will also work closely with MYCP’s Monitoring & Evaluation Officer to support programme tracking, reporting, learning, and accountability processes, and will provide regular updates and reports to UNICEF and the YOM focal point.

Key Responsibilities

1. Programme Coordination & Delivery

• Lead the day-to-day coordination and implementation of the Youth on the Move (YOM) Programme across participating countries.
• Develop and manage programme workplans, timelines, activity calendars, and delivery frameworks.
• Coordinate participant onboarding, engagement, communications, and ongoing support.
• Serve as the main coordination point between MYCP, UNICEF, UNV, mentors, facilitators, alumni, and programme participants.
• Ensure timely delivery of programme outputs and maintain operational oversight across all programme components.

2. Skills Accelerator, Roundtables & Partnerships

• Lead the design and delivery of the YOM Skills Accelerator, development roundtables, and other capacity-building activities.
• Coordinate and facilitate Skills Accelerator sessions, workshops, and dialogue spaces focused on professional development and youth participation.
• Design learning frameworks, session content, participant resources, and engagement approaches.
• Build and manage partnerships with NGOs, UN agencies, youth-led organisations, academic institutions, professionals, and sector experts to support programme delivery.
• Identify and coordinate speakers, facilitators, trainers, and collaborators.
• Support opportunities for Youth on the Move UNVs to engage in consultations, forums, and migration/displacement policy spaces.

3. Mentorship & Alumni Engagement

• Lead the design and management of the YOM mentorship programme and alumni network.
• Recruit, onboard, and support mentors, including coordinating mentor matching and engagement processes.
• Develop mentorship guidance materials, onboarding resources, codes of conduct, and the Mentorship Toolkit for publication on the MYCP Knowledge Hub.
• Design and coordinate alumni engagement and peer exchange opportunities to strengthen long-term community and professional connections.

4. Monitoring, Reporting & Learning

• Work closely with MYCP’s Monitoring & Evaluation Officer to support programme tracking, data collection, learning, and evaluation processes.
• Coordinate participant feedback, mentorship tracking, attendance records, and activity documentation.
• Prepare updates, reports, and implementation summaries for UNICEF and the YOM focal point.
• Support reflection sessions, reviews and programme improvement processes.

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Demonstrated experience designing and facilitating training programmes, workshops, or learning initiatives.
• Experience building partnerships and managing external collaborators and facilitators.
• Experience recruiting and managing mentors, consultants, facilitators, or volunteers.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience working with migrant, refugee, or displaced communities strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, inclusion, accessibility, and youth participation principles.
• Ability to work independently and across multiple global stakeholders and time zones.
• Excellent English proficiency, and command of another UN language is desirable

Desirable

• Experience working with UN agencies, INGOs, or youth-led organisations.
• Experience designing mentorship or leadership development programmes.
• Experience with online learning platforms and virtual programme coordination.
• Lived experience of migration or displacement is strongly encouraged and valued.

We strongly encourage applications from individuals with lived experience of migration, displacement, or statelessness, and from underrepresented communities.

• Lead the day-to-day coordination and implementation of the Youth on the Move (YOM) Programme across participating countries.
• Develop and manage programme workplans, timelines, activity calendars, and delivery frameworks.
• Coordinate participant onboarding, engagement, communications, and ongoing support.
• Serve as the main coordination point between MYCP, UNICEF, UNV, mentors, facilitators, alumni, and programme participants.
• Ensure timely delivery of programme outputs and maintain operational oversight across all programme components.
• Lead the design and delivery of the YOM Skills Accelerator, development roundtables, and other capacity-building activities.
• Coordinate and facilitate Skills Accelerator sessions, workshops, and dialogue spaces focused on professional development and youth participation.
• Design learning frameworks, session content, participant resources, and engagement approaches.
• Build and manage partnerships with NGOs, UN agencies, youth-led organisations, academic institutions, professionals, and sector experts to support programme delivery.
• Identify and coordinate speakers, facilitators, trainers, and collaborators.
• Support opportunities for Youth on the Move UNVs to engage in consultations, forums, and migration/displacement policy spaces.
• Lead the design and management of the YOM mentorship programme and alumni network.
• Recruit, onboard, and support mentors, including coordinating mentor matching and engagement processes.
• Develop mentorship guidance materials, onboarding resources, codes of conduct, and the Mentorship Toolkit for publication on the MYCP Knowledge Hub.
• Design and coordinate alumni engagement and peer exchange opportunities to strengthen long-term community and professional connections.
• Work closely with MYCP’s Monitoring & Evaluation Officer to support programme tracking, data collection, learning, and evaluation processes.
• Coordinate participant feedback, mentorship tracking, attendance records, and activity documentation.
• Prepare updates, reports, and implementation summaries for UNICEF and the YOM focal point.
• Support reflection sessions, reviews and programme improvement processes.

• Demonstrated experience designing and facilitating training programmes, workshops, or learning initiatives.
• Experience building partnerships and managing external collaborators and facilitators.
• Experience recruiting and managing mentors, consultants, facilitators, or volunteers.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, inclusion, accessibility, and youth participation principles.
• Ability to work independently and across multiple global stakeholders and time zones.
• Excellent English proficiency, and command of another UN language is desirable

• Demonstrated experience designing and facilitating training programmes, workshops, or learning initiatives.
• Experience building partnerships and managing external collaborators and facilitators.
• Experience recruiting and managing mentors, consultants, facilitators, or volunteers.
• Strong project management and organisational skills.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience working with migrant, refugee, or displaced communities strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding, inclusion, accessibility, and youth participation principles.
• Ability to work independently and across multiple global stakeholders and time zones.
• Excellent English proficiency, and command of another UN language is desirable
• Experience working with UN agencies, INGOs, or youth-led organisations.
• Experience designing mentorship or leadership development programmes.
• Experience with online learning platforms and virtual programme coordination.