Project Planning and Implementation

• Lead the development, review and implementation of ADAP workplans, activity

schedules and operational priorities in line with approved project objectives.

• Ensure timely implementation across targeted locations, following up against agreed

targets, milestones, deliverables and quality standards.

• Coordinate and integrate the different ADAP components, including life skills, TVET

and skills development, entrepreneurship, youth participation, youth-led initiatives,

sports-for-development, awareness and social mobilization.

• Identify implementation challenges, facilitate corrective actions and adapt operational

plans when required.

2. Team Leadership and Internal Coordination

• Provide overall direction, guidance and coordination to ADAP project staff, ensuring

clear roles, responsibilities and priorities.

• Supervise and support the Life Skills, TVET/Skills Development, Youth

Initiatives/Participation and related teams, providing technical guidance, coaching and

performance oversight.

• Work closely with M&E, programme and support teams to ensure coherent

implementation, effective communication and timely delivery.

 Promote teamwork, accountability and effective coordination across ADAP

components.

3. Programme Quality and Results

• Ensure ADAP interventions are implemented in accordance with approved approaches,

relevant standards, UNICEF requirements and principles of quality, equity and

inclusion.

• Promote safe, inclusive and adolescent- and youth-centred approaches that

strengthen skills, agency, leadership, resilience and meaningful participation.

• Work with technical teams to identify programme quality gaps and ensure appropriate

follow-up and improvement actions.

• Ensure interventions respond to the identified needs and priorities of adolescents and

young people, particularly vulnerable and marginalized groups, girls and adolescents

with disabilities.

4. Monitoring, Accountability and Risk Management

• Work closely with the M&E team to monitor progress against indicators, targets,

outputs and expected results and ensure findings inform implementation.

• Conduct regular field visits and implementation reviews to assess progress, quality,

participation and compliance with agreed plans.

• Track implementation risks, operational challenges and emerging needs and

coordinate appropriate mitigation and corrective actions.

• Promote adolescent and youth feedback, accountability and meaningful participation

in monitoring and programme adaptation.

5. Financial and Resource Management

• Monitor ADAP expenditure against the approved budget and implementation plan and

identify significant variances or resource gaps.

• Coordinate with Finance, Procurement, Logistics and relevant teams to ensure timely

availability and efficient use of project resources.

• Ensure project resources are managed in accordance with HAND procedures, approved

budgets and UNICEF/donor requirements.

6. External Coordination and Representation

 Maintain effective coordination with UNICEF, relevant authorities, youth groups,

community representatives, partners and other stakeholders.

• Represent HAND and the ADAP component in relevant coordination meetings,

technical discussions and stakeholder engagements, as appropriate.

• Promote collaboration, information sharing and joint planning to strengthen

programme quality, participation, complementarity and sustainability.

7. Reporting, Documentation and Learning

• Lead the preparation and consolidation of timely and accurate ADAP progress reports

and provide required inputs for donor and UNICEF reporting.

• Ensure systematic documentation of achievements, challenges, implementation

evidence and lessons learned.

• Capture good practices and support the use of programme learning, monitoring

findings and adolescent/youth feedback to inform ongoing implementation and future

programming.

8. Safeguarding, Inclusion and Compliance

• Ensure safeguarding, child protection, PSEA, gender, disability inclusion and

accountability to affected populations are integrated throughout ADAP

implementation.

• Ensure project activities and staff conduct comply with HAND policies, UNICEF/donor

requirements and relevant safeguarding and accountability standards.

• Promote safe, equitable and inclusive opportunities for adolescent and youth

participation, with particular attention to vulnerable and marginalized groups.