Operational Secretariat | The Youth Cafe

The Youth Cafe is a non-profit organisation run by the youth for youth.It currently has an operational secretariat of 33 staff members, 26 consultants and contractors, 4 interns, and 6 volunteers. All members of the secretariat are young professionals aged 35 and below. The main secretariat is the hub of the organisation, providing the operational and technological infrastructure supporting all sections, managing partnerships and implementing projects. The senior leadership team is made up of the Executive Director, the Head of Operations & Finance and the Head of Partnerships. Reporting into this team are the section head , main secretariat coordinator and Technical Coordinator. Each section, including main secretariat, also works with a number of part-time young professionals providing programmatic services. Finally, our staff is distributed, with a section based Kenya and other colleagues operating from across Africa and some parts of the world. Our dedicated team knows that generational challenges are no match for people who believe there’s no problem we can solve together.

Advisory Board of Directors | The Youth Cafe

The purpose of the Advisory Board is to support the senior leadership team in securing the sustainability and growth of The Youth Cafe by providing strategic guidance, scrutiny, and challenge in line with legal and regulatory requirements and acting as ambassadors. The Board is made up of a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 12 non-executive directors plus the Executive Director, Finance Director, and Secretariat coordinator (all executive directors). Each Board Member must seek re-appointment after a three year term. The Head of Operations & Finance and the Head of Partnerships attend every meeting. Section Leads are invited to attend on a rotating basis and will present on their section’s achievements, challenges, and future development at the beginning of the meeting. Three meetings are held annually in February, May, and November, with a half-day strategy session annually. To represent the young people that the organization serves, three board members are young people under the age of 35. The rest are above 35 years.