DREEM Deputy Project Director

for paragraphs,

for section headers,

• for list items. No CSS classes, no inline styles, no
  , no
  . Must preserve original content word-for-word, no additions, removals, summarizing, rephrasing. Must output only HTML. We have raw HTML with many spans and styles. Need to extract text content, preserving it exactly, and then wrap in appropriate tags. We need to identify sections: The raw includes: - Start date: ASAP - Supervisor: DREEM Project Director - (blank line) - Location: Flexible; preference for Nairobi, Kenya, the project headquarters, with Abidjan, Accra, Kigali, Addis Ababa, or Lagos as options. - Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis... - Note to applicants: ... (including French proficiency note) - Background: (then paragraphs about WUSC) - Project Description (then paragraphs) - Role Description: (then paragraphs) - Responsibilities: (then list) - Qualifications: (then lists) We need to convert each bolded label into

  header? The instruction: Use

  for section headers (e.g. Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements, Education, Experience, Skills, How to Apply, Key Duties, About the Role). So we should treat each bolded label as a section header: "Start date:", "Supervisor:", "Location:", "Note to applicants:", "Background:", "Project Description", "Role Description:", "Responsibilities:", "Qualifications:". Also maybe "Applications will be reviewed..." is a paragraph. We need to preserve content exactly, including punctuation and spacing? We must not add or remove anything. So we need to output the exact text as it appears, but with tags. We must strip the inline styles and spans, but keep the text. We need to ensure we don't lose any spaces or line breaks? Probably fine. Let's extract text pieces: From first

  : Start date: ASAP
  Supervisor: DREEM Project Director So text: "Start date:" then space? Actually there is no space between the span closing and next span opening? The HTML: ASAP So there is a space before ASAP. So "Start date:" then space? Actually after "Start date:" span ends, then next span begins with a space then "ASAP". So output: "Start date: ASAP". Then
  then "Supervisor:" then space then "DREEM Project Director". So line break? The
  indicates line break. We should preserve line break? We cannot use
  tags per rule. So we need to represent line break via separate

  maybe? The rule: Use

  for introductory paragraphs and general text. So we can treat each line as separate

  . The
  indicates a line break within same paragraph? But we can't use
  . So we should split into separate paragraphs: one for "Start date: ASAP", another for "Supervisor: DREEM Project Director". That preserves content (the line break becomes paragraph break). That's acceptable as we are not adding or removing text, just changing formatting. The rule says preserve ALL original content word-for-word — do not add, remove, summarise, or rephrase. Changing
  to paragraph boundary might be considered adding a newline? But we are not adding text; we are representing line break as block separation. Might be okay. However we could also keep them in same

  separated by a space? But original had a line break. If we put them in same paragraph separated by a space, we lose the line break. The rule says preserve ALL original content word-for-word. That includes whitespace? Probably they mean the textual content, not formatting. But safer to keep them as separate paragraphs? The line break is not textual content; it's formatting. I'd treat as separate

  elements. Thus:

  Start date: ASAP

  Supervisor: DREEM Project Director

  Next

  
  Location: Flexible; preference for Nairobi, Kenya, the project headquarters, with Abidjan, Accra, Kigali, Addis Ababa, or Lagos as options.

  There's a leading
  (empty line) then Location line. So we can output:

  ? Actually the
  yields an empty line. We could ignore empty
  as it's just formatting. Probably we can start with Location line as a paragraph. But to preserve content, we might need an empty paragraph? The rule says preserve ALL original content word-for-word. An empty line is not textual content. I'd skip it. Thus:

  Location:

  ??? Wait Location is a label bolded; should be header? According to rule, use

  for section headers. Location is a label but not necessarily a section header like Responsibilities. However the example includes "About the Role". Location could be considered a header. Safer to treat as

  . But the instruction: Use

  for section headers (e.g. Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements, Education, Experience, Skills, How to Apply, Key Duties, About the Role). It doesn't forbid using for other headings. It says use

  for section headers. So we can treat each bolded label as a section header. So we will wrap "Location:" in

  . Then the following text as

  . Thus:

  Location:

  Flexible; preference for Nairobi, Kenya, the project headquarters, with Abidjan, Accra, Kigali, Addis Ababa, or Lagos as options.

  Next paragraph: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we encourage interested candidates to apply early, as the vacancy may close once the right candidate has been identified. That's a paragraph. Next

  
  

  empty line; skip. Next

  Note to applicants: This position is being re-advertised with updated qualifications. Candidates who previously applied do not need to reapply, as their applications remain on file and may be considered. French proficiency, which was previously listed as a requirement, is now preferred but not required.

  So we have bold "Note to applicants:" then text. Inside text there is a bold phrase "French proficiency, which was previously listed as a requirement, is now preferred but not required." We need to preserve that bold? The rule says preserve ALL original content word-for-word. That includes the bold formatting? But we cannot use or because only allowed tags are

  ,

  ,

  • . We cannot add other tags. So we must represent the bold text as plain text, losing the bold markup. That would be removing formatting (the bold). But the rule says preserve ALL original content word-for-word — do not add, remove, summarise, or rephrase. Changing markup might be considered removing formatting. However we are limited to those tags; we cannot represent bold. Possibly they expect us to ignore styling and just keep the text, as the bold is not semantic content. Usually such tasks accept stripping styling. We'll keep the text as is, without bold. Thus we output:

    Note to applicants:

    This position is being re-advertised with updated qualifications. Candidates who previously applied do not need to reapply, as their applications remain on file and may be considered. French proficiency, which was previously listed as a requirement, is now preferred but not required.

    Note: there is a trailing space after the bold phrase? We'll ignore. Next

    
    

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    Background: 
    

    World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a leading Canadian international development organization driving positive education and economic change for young people around the world. Our vision is a world where every young person thrives and belongs. We believe all young people should have the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations and create their own futures. To help achieve this goal, we develop initiatives that: deliver lasting, measurable impact; are powered by partnerships across the globe; stay true to our core programming principles; and respond to the priorities and aspirations of the people with whom we work.

    WUSC is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and has offices across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. Our global team of development professionals bring deep expertise and open minds to identify new solutions to old problems and create a better world together. WUSC offers a dynamic international work environment with a diverse intercultural workforce. We offer employees exciting opportunities to apply their skills and gain experience all while making a difference for youth around the world.  Employees at WUSC work hard to create lasting change in the communities they serve.

    We have "Background:" bold, then a
    line break after it? Actually the first

    ends with
    

    . So "Background:" then line break, then paragraphs. Thus we should output:

    Background:

    World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a leading Canadian international development organization driving positive education and economic change for young people around the world. Our vision is a world where every young person thrives and belongs. We believe all young people should have the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations and create their own futures. To help achieve this goal, we develop initiatives that: deliver lasting, measurable impact; are powered by partnerships across the globe; stay true to our core programming principles; and respond to the priorities and aspirations of the people with whom we work.

    WUSC is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and has offices across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East. Our global team of development professionals bring deep expertise and open minds to identify new solutions to old problems and create a better world together. WUSC offers a dynamic international work environment with a diverse intercultural workforce. We offer employees exciting opportunities to apply their skills and gain experience all while making a difference for youth around the world. Employees at WUSC work hard to create lasting change in the communities they serve.

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    Project Description 

    In January 2026, WUSC launched the second phase of DREEM, a five-year initiative running from 2026 to 2031 that aims to significantly expand education and employment pathways for refugee, displaced, and host community youth, particularly young women, across Africa.

    DREEM Phase II builds on prior successes while deepening its focus on locally led, technically grounded approaches to refugee inclusion. The initiative will support a broad ecosystem of actors to better design, adapt, and scale programs that respond to the realities of refugee and displaced populations, including barriers related to legal status, documentation, mobility, protection risks, gender, access to education, access to work, social inclusion, and systemic exclusion.

    A core strategy of Phase II is the meaningful engagement and strengthening of Refugee-Led Organizations (RLOs) as critical technical actors within displacement-affected systems. Through an RLO Opportunity Fund, tailored technical assistance, and the integration of RLOs across DREEM’s functional areas, the project will support more sustainable, locally led, and refugee-informed solutions.

    Over the next five years, DREEM Phase II aims to indirectly enable one million RDP youth to secure dignified and fulfilling work and 35,000 RDP youth to access education opportunities. This will be achieved through high-quality technical assistance, strengthened local ecosystems, improved partner capacity, increased collaboration, inclusive policy engagement, and stronger institutional capacity among RLOs and other local actors.

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    Project Description

    In January 2026, WUSC launched the second phase of DREEM, a five-year initiative running from 2026 to 2031 that aims to significantly expand education and employment pathways for refugee, displaced, and host community youth, particularly young women, across Africa.

    DREEM Phase II builds on prior successes while deepening its focus on locally led, technically grounded approaches to refugee inclusion. The initiative will support a broad ecosystem of actors to better design, adapt, and scale programs that respond to the realities of refugee and displaced populations, including barriers related to legal status, documentation, mobility, protection risks, gender, access to education, access to work, social inclusion, and systemic exclusion.

    A core strategy of Phase II is the meaningful engagement and strengthening of Refugee-Led Organizations (RLOs) as critical technical actors within displacement-affected systems. Through an RLO Opportunity Fund, tailored technical assistance, and the integration of RLOs across DREEM’s functional areas, the project will support more sustainable, locally led, and refugee-informed solutions.

    Over the next five years, DREEM Phase II aims to indirectly enable one million RDP youth to secure dignified and fulfilling work and 35,000 RDP youth to access education opportunities. This will be achieved through high-quality technical assistance, strengthened local ecosystems, improved partner capacity, increased collaboration, inclusive policy engagement, and stronger institutional capacity among RLOs and other local actors.

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    Role Description:

    The Deputy Project Director is a senior leadership role responsible for supporting the Project Director in ensuring that DREEM achieves its results, strategic objectives, and technical ambitions. This role is intended for a leader with demonstrated technical expertise working with refugee and displaced populations, including practical experience designing, implementing, advising on, or strengthening programs that advance inclusion, education, employment, entrepreneurship, or systems change for RDPs and host communities.

    The Deputy Project Director will help ensure that DREEM’s strategy, partnerships, technical assistance, and implementation approaches are grounded in the lived realities of RDP youth, particularly young women, and are responsive to the diverse displacement contexts across Africa, including urban refugee settings, camps, settlements, and host communities.

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    Role Description:

    The Deputy Project Director is a senior leadership role responsible for supporting the Project Director in ensuring that DREEM achieves its results, strategic objectives, and technical ambitions. This role is intended for a leader with demonstrated technical expertise working with refugee and displaced populations, including practical experience designing, implementing, advising on, or strengthening programs that advance inclusion, education, employment, entrepreneurship, or systems change for RDPs and host communities.

    The Deputy Project Director will help ensure that DREEM’s strategy, partnerships, technical assistance, and implementation approaches are grounded in the lived realities of RDP youth, particularly young women, and are responsive to the diverse displacement contexts across Africa, including urban refugee settings, camps, settlements, and host communities.

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    The DPD will have responsibility for managing the three technical pillars of the program: RLO Engagement, Technical Assistance Mechanism, and Higher Education Inclusion. They will supervise each pillar’s Senior Technical Manager, as well as the cross-cutting Training and Curriculum Development Specialist. The DPD will be expected to bring strong technical judgment on refugee inclusion and displacement-responsive programming, ensuring coherence across these pillars and supporting staff and partners to apply inclusive, gender-responsive, youth-centered, and protection-sensitive approaches.

    Under the supervision of the Project Director, the Deputy Project Director will work closely with the project leadership team, including the Heads of Operations, Finance, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL), Communications, and GESI, to ensure that project activities are effectively planned, implemented, monitored, and adapted. The DPD will support project staff and partner organizations to design and deliver capacity-building, training, mentoring, coaching, and follow-up support that enables refugee and displaced youth to be meaningfully included in higher education, employment, and entrepreneurship pathways.

    The DPD will also work closely with WUSC teams in Canada and across Africa, the DREEM Youth Advisory Board, the Youth Technical Committee, and the Mastercard Foundation. When necessary, the DPD will deputize for the Project Director and represent the program externally.

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