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1M Youths Voices: Africa FutureReady

Campus PMO Talent Accelerator

Campuses are usually treated as audiences. We treat them as execution networks. The Campus PMO Talent Accelerator recruits, trains and deploys student project leaders who run campaign activations, pillar competitions and outreach on their own campuses — with charters, work plans and monitoring and evaluation reporting, not vibes.

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Mandate

What a campus PMO actually does

Charter first
Every campus team opens with a signed charter: scope, named roles, deliverables, timeline and the safeguarding rules that apply to every activity.
Run activations
Recruitment drives, submission clinics, pillar competitions, viewing parties and employer sessions — planned as projects with owners and dates.
Report on M&E
Monthly reporting against agreed indicators: reach, submissions, completion, conversion into programmes. Numbers the Foundation can publish.
Leave a credential
Leads finish with a documented portfolio of delivered work — the thing employers actually ask for — plus a reference from the Foundation.
Pathways

Where a campus PMO lead goes next

The Accelerator is a feeder, not a cul-de-sac. Every lead sits on at least one onward pathway inside the ecosystem:

→ Power Up Women Africa
Female leads route into Young Women Rising and Women Project Leaders Africa for continued leadership development.
→ Paraklete Institute
Certification pathway toward CAPM and PMP, delivered commercially by Paraklete Institute. Scholarship support is applied for separately through the Foundation.
→ Accelera 1000 Africa
Leads with a venture idea enter the founder pipeline. All contracting is issued through Paraklete Institute or PCA Group — Accelera 1000 is a platform brand only.
→ GSTLW
Data collection roles and the convening volunteer corps for summits, forums and awards.
Pilot

Pilot geography: Cameroon first

The pilot runs on a tight hub geography so support is real rather than theoretical: Limbe, Douala and Yaoundé. One regional coordinator, three hubs, a shared calendar and in-person quality checks. The model expands only after the pilot cohort reports complete cycles — charter to M&E close-out.

  • Limbe hub — coastal campuses and enterprise linkages.
  • Douala hub — employer density and industry activations.
  • Yaoundé hub — public institutions, policy exposure and national university partners.
Roles

Who we are recruiting

Campus PMO Lead
Runs the campus team, owns the charter and the reporting.
Activations Officer
Plans and delivers events, clinics and competitions.
Communications Officer
Campus comms, recruitment content and story capture.
M&E Officer
Data collection, verification and monthly reporting.
Safeguarding Focal Point
Trained point of contact for concerns, reporting into the Foundation's safeguarding process.
Faculty Sponsor
A named staff member at the university who endorses the team and holds the institutional relationship.
Standards

Non-negotiables

  • Safeguarding training before any activity involving minors or vulnerable participants.
  • No cash handling by student teams. All finance runs through the Foundation.
  • No campus team may sign contracts, raise invoices or represent the Foundation commercially.
  • Every reported number must be traceable to a named source record.
Governance disclosure
Power Up Futures Foundation (PUFF-USA)
U.S.-incorporated, IRS-recognised Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Provides governance, philanthropy and public-benefit oversight for the ecosystem — charitable activities, grants, advocacy, public benefit, the Opportunities Hub, scholarships, and convenings held under GSTLW within PUFF-USA's legal and governance framework.
Paraklete Institute
Professional education, certification and executive learning. Commercial delivery partner.
Accelera 1000 Africa
Platform brand only — never a contracting party. All contracts are issued through Paraklete Institute or PCA Group.
GSTLW
Global partnerships, policy, research and convenings, operating within PUFF-USA.
Global Skills Endowment Fund
Scholarships, inclusion and research. Public-interest only.
Global Skills Enterprise Fund
Enterprise growth and investment pathways.

Nonprofit and commercial activities are never blurred. Membership benefits describe enhanced services and networking, never charitable access. Any reference to UN Women or other UN agencies describes proposed or aspirational collaboration subject to those institutions' own priorities and approval processes — never an endorsement.

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