• Application Deadline:
• Position: State Facilitator


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience


• Location Abuja , Enugu , Kano , Lagos , Rivers


• City Port Harcourt


• Job Field NGO/Non-Profit  , Project Management 
  

• The State Facilitators will provide support to our clients Gen U 9ja activities & intersectoral programs at state level.


• They will provide essential linkages between goverments (govt's), private sector, youth groups & most importantly our clients NCO field offices of implementation, serving to coordinate young people’s integration to improve the reach, engagement & impact of our clients Generation Unlimited (GenU 9JA) through u report & the Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA) platforms.


• They will also supervise & coordinate the Young People Action Team (YPATs) & volunteers across the select states within their region. The State Facilitators will also play a critical role in reporting on challenges & follow up, escalate & close cases raised in the u partners platform. They will also work with partners & organizations to develop context specific polls for u report and content design on YOMA. Their presence in the field will provide the required program monitoring to ensure maintenance of quality of implementation according to national & international protocols as well as an independent layer of accountability.

Role objectives:

• In close consultations with the supervisor, the State Facilitators will coordinate with our clients Gen U 9ja activities including the following:

Support to programs development & planning:

• Support the generation of evidence based data for adolescents & young people & implementation of activities to promote their development & participation at state level. They will also support monitoring results on related programs / projects. Support research work on adolescents’ participation & namely the mapping on existing youth led organizations at state level.


• Contribute to the goals, objectives, strategies & implementation plans for the adolescent development programs/projects. Prepare relevant documentations including reports & recruitment forecasts, states' progress, goals & quarterly initiatives based on the agreed targets for program review & approval.


• Work closely & collaboratively with GenU Nigeria secretariat team, colleagues & partners to discuss methodologies & to assess national priorities / competencies to ensure the achievement of concrete & sustainable results for GenU Nigeria’s youth engagement pillar.


• Enhance adolescents’ & young people’s participation, engagement & development priorities, through u report, YOMA & challenges.


• Support our clients field offices to identify & support the delivery of programs for adolescents & young people’s participation & development.


• Coordinate state level campaigns for better reach, meaningful engagement & improved impact.

Program management, monitoring & delivery of results:

• Contribute to tracking results & monitoring performance indicators contributing to the delivery of sustainable results on adolescent & young people’s development programs & projects, with a particular focus on u report, YOMA & other activities.


• Participate in monitoring & evaluation exercises, program reviews & annual reviews with our clients GenU 9JA team & partners such as govt., private sector partners & other counterparts to assess progress & to determine required action / interventions to achieve results at scale.


• Prepare / assess routine monitoring & evaluation reports to identify gaps, strengths / weaknesses in program & management, identify lessons learned & use knowledge gained for development planning & timely intervention to achieve goals.


• Actively monitor state level adolescent development programs / projects, such as u report, YOMA & YPAT.


• Monitor & verify the optimum / appropriate use of program resources (financial, administrative & other assets) confirming compliance with organizational rules, regulations / procedures & donor commitments, standards of accountability, integrity & ensuring timely reporting & liquidation of resources.


• Prepare regular / mandated program / project reports for management, partners to keep them informed of program progress.

Technical & operational support to program implementation:

• Provide technical guidance & operational support to our clients GenU 9ja adolescent development & participation to support program management, implementation & delivery of results. This will include providing regular monitoring of u report, designing & organizing youth challenge, supporting the YPAT throughout the country & working closely with the govt. counterparts such as national youth service corps.


• Participate in program meetings including our clients contribution to GenU program development & contingency planning to provide technical & operational information, advice & support.


• Create mechanisms for engagement with the youth to help improve both u report & YOMA platform.


• Supporting activities related to the operational research, including research, analysis & synthesizing of information gathered during engagement sessions.

Networking & partnership building:

• Contribute to building & sustaining effective close working partnerships with relevant partners such as private sector partners, youths, govt. counterparts, state stakeholders & academia through active networking, advocacy & effective communication to reinforce cooperation to achieve sustainable & broad results on adolescent development & participation initiatives onboard our clients GenU 9ja.


• Prepare communication & information materials for program advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships / alliances for our clients GenU 9JA on young peoples engagement & to ensure that adolescent development & participation programs & initiatives are adequately resourced & supported.


• Participate & / or represent our clients in appropriate adolescent & young people's activities, discussions & planning.

Innovation, knowledge management & capacity building:

• Apply / introduce innovative approaches & good practices on adolescent development & participation to build the capacity of GenU partners & stakeholders & to support the implementation & delivery of concrete & sustainable program results.


• Keep abreast, research, benchmark & implement best practices on adolescent development & participation. Assess, institutionalize & share best practices & knowledge learned.


• Contribute to the development & implementation of policies & procedures to ensure optimum efficiency & efficacy of sustainable programs & projects.

Deliverables:

• Achieve assigned monthly recruitment quota in designated LGAs & states.


• Develop & maintain strategic state account plans.


• Identify & attend 1 event monthly to showcase u report in designated states.


• U report churn rate percentage of u reporters who exit the platform.


• Completeness & accuracy of contacts.


• Cases resolved on u platform.


• Collect & publish a minimum of 2 stories from assigned states on social media weekly.


• Provide bi weekly & monthly reports on reach, enrolment & engagement of u reporters / yomates as required.


• Provide bi weekly updates on the functioning of the community nutrition volunteers & ward nutrition supervisors.


• Provide bi weekly updates on the delivery of nutrition services at the facility level.


• Provide bi weekly updates on the status of nutrition supplies at the facility & LGA level.

Project reporting:

• The staff will work in close consultations with the supervisor.

Key competencies:

• BSc / BA in Computer Science, Data Analytics Business, Communications, Marketing, or any related field or the equivalent.


• Must be computer literate.


• Must be skilled with the use of Rapid Pro.


• Fluency in English & local Nigerian language(s) will be an added advantage.


• Able to analyse data & statistics & translate results into efficient programming for improved results outcome.


• Creative & innovative young people’s engagement.


• Excellent verbal & written communication skills, must be a listener, a presenter & a people person.


• Self motivated & self directed.


• Excellent interpersonal relationship skills.


• Excellent verbal & written communication skills, must be a listener, a presenter & a people person.


• Working with people.


• Demonstrated leadership skills.

Team management:

• This role has no team management responsibiity.

Further information:

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.