• Application Deadline: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Hub Coordinator (Health Services)


• Job Type Contract


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 - 6 years


• Location Kano


• Job Field Media / Advertising / Branding 
  


• Salary Range ₦200,000 - ₦300,000/month
  

Project Description

• The Youth-Powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health Activity (referred to as YPE4AH) is a five-year (2020 - 2025) USAID funded project implemented YEDI and its partners.


• The primary goal of the project is to improve the health and well-being of urban, underprivileged adolescents age 15 - 19 by increasing voluntary family planning (FP) uptake and continued use - from a holistic, human capital perspective.


• The youth-powered ecosystem centers on Youth Hubs - safe spaces for youth to seek and access FP and reproductive health (RH) information and referrals.


• YPE4AH will adapt and scale up evidence-based, high-impact SKILLZ curricula, which combine sports and fun-based activities and group sessions led by Youth Coaches/mentors to spur healthy behavior change and shift attitudes for more equitable gender sensitive norms.


• YEDI seeks to engage a Hub Coordinators to oversee Youth Coaches who will deliver the SKILLZ United Curriculum. The coordinator will also deliver youth-friendly health services including family planning.

Tasks & Responsibilities

Technical / Managerial Tasks:

• Under the supervision of the Program Manager/State Coordinator, develop schedule for activities in the Youth Hubs and monitor delivery.


• Responsible for day-to-day monitoring of the use of all assets, equipment, and furniture


• Responsible for coordinating the smooth running of the Hubs: SKILLZ, leadership, livelihood.


• Responsible for providing health-related information/counseling, coordinating Referrals and other services for adolescents in the Hubs.


• Responsible for documentation of all Hub activities into designated tracking tools (collecting and filing service data and collating SKILLZ data from Youth coaches, Hub attendance register and feedback forms).


• Complete and submit monthly reports using approved monitoring and evaluation templates, including success stories.

Supervisory Tasks:

• Deliver bi-weekly mentoring sessions for SKILLZ Coaches.


• Support monthly Hub check-in and quarterly learning meeting.


• Monitor participation of Adolescents in interventions by tracking their daily/periodic attendance.


• Collate and supervise the pre-and-post intervention test.


• Monitor and Supervise program delivery for quality, identify gaps and make recommendations for improvement.


• Monitor completion of deliverables by SKILLZ Coaches.

FP Service Provision:

• Operationalize referral protocols for FP/RH services to out-of-school adolescents age 15 – 19


• Offer group counseling sessions and one-to-one private sessions for Adolescent boys and girls in need FP and other program-related health areas


• Provide contraceptive services to adolescents as appropriate.


• Responsible for the commodity logistic management system of contraceptives and consumables at the hub.


• Maintain all health data collection tools as designed by the project.


• Provide necessary and relevant health-related information to Coaches and the YEDI Team for program purpose.

Other Job-Belated Responsibilities:

• Serve as a link between YPE4AH/YEDI staff and the SKILLZ Coaches


• Be a role model for adolescents in the community by demonstrating best practices for leadership, livelihoods, and accessing/adhering to family planning services.


• Stand against all forms of abuse and exploitation of project participants. A Coach will immediately report any suspicion or acts of abuse to the Hub Coordinator for action and referral.


• Participate in all training activities for the project- SKILLZ, Leadership, M&E.


• Undertake periodic training on US Abortion and FP Requirements, and Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance and Statutory Abortion Restrictions


• Ensure compliance of SKILLZ Coaches with Child Protection policies and Protecting Life in Global Health provision.


• Deliver and facilitate sessions using the YPE4AH SKILLZ curriculum and other curricula as necessary.


• Together with YEDI YPE4AH Program and Training Managers/ State Coordinator, conduct training and refresher trainings for Coaches on the YPE4AH SKILLZ curriculums.


• Together with the Program Manager/ State Coordinator, lead community engagement efforts including stakeholder engagement, SKILLZ Holiday Camps, community, and mobile health outreaches.

Requirements

• A certified nurse, midwife, or healthcare provider recognized under the law to offer FP counseling, over-the-counter and invasive contraceptive methods as well as counseling in other YPE4AH health-related areas.


• Bachelor's Degree with 3 - 6 years relevant work experience.


• Experience in NGO health development programs will be an added advantage.


• Experience of monitoring and evaluation or capturing learning for projects.


• Experience designing and implementing programs targeted at adolescents.


• Young at heart with the ability to communicate in the local language preferred by young people.


• Prior experience engaging with young people will be an advantage.


• Good organizational and planning skills.


• Ability to write concise, analytical, and accurate reports to meet agreed deadlines.


• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.


• Good negotiation and interpersonal skills, ability to relate well, and build a rapport with a diverse range of people.