ORGANISATIONAL OVERVIEW
Restoration of Hope Initiative (ROHI) is a National Non-Governmental Organization based in Yola with a field offices across the North East States. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), in partnership with Plan International, the American University in Nigeria (AUN), Inclusive Development Partners (IDP), and Restoration of Hope Initiative (ROHI) is implementing a five-year USAID-funded education programme called ‘Opportunities to Learn’ (OtL) in Borno and Yobe States between October 2021 and October 2026.
JOB TITLE Community Mobilization and Youth Engagement Coordinator OtL
DEPARTMENT Programs
LOCATION Maiduguri with frequent travels to Yobe
POSITION OVERVIEW
The role of the Community Mobilization and Youth Engagement Coordinator is to support ROHI’s Project administration, reporting, ensuring quality implementation of the OtL project. The position will oversee project related internal and external communications, maintaining close communication with the project partners, and relevant external audiences. The position will support project management, including review of and compilation of implementation reports, internal project management systems updates, project record keeping among other project management tasks.
The position will also lead ROHI’s community mobilization and youth influencing work in Northeast Nigeria and position ROHI as reliable partner and a facilitator of youth ensuring that young people are proactively and meaningfully involved in the decision-making processes throughout relevant work streams. The position will help to strengthen and scale up young people’s participation in programmes, partnerships, innovations, and advocacy platforms. The role will work closely with partners, to provide support and coordinate youth engagement work and provide advice and capacity building support to local youth led organisations to strengthen their organisational and activism capacities to enable their active participation in campaigning and to increase young people’s leadership on issues that matters to them.
Reports To: Program Head
Works Directly With: Youth and Community Stakeholders
Supervisory Responsibility: Youth Engagement Officers
DURATION 1 Year
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Projects coordination, planning & Implementation
• Plan for, manage and schedule project management and other meetings, communicate schedules, capture proceedings, action points and reports on the same.
• Identify and manage project risks
• Promote the realization of set targets quality outcomes.
• Smooth efficient project performance and effective management of and communication with project partners and donor.
• Conduct regular partner site visits to deepen the partnership relationship and identify and offer support for any emerging challenges, programmatic, financial, institutional or any other.
• Attending, preparing and packaging partner briefs for dissemination within ROHI and with outside audiences.
• Keep updated about the project development and perform necessary communication with partners and other stakeholder to follow up on deadline, project changes and key timelines/Schedules.
• Keep record of projects including events; manage project files and or any other relevant project documents and records.
Budget Management
• Monitor expenditures to promote prudent budget management and adherence to approved budget.
• Review and submit financial reports according to donor regulations supported by the Finance Manager.
• Develop project implementation plan and update project Budget in close collaboration with partners
• Project Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Reporting
• In liaison with the M&E and youth officers, collect and collate project specific data and compile reports while drawing out learnings to improve project design, implementation and learning.
• Develop quality and timely reports in accordance with donor guidelines and procedures.
• With support of M&E, enhance learning and knowledge management through documentation and profiling of ROHI’s work.
• Promote evidence-based learning and programming
Build and maintain stakeholder relations
• Maintain a clear communication line with donors and partners and other ROHI offices.
• Participate in external meeting with partners and other stakeholders on project’s deliverables.
• Promote sensitization of stakeholders and partners on ROHI’s policies, strategies, procedures, values and behaviours.
• Coordinate with other NGOs and CBOs working within the operational areas to expand opportunities for partnerships.
Youth- led Influencing
• Working together with activists and youth movements, committed to expanding access to quality education.
• Develop modalities for strengthening meaningful and representative youth engagement through training, networking, exchanges, and building stronger linkages between young people’s participation in community led initiatives.
• Support building organisational capacities of Youth led organisations
• Support the development of innovative Youth led initiatives.
• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and ROHI’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that ROHI’s policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day to day work.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Expertise in facilitation (engaging culturally diverse groups of people in discussion)
• Expertise in connecting with cultural communities
• Expertise in managing multiple projects and initiatives (balancing work, project management)
• Previous experience empowering youth to lead
• Previous experience working with adults to empower youth to lead
• Previous experience in gender equity and cultural awareness professional development
• Previous experience in leading training, teaching, or presenting information
• Proficiency using computers, preferably with Microsoft applications and programs
• Ability to develop effective partnerships
Additional Qualifications
Interest in and commitment to positive youth, family and community development, as well as overall community education and safety. English language speaking and Hausa. Experience working with youth in secondary education, community building, and youth development preferred, or equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Ability to thrive independently as part of a dynamic team in a growing organization
• Ability to build rapport with diverse groups of young people
• High level of professionalism
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent listening skills, and ability to extract and synthesize key themes
• Innovative and creative; ability to be flexible and adaptable based on youth priorities and needs
• Comfort in community settings with diverse partners and stakeholders
• Strong meeting facilitation skills, addressing diverse viewpoints and bringing groups to consensus
• Excellent organization and planning skills, with attention to detail
• Strong computer skills including Microsoft Office programs, Google platforms, and social media
• Ability to commit to a flexible schedule, including weeknight and weekend commitments as youth are available
REQUIREMENTS
Education:
• Minimum Bachelors in social or political sciences or any other relevant degree.
Experience:
• Knowledge of local community development principles, trends, and policies in Nigeria is an asset.
• Experience in community development, and civic engagement, strong written and oral communication skills in English, Knowledge of other Nigerian languages and people management will be an asset
• Knowledge and professional experience in the area of project management especially those around civil society strengthening, child rights and child / youth governance and participation.
• Demonstrated technical experience Monitoring Evaluation, reporting and Learning (MERL)
• Knowledge of results-based project management or logical framework, or rights-based programing.
• Understanding of youth movements and youth activism approaches and trends in Nigeria including the intersectionalities of youth movements and of strategies to support cross-movement and intergenerational learning, collaboration and influencing.
• Knowledge of working directly with children and youth in participatory ways to develop youth-led influencing strategies and campaigns for change including experience of developing and delivering advocacy strategies and/or campaigns preferably with a gender equality or girl-led focus
• Advanced practical understanding of child and youth safeguarding and child rights, current issues and best practice including child protection issues associated with youth campaigning and advocacy including digital safety.
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No applications will be received at ROHI office neither through any email address. ROHI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Women are highly encouraged to apply.
Disclaimer:
ROHI does not charge candidates a fee for a test or interview.
Lobbying activities through calls, texts or other media are highly unacceptable, defaulters will be penalized.
