CTG overview:
- CTG staff and support humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world, providing a rapid and cost-effective service for development and humanitarian missions. With past performance in 17 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and Asia, we have placed more than 20,000 staff all over the world since operations began in 2006.
- CTG recruits, deploys and manages the right people with the right skills to implement humanitarian and development projects, from cleaners to obstetricians, and mechanics to infection specialists, we’re skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Key to successful project delivery is the ability to mobilise at speed; CTG can source and deploy anyone, anywhere, in less than 2 weeks and have done so in 48 hours on a number of occasions.
- Through our efficient and agile HR, logistical and operational services, CTG saves multilateral organisations time and money. We handle all our clients’ HR related issues, so they are free to focus on their core services.
- Visit www.ctg.org to find out more
Overview of position:
- 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.
- Location: FCT, Kano, Borno, Lagos, Enugu and PH
- Type: Consultancy
- Career category: Administration/Finance
- Years of experience: 5-9 years
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.
How to apply
https://app.tayohr.io/jobs/detail/vac-9050-state-facilitator-7769
