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Job Summary

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) upta

  • Minimum Qualification:Degree
  • Experience Level:Mid level
  • Experience Length:3 years

Job Description/Requirements

Responsibilities:

  • Under the supervision of the Program Manager/State Coordinator, develop a 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/counselling, 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.
  • 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/regular 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.
  • Operationalize referral protocols for FP/RH services to out-of-school adolescents aged 15 – 19.
  • Offer group counselling sessions and one-to-one private sessions for Adolescent boys and girls needing FP and other program-related health areas.
  • Provide contraceptive services to adolescents as appropriate.
  • Coordinate receipt and documentation of FP Commodities from assigned public or private sector facilities.
  • Facilitate FP service provision during outreach activities and events.
  • 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 purposes.
  • 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
  • Ensure compliance of SKILLZ Coaches with Child Protection policies.
  • 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 training for Coaches on the YPE4AH SKILLZ curriculums.
  • Together with the Program Manager/ State Coordinator, lead community engagement efforts,s 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 counselling, over-the-counter and invasive contraceptive methods, as well as counselling in other YPE4AH health-related areas.
  • Experience of 3 years in NGO health development programs will be an added advantage.
  • Experience of 3 years in conducting and coordinating community outreaches.
  • Ability to interact with adolescents in their unique environments.
  • Experience in 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 a 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 diverse people.

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