Job Opportunities at Girl Effect Nigeria

Girl Effect is an organisation working to break the cycle of inter-generational poverty. We do this by investing in programmes for girls, connecting girls to each other to amplify their voices, and brokering access to the critical assets girls need. We drive behaviour change by harnessing media in innovative ways and building social networks to shift girls perceptions of themselves and how others value them.

When a girl is better educated, has access to sexual and reproductive healthcare information and services, has access and control of economic assets, is safe from violence and exploitation, and has the capabilities and confidence to make positive choices, she can break the cycle of poverty.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Manager, Nigeria

Location: Abuja
Department: Program and Project Management
Vacancy Type: Consultancy

Context of the Role

• Girl Effect is seeking to recruit an experienced project manager to deliver services in support of Girl Effect’s role in the development and delivery of the Project Helpline pilot.
• The Consultant will be required to provide support to a number of components, including supporting partnership coordination, developing and regular tracking/updating of project management tools, securing technical input from key Girl Effect staff for both Girl Effect and ISON deliverables, support with procurement and contract management as well as general coordination support.
• The consultant will be required to work on a full-time basis for a six-month period, based at the Girl Effect Nigeria office in Abuja.

Key Deliverables

• The consultant will work in close collaboration with the Girl Specialist team, Evidence team, Insights and Strategy Manager and Country Director in Nigeria to effectively deliver the requirements below.
• The consultant will also engage with the London Investment team for strategic support as required.
• The details of the deliverables below will be refined with the selected consultant, along with clear guidelines on outputs and work plans for completion.

The deliverables will include:
Partnership Support and Coordination:

• Tendering, assessment and appointment processes for new consultancies
• Coordinate communication amongst project stakeholders
• Work closely with partners to ensure project management and reporting tools in place and fit for purpose
• Track pilot deliverables, highlighting risks of delivering to timeframe and budget as required
• If required, field visits to pilot location to support local level coordination and organization

Development of, and regular tracking/updating of, project management tools:

• Review of existing tools
• Production of key project management tools
• Regular tracking/updating of tools with accompanying status updates on progress and risks

Support with procurement and contract management:

• Contract management on Salesforce
• Invoicing and processing

General support and coordination:

• Develop regular project status updates and circulate to project stakeholders
• Organise meetings, logistics, attendance and note taking (internal and external)
• Budget development and management
• Support to the monitoring and evaluation work
• Support developing presentations about the pilot for internal and external stakeholders

Expected Results/Outcomes
These will be finalised in collaboration with the selected consultant but are likely to include:

• Successful development of project management tools, quality assured and approved by Girl Effect.
• Regularly updated project management tools and status report highlighting progress made and risks to delivering to timeframe and budget.
• Pilot development and delivery milestones met to timeframe and budget.
• Successful coordination of partners, ensuring regular and effective communication, information sharing and tracking progress against deliverables.
• Pilot summary report and recommendations on way forward

Consultancy oversight:

• The consultancy will be managed by the Country Director in Girl Effect Nigeria’s office, based in Abuja.

Requirements
The successful consultant should display the following skills and experience:

• Experience in project management and coordination for projects or programmes in international development, including project development, implementation, partner relationships and communication.
• Track record of managing projects on time, on budget and to a high standard.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop strong relationships with local organisations, contractors and senior stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent written and fluent spoken English.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Adaptable – able to work in complex, unfamiliar and changing environments.
• Experience working in multicultural teams with varying expertise, skills and backgrounds.
• A background in gender or familiarity with gender/girl-centred programming is desirable.

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Deadline: 25th March, 2016.

Job Title: Gender Consultant, Project Helpline

Location: Nigeria
Department: Technical Expertise – Girl Centred Programming
Job type: Consultancy

Context of the Role

• Girl Effect is seeking to recruit a gender consultant with experience in content development and training to deliver services in support of Girl Effect’s role in the development and delivery of the Project Helpline pilot.
• The consultant will be required to lead the development of girl-centred content and deliver training, working closely with Girl Specialists in the London and Abuja office.
• This pilot will use existing content from a former radio programme pilot and adapt it based on a co-design session with girls before the content gets built into the IVR platform.
• The consultant will also write the script that role models will talk through with girls. In addition to these pieces of content, the consultant will develop the training content and deliver the training to role models through a 5 day workshop.

Key Deliverables

• The consultant will work in close collaboration with the Girl Specialist team in London and Abuja, and at certain points with the Evidence team, Insights and Strategy Manager, the Director, Girl Networks and the Project Helpline Project Manager (currently being recruited) to effectively deliver the requirements below.
• The details of the deliverables below will be refined with the selected consultant, along with clear guidelines on outputs and work plans for completion.

The deliverables will include:

• Develop and lead a content and technology co-design workshop with girls
• Work with the Nigeria team to logistically organize the workshop and participants
• Design the workshop agenda and sessions
• Lead workshop sessions, together with support from the Nigeria team (Nigeria team will lead sessions on technology – e.g. what girls want/think about certain IVR features, etc.)

Produce girl-centred content:

• Review existing Freedom Radio content
• Scan of existing Girl Effect brand content in Rwanda and Ethiopia to assess materials that align with Freedom Radio topics that could be adapted
• Adapt Freedom Radio content into structures that fit with the IVR platform structure (e.g. 1 topic broken down into specific sections to access by navigating the platform)
• Lead a workshop with girls to validate content
• Finalise content based on validation workshop

Produce a script for young women recruited to the pilot to guide discussions with girls:

• Review existing guidelines and scoping work collated by Girl Effect on best practice for telephone guidance services
• Develop the script based off the views girls share about what type of guidance is useful on the chosen pilot topics
• Lead a workshop with young women recruited to the pilot of the draft script to validate ease of use, comfort and confidence with the script
• Finalise the script based on validation workshop

Develop and deliver role model training:

• Work with the Nigeria team to logistically organize the training and participants (including the young women who are recruited as role models for the pilot)
• Design the training agenda and sessions
• Lead training sessions, together with support from the Nigeria team (facilitated with ISON on sessions to train the role models on the technology platform and the staff’s role in the pilot)

Coordination and support:

• If required, liaison with any partners on the content development or training. This is to ensure all components of the pilot design are integrated and fit for purpose.

Expected results/outcomes:

• These will be finalised in collaboration with the selected consultant but are likely to include:
• Co-design workshop with girls with clear actions and agreements for content adaptation, development and technology requirements/desires
• Content document that includes the different topics and learning outcomes
• Girl-centred content, in English, that is structured into sections that align with the IVR platform design needs that has been validated with girls
• Workshop report on the content validation workshop with role models
• Script for role models, in English
• Training workshop agenda
• Summary report from the training of role models, with recommendations for support required during pilot implementation
• Summary report and recommendations for adaptation and scale

Estimated Timeline

• March: co-design session with girls (possibly beginning April)
• April: draft content produced for girls and role models; test content with girls and role models
• May: finalise content
• June: training with role models

Consultancy oversight:

• The consultancy will be managed by the Senior Manager, Girl Specialist Team in Girl Effect London.

Requirements
The successful consultant should display the following skills and experience:

• Master’s degree in Gender, International Development or a related field.
• Extensive experience in content development for adolescent girl programming.
• Experience writing scripts is highly desirable.
• Expertise in facilitating workshops with young people on adolescent girl issues.
• Deep understanding of international best practice on working with adolescent girls.
• Experience of girl-centred programme design and implementation.
• Experience in programmes using new technologies will be an advantage.
• Experience of training and building capacity on girl-centred programming.
• Track record of managing projects on time, on budget and to a high standard.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop strong relationships with girls, local organisations and senior stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent written and fluent spoken English. Knowledge of Hausa language will be an advantage.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Experience working in multicultural teams with varying expertise, skills and backgrounds.

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Deadline: 4th April, 2016.