Employment Opportunities at Voices for Change (V4C) in Lagos, Enugu & Kadula Via Palladium Group

Palladium Group – Our client, Voices for Change (V4C) is a UK Aid funded, four year programme running from October 2013 to December 2017. The goal of V4C is to help transform social attitudes towards girls and women in Nigeria by working on specific individual, social and institutional changes. 

We are recruiting to fill the position of below:


Job Title: Technical Support Officer

Location: Lagos

Project Overview and Role

• Are you passionate about gender equality? Do you want to be part of an exciting movement for young people that believes women and men should be given the opportunity to achieve their ambition in life? We are looking for someone that understands the trends, aspirations and challenges of young people today and can communicate effectively with them.
• The Technical Support officer will support the V4C State Coordinator, programmatically and administratively in working with young people, Civil Society Organisations and media partners. The role is central to building a state movement for change in gender equality.
• So, if you are you an excellent writer, a great analytical thinker, interested in the political landscape, proactive with loads of energy and enthusiasm then we have the job for you!

Responsibilities
1.) Support State Coordinators to monitor V4C partner activities within the state including but not limited to:

• Attend safe space sessions to review quality of facilitation and tools
• Feedback insights and learnings from safe space participants to wider V4C communications and strategies
• Regularly visit the online Safe Space site to keep up to date and promote with young people in the state
• Participate in activities run by religious leaders, to represent V4C and monitor quality of input
• Participate in legislative activities promoting the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act and the Gender Equal Opportunities Act within the State
• Support State Coordinator to liaise with partner executive directors on strategic issues.

2.) Promote movement building for Gender Equality at State level:

• Actively promote synergy across all V4C partners within the state, making linkages and keeping each informed of events
• Provide feedback to V4C on state specific opportunities, risks and current trends to ensure targeting has highest impact
• Co – facilitate regular meetings across partners to inspire greater movement building within the state
• Support the State Coordinator to keep partners up to date with V4C planning and strategic thinking around movement building and social norms marketing

3.) Monitoring and Reporting:

• Provide technical support to partners in generating good quality monthly reports that draw out the realities and experiences of young women and men
• Ensure output monitoring and tracking tools are kept up to date by partners, and shared on time

4.) Support planning and execution of campaign events:

• Support the state coordinator to participate in planning for high profile/risk events at state level to ensure V4C principles, brand guidelines and risk analysis are followed
• Provide administrative support to campaign events when required
• Ensure strong communication between partners and V4C during campaign or event planning and execution

5.) Administrative support:

• Logistical support to meetings/workshops including but not limited to identification of venues, invitations and managing finances
• Draft meeting/workshop outlines and invitations
• Responsible for taking minutes and action points from meetings/workshops
• Ensure V4C procurement policies are strictly adhered to
• Manage office equipment, ensuring maintenance and repairs
• Support State Coordinator to develop budgets and retire finances effectively
• Maintain inventory of all V4C assets and collaterals in the state
• Act as key point of liaison with service providers; hotel and car hire

The Technical Support Coordinator will represent V4C when delegated by the State Coordinator.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Social Sciences or equivalent
• Minimum of 4 years experience in international development
• Experience in project administration and management
• Excellent writing skills with proven report writing experience
• Strong interpersonal skills and networking
• Commitment to gender equality and social justice
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential
• Experience of project management – desirable

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Job Title: Technical Support Officer

Location: Kaduna

Project Overview and Role

• Are you passionate about gender equality? Do you want to be part of an exciting movement for young people that believes women and men should be given the opportunity to achieve their ambition in life? We are looking for someone that understands the trends, aspirations and challenges of young people today and can communicate effectively with them.
• The Technical Support officer will support the V4C State Coordinator, programmatically and administratively in working with young people, Civil Society Organisations and media partners. The role is central to building a state movement for change in gender equality.
• So, if you are you an excellent writer, a great analytical thinker, interested in the political landscape, proactive with loads of energy and enthusiasm then we have the job for you!

Responsibilities
1.) Support State Coordinators to monitor V4C partner activities within the state including but not limited to:

• Attend safe space sessions to review quality of facilitation and tools
• Feedback insights and learnings from safe space participants to wider V4C communications and strategies
• Regularly visit the online Safe Space site to keep up to date and promote with young people in the state
• Participate in activities run by religious leaders, to represent V4C and monitor quality of input
• Participate in legislative activities promoting the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act and the Gender Equal Opportunities Act within the State
• Support State Coordinator to liaise with partner executive directors on strategic issues.

2.) Promote movement building for Gender Equality at State level:

• Actively promote synergy across all V4C partners within the state, making linkages and keeping each informed of events
• Provide feedback to V4C on state specific opportunities, risks and current trends to ensure targeting has highest impact
• Co – facilitate regular meetings across partners to inspire greater movement building within the state
• Support the State Coordinator to keep partners up to date with V4C planning and strategic thinking around movement building and social norms marketing

3.) Monitoring and Reporting:

• Provide technical support to partners in generating good quality monthly reports that draw out the realities and experiences of young women and men
• Ensure output monitoring and tracking tools are kept up to date by partners, and shared on time

4.) Support planning and execution of campaign events:

• Support the state coordinator to participate in planning for high profile/risk events at state level to ensure V4C principles, brand guidelines and risk analysis are followed
• Provide administrative support to campaign events when required
• Ensure strong communication between partners and V4C during campaign or event planning and execution

5.) Administrative support:

• Logistical support to meetings/workshops including but not limited to identification of venues, invitations and managing finances
• Draft meeting/workshop outlines and invitations
• Responsible for taking minutes and action points from meetings/workshops
• Ensure V4C procurement policies are strictly adhered to
• Manage office equipment, ensuring maintenance and repairs
• Support State Coordinator to develop budgets and retire finances effectively
• Maintain inventory of all V4C assets and collaterals in the state
• Act as key point of liaison with service providers; hotel and car hire

The Technical Support Coordinator will represent V4C when delegated by the State Coordinator.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Social Sciences or equivalent
• Minimum of 4 years experience in international development
• Experience in project administration and management
• Excellent writing skills with proven report writing experience
• Strong interpersonal skills and networking
• Commitment to gender equality and social justice
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential
• Experience of project management – desirable

Click here to apply online




Job Title: Communication Adviser – Knowledge and Learning
Location: Abuja

Project Overview and Role

• Are you an effective communications or marketing specialist with experience in designing and delivering strategic and innovative ways to help organisations make their mark?
• Are you brimming with ideas and creativity as well the confidence to know what works for a range of different audiences? Do you have a good track record in the successful delivery of communication or marketing campaigns? Then we have the job for you!
• We are looking for experienced applicants with a good understanding of knowledge management for the role of Communications Advisor ? knowledge and learning; to help capture V4C?s knowledge and learning and to share this in a variety of ways with our donor and other partners.
• The preferred candidate must have experience of managing strategic communications and/or knowledge management for other organisations. Impeccable writing skills and an eye for great design are a must. Applicants from the private sector, as well as development programmes are encouraged to apply.
• This role is responsible for ensuring effective and timely delivery of the Programme?s strategy for capturing and communicating knowledge and learning to a range of external audiences.

Responsibilities
Overall responsibilities
1.) Capturing knowledge and learning:

• Working with V4C partners, stakeholders and beneficiaries to generate and record stories of how V4C initiatives have affected their lives and / or work
• Working with the V4C team to ensure that they are reflecting on their own learning and these are being captured and communicated on an ongoing basis.
• Working with V4C partners to capture their learning and communicate their results.

2.) Storing knowledge and learning:

• Working with software programmers to ensure the development of a functional intranet which will serve as a repository for all V4C resources
• Ensuring that the information management systems that support internal knowledge generation and learning are maintained and updated regularly.
• Ensuring that all V4C reports and documents adhere to the V4C quality assurance standards before uploading, storage and dissemination

3.) Communicating knowledge and learning:

• Identifying and managing innovative packaging and marketing techniques to share stories of change to stakeholders for uptake in other settings
• Designing and organising events for V4C staff, partners and stakeholders to interact and share and learn lessons from each other.
• Developing briefs and other knowledge products as identified.
• Producing progress reports and other reports as required.
• Regularly updating and maintaining the V4C website with content relating to the progress of the programme.

Requirements
Minimum education and experience required:

• Post-Graduate degree in a relevant business, project management or development field.
• Minimum of 5 years experience working in a communications, marketing or knowledge management role in business or development
• Experience of developing and managing delivery of strategic objectives
• Experienced in analysis and distillation of evidence
• Familiarity with online communications tools including Content Management Systems and social media
• Commitment to gender equality and social justice
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential, in Africa/Nigeria an advantage

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Deadline: 1st June, 2016