State HPV Rollout Adolescent Health Consultants at Committed To Good (CTG)

CTG Global – CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us proud. Respect for the fundamental human rights of our staff, and those our staff encounter, is a cornerstone of our values. We strive for gender equality, inclusion and diversity, providing fair and equal opportunities for all. We take a zero-tolerance approach to corruption and stay true to local labour laws and all local statutory requirements.

In operation since 2006, today we are honoured to serve clients in 15 fragile and conflict-affected states assisting with disaster relief, peacebuilding, humanitarian aid and development programmes through our specialised recruitment, HR management and operational services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: State HPV Rollout Adolescent Health Consultant

Vacancy ID: VAC-10160
Location: Abuja (FCT) Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Adamawa, Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Lagos, Osun, Ogun, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom. Kebbi, Abia, and Enugu
Start date: 01-Sep-2023

Overview of Position

• Assist state health authorities & stakeholders for the rollout of the HPV vaccine in Nigeria focusing on micro planning, schoolgirls & out of schoolgirls engagement, community engagement & demand creation.

Role Objectives

• Support state, LGA & ward level microplanning for adolescent, school girl, out of school girl inclusion, mobilization & community engagement & demand generation for HPV vaccine roll out.
• Support the states, LGAs to integrate adolescent girl centred approaches for the planning of demand generation activities for the introduction of HPV.
• Support the state, LGA & ward communication & community mobilization teams to implement an evidence based, integrated adolescent, demand generation & mobilization plan.
• Support the state working groups & teams for HPV campaign to support the development of adolescent- friendly social media messages.
• Support identification & coordination of state level & LGA level stakeholders (education, women affairs, NGOs, faith based, youth etc.) for community engagement, mobilization, mapping of adolescent friendly platforms, networks & enumeration of eligible girls in & out of school.
• Support the LGA team to Identify facilities & map catchment areas for facility led community outreaches (hub & spoke model).
• Work with and mobilize Adolescent & Young People (AYP) platforms at state levels to ensure meaningful engagement of AYP to mobilize & create demand for the HPV vaccine.
• Support integration of the HPV campaign into multi media campaigns initiated by our client (especially leveraging YAaHNaija, U Report & Genu platforms) with state government teams as directed by the immunization / adolescent team leads at the national & field offices.
• Provide technical guidance to the states & LGAs in development / review & dissemination of messages & materials & ensure they are AYP friendly, gender sensitive & culturally acceptable.
• Facilitate capacity building of various stakeholders in the states on the roll out adolescent friendly messages & activities for the successful implementation of the HPV campaign.
• Support design & implementation of a knowledge management plan for innovative documentation & reporting of every stage of the campaign including dashboards, infographics, human interest stories etc.
• Provide technical assistance to the state communication / social mobilization technical working groups on updating the weekly dashboard.
• Provide updates to NTWG, our client field & country offices by completing daily & weekly updates through the field offices & providing any other updates on request.
• Support the state in the conduct of formative research at the ward & community levels.
• Support the development of state specific proposal for the ACSM activity, monitor & track release of funding for the HPV rollout at the LGAs & ward levels.
• Provide technical support for capacity building of HCWs at the state, LGAs & ward level levels on community engagement activity for the HPV introduction campaign.
• Attend communication & community mobilization meetings & workshops as directed by supervisors, HPV STWG & as required by the state teams.
• Carry out any other duties in support of our client led health interventions as assigned by supervisors or authority of our clients field office.

Deliverables

• Submit a work plan at the beginning of each month to the supervisor including the plans for activities & travel if there is any.
• Compiled ward & LGA micro plan for adolescent mobilization & the advocacy communication & social mobilization plan for the HPV introduction & submit to FO & national supervisors.
• Mapping the state level & LGA level stakeholders (education, women affairs, NGOs, faith based, youth etc) for community engagement, mobilization, mapping of adolescent friendly platforms, networks & enumeration of eligible girls in & out of school.
• Development of innovative IEC materials for mobilization of Adolescent and Young People (AYP) platforms, community engagement in support from the FO & national team & its field testing & dissemination.
• Weekly / monthly social media & rumour listening report AYP concerns & community perception for the HPV vaccines & address rumours in the communities.
• Conduct training of AYP friendly platforms, State Managers, LGA Managers & stakeholders towards community mobilization & demand generation for HPV vaccines.
• Conduct training of vaccination teams & social mobilizers / town announcers on ACSM & demand generation for HPV vaccine rollout.
• Develop technical guidance in the design, review & dissemination of messages & materials & ensure they are AYP friendly, gender sensitive & culturally acceptable in support from FO & national supervisors.
• ACSM dashboard update monthly / weekly for preimplementation & implementation activities.
• Monitor & supervise the vaccination teams especially the social mobilization & demand generation activities at preimplementation & post implementation periods.
• Submit a monthly report & any other deliverable requested by the field offices & the country office.

Project reporting:

• This role reports to the line manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social & Behavioural Sciences, Sociology, Public Health, Adolescent Health, Anthropology, Psychology, Mass Communication, Development Communication, or another relevant technical field.
• Fluency in English (minimal).
• Knowledge of any of the 3 major Nigerian languages is an added advantage.
• At least 3 years progressively professional work experience with at least 1 year at providing technical support in the area social behavioural communication approaches & demonstrated ability to apply them in participatory processes, planning.
• Proven experience in the adolescent health concerns / health seeking behaviour in the community & innovative engagement with adolescent platforms towards mobilization them toward seeking health services.
• Proven experience in health / immunization campaign advocacy, social mobilization & demand generation including human centred design.
• Proven experience in ACSM capacity development & skills in effectively packaging & communicating ACSM / SBC related data & results.

Team management:

• This role has no team management responsibility.

Deadline: 9th August, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.