Voices for Change (V4C) Vacancy for a State Coordinator

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Voices for Change (V4C) is a recently designed, 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.

  V4C will do this by operating at Federal level and

in four States (Kano, Kaduna, Lagos, Enugu). V4C’s Vision is to

be known and recognised for creating new ways to change

behaviour, contributing to a Nigeria where every girl, boy,

woman and man achieves their full potential.  V4C’s

Mission is to inspire a generation of new voices to speak up

and speak out to empower young women to achieve their real

potential.

Job Title:  State Coordinator

 

The Position

The purpose of the State Coordinator role is to inspire and

motivate V4C partners at state level to drive the movement for

change in gender equality.  This will involve participating

in key events, ensuring the quality and pace of delivery,

monitoring the effectiveness of activities, bringing state

partners together to share lessons, and creating linkages with

other DFID funded programs and development partners. The role

full time and will be state based with travel approximately

once/month to Abuja.

Key Responsibilities

• Create momentum at state level for implementation of V4C
  
  initiatives, including:
  
  • Inviting government representatives, religious leaders
    
    and other key state influencers to events, keeping them
    
    up-dated on progress, and seeking to work with them to
    
    amplify messages that are in line with V4C initiatives.
    
  
  
  • Coordinate technical input and guidance to partners
    
     
    
  
  
  • Coordinating state programme meetings to plan, monitor,
    
    and review program success
    
  
  
  • Linking up partners to share successes, lessons, and
    
    strategies to overcome barriers.
    
  
  
  • Overseeing the delivery of work plans outlined in the
    
    V4C / partner sub agreement, including quality and pace of
    
    delivery.
    
  
  
  • Overseeing implementation at state level to ensure
    
    alignment with V4C goals and objectives
    
  
  

• Support the Output 1 – AGW Life Skills Lead in effectively
  
  leading on activities within post secondary institutions
  
  including;
  
  • Strengthening partner relationships with relevant state
    
    institutions
    
  
  
  • Coordinating capacity building and monitoring results,
    
    in particular for the physical Safe Space Programme
    
  
  
  • Ensuring Brand Ambassadors are equipped with the
    
    necessary knowledge and skills to pilot creative activities
    
    in virtual and physical men and boys safe spaces.
    
  
  


• Create state level saturation of consistent messages that
  
  aim to influence the attitudes of V4Cs target audiences (AGW,
  
  men and boys, key influencers, implementation partners),
  
  including:
  
  • Collaborating with the V4C Communications Manager and
    
    Key Influencers Lead to ensure that physical and virtual
    
    messages ‘speak to’ V4C target audiences.
    
  
  
  • Ensuring linkages are made between students and
    
    communication channels (eg, radio stations).
    
  
  
  • Ensuring target audience interests at ground level are
    
    fed into Output level planning and quality delivery
    
  
  
  • Supporting state level lobbying by students and men.
    
  
  
  • Participating in campaign activities that promote the
    
    V4C brand.
    
  
  


•  Ensure that V4C has the information required to
  
  monitor and measure the success of initiatives, including
  
  • Supporting implementing partners to document and report
    
    monthly / quarterly on progress, success, barriers and
    
    learning for submission to diaries for safe space work.
    
  
  
  • Communicating regularly with the Output 1 – AGW Life
    
    Skills Lead for programme updates and general state
    
    security that affects programming, to develop weekly and
    
    monthly plans and progress reports.
    
  
  
  • Following up with relevant programme staff to ensure
    
    MIS templates have been completed and data entered into the
    
    system.
    
  
  


• Continuously improve coordination and implementation of
  
  state level initiatives by networking formally and informally
  
  with other State Coordinators, including:
  
  • Participating in quarterly review meetings to formally
    
    review progress and share cross-state lessons and problems,
    
    and work together to generate potential solutions.
    
  
  
  • Liaising on a day-to-day basis to create a strong team
    
    for on-going peer support.
    
  
  


• Identify and build on synergies and overlaps with other
  
  DFID program by liaising with other program partners,
  
  including:
  
  • Sharing V4C lessons and innovations with other
    
    development partners. 
    
  
  
  • Creating linkages with partners such as J4A and seeking
    
    to complement / amplify their work (eg, coordinating
    
    activities on violence against women).
    
  
  
  • Liaising with other DFID program managers to identify
    
    overlaps / inconsistencies with V4C initiatives (eg, Girl
    
    hub’s work with girls).
    
  
  


• Any other reasonable activities determined by the Output 1
  
  – AGW Life Skills Lead.
  

Candidate Requirements

• Minimum of a Masters degree in social sciences, humanities
  
  or any related discipline.
  


• Minimum of 5 years experience working in the
  
  development sector especially on gender and research.
  


• 
  Knowledge of key influencers in affecting a change in
  
  attitudes towards AGW.
  


• 
  Knowledge of how to access relevant communication
  
  channels (eg, radio stations).
  


• 
  Understanding of physical and virtual safe
  
  spaces.
  


• 
  Knowledge of other DFID progams, donor funded safe
  
  space programs, civil societies in safe space work within the
  
  state and other program partners (eg Population Council, Girl
  
  hub).
  


• 
  Understanding of how to access government
  
  representatives, religious leaders and other key state
  
  influencers
  


• 
  Excellent working knowledge of Nigerian culture.
  


• 
  Subject matter expert on social change programming,
  
  particularly gender equality issues, relationships and
  
  violence towards AGW, men and boys work.
  


• 
  Knowledge of AGW life style.
  

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