AHI advances this agenda by working with young people, parents, community opinion leaders, youth-serving organizations, government agencies and policy makers to:
Promote and protect young people’s sexual and reproductive health especially, increasing their ability to prevent early pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections including HIV/AIDS and making informed choices about their sexuality free of discrimination, coercion, and violence; as well as developing competencies to thrive now and in adulthood;
Increase community awareness and action on challenges youth face so that policies and programmes are put in place to effectively address these issues; and
Build alliances to increase the number of government, private sector and civil society programmes offering support and life-enhancing opportunities for young people.
Over the last 26 years, AHI has worked to assure that both private and public sector programmes include comprehensive, gender-sensitive, life skills and rights-based approaches to sexuality education and clinical services for youths. During this period, AHI has developed models that have been adopted and expanded by government and other civil society organizations. Some key accomplishments include:
Successful advocacy for approval of the national education policy for universal access to sexuality education targeted at young people in Nigeria; and development of the National Family Life and HIV Education Curriculum for primary, secondary and tertiary levels in collaboration with education stakeholders.
Facilitating the development of the Family Life and Emerging Health Issues Curriculum for Colleges of Education in Nigeria in collaboration with the National Commission for Colleges of Education(NCCE)
Catalyzing/operationalizing Youth-Friendly Health Services in partnership with stakeholders to promote young people’s access to age-appropriate, gender sensitive, sexual and reproductive health information and services in several states of Nigeria.
Published reviews and situation analyses on the sexual and reproductive health of married adolescent girls in Northern Nigeria and expanding their access to services in four northern states including facilitating the return of married girls to school.
Raising greater awareness about the vulnerabilities of out-of-school adolescent girls in the urban slums of Lagos and facilitating advocacy to improve policy and programming response.Job Summary
The post holderwill be responsible for overseeing and coordinating the implementation of project activities and programs within the LGA to ensure that project objectives are met effectively and efficiently while liaising with stakeholders to address community needs and issues and ensuring compliance with organizational policies and standards.
Person Specification
Minimum of National Diploma in social sciences/ art or related field is essential.
Membership of relevant professional bodies and agencies is desirable.
Minimum of two years (2) experience working in humanitarian response context is essential.
Previous experience in Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) is essential.
Proven experience in monitoring and evaluation, preferably in humanitarian sector is essential.
Proven experience using ODK for quantitative data collection is essential.
Proven experience in stakeholder engagement is essential.
Skills / Abilities:
Proven experience conducting focus group discussions, or the ability to learn rapidly.
Proven experience collecting information using hand-held GPS devices.
Strong skills with the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Google Drive, and other cloud-based software tools.
Strong communication and report-writing skills.
Excellent research and analytical skills.
Excellent leadership and coordination skills, with negotiation and problem-solving skills.
Excellent knowledge of the management of key stakeholders and community mobilisation.