Technical Support Officer - Key Influencers at Palladium Group

Project Overview and Role

• Are you an excellent facilitator? Are you a person that is not only committed to gender equality but able to facilitate meaningful conversations to help explore individuals own perceptions and realities and challenge their own deeply held beliefs? If yes, then V4C needs you on our team.
• Fathers, husbands, brothers, young men, religious and traditional leaders are all crucial allies in the movement for greater gender equality. V4C is looking for a candidate with skills in active listening, e?ective questioning and facilitating group discussions.
• He needs to be emotionally intelligent and able to manage his own feelings and those of the group he is taking through the learning process. Applicants with extensive experience of personal transformation facilitation processes such as Stepping Stones, STAR, REFLECT or similar are encouraged to apply.
• The purpose of the V4C Technical Support Officer is to provide assistance to the Output lead in achieving the overall goal of mobilizing and expanding the pool of religious, traditional leaders; men and boys who are speaking out positively against gender discrimination.

Responsibilities
1.) Engaging Men & Boys Networks:

• Lead in identification and facilitation of men?s networks promoting gender equality
• Responsible for mentoring and monitoring network effectiveness
• Promote and supporting activism within the networks
• Sharing V4C strategies and approaches to movement building and social norms marketing, as relevant to networks
• Inspiring linkages across networks to maximise momentum for change

2.) Work with Religious & Traditional Leaders:

• Identify and facilitate conversations amongst key Religious and Traditional leaders
• Responsible for mentoring and monitoring Religious and Traditional Leaders in promoting gender equality, particularly in Northern Nigeria
• Participate in activities and events led by religious and Traditional leaders, monitoring messaging and impact
• Promote linkages and shared actions between religious and Traditional Leaders.

3.) Monitoring and Evidencing:

• Responsible for gathering individual stories of change in relation to men?s networks, religious and traditional leaders
• Ensure tracking of actions taken by key influencers are up to date at state level and reported on time and to quality

4.) Mentor Partners support to men?s networks, religious and traditional leaders:

• Review monthly partners monthly plans and reports, providing regular feedback
• Provide mentoring support to partner organisations, building their capacity to facilitate challenging conversations with key influencers
• Review and feedback on monitoring reports to ensure quality of tracking of actions and reporting.

5.) Delegated and any other tasks or activities as determined by the Key Influencer lead:

• Represent the output lead in meetings and events in his absence or when requested
• Support monitoring of media personality?s actions/activities and reporting
• Support with the output budget planning and review
• Assist with additional activities as requested by the output lead
• Offer innovative or creative ideas that can contribute to the outputs and the general success of the V4C programme

Requirements

• Degree in Social Sciences or equivalent years of experience in development field.
• Minimum of 5 years experience applying transformational facilitation techniques
• Minimum of 5 years in the development sector
• Experience of developing and managing delivery of strategic objectives
• Experienced in reporting, analysis and distillation of evidence
• Commitment to gender equality and social justice
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential, in Africa/Nigeria an advantage