Program Intern at Education as a Vaccine (EVA)

Project Description:
My Question and Answer service was developed to challenge the socio-cultural context, which limits young people’s ability to ask and discuss sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS issues.  My Question provides a mechanism for young people to ask questions on SRHR issues through voice calls, text messages, email and a website interface.  My Answer is a platform that engages and motivates young people to seek information, learn and win prizes on a monthly SRH quiz competition.

Key Task and Responsibilities:

Respond to Questions

• Respond by providing answers to at least 100 SMS questions sent in by adolescents and young people every day
• Attend to hotline and provide counseling to adolescents and young people, who call the phone for a minimum of at least 3 hours per day.
• Respond to questions and queries from the website and facebook page
• Support the updating of the Facebook page and website with content every week
• Improve knowledge and counseling capacity by completing at least one e-learning course monthly on the Global E-Learning Platform.
• Seek for clarification or pose questions to senior counselors through Skype or what'sapp group created.

Marketing of the Service

• Contribute to the development of a marketing strategy for the service
• Support the implementation of the marketing strategy within locality and other sites as designated by the project coordinator
• Seek out unique opportunities to promote the my Question and Answer service to young people between the ages of 10-24 years.
• Represent the My Q and A service at external meetings and programs as designated by the project coordinator
• Support tracking of the implementation of the marketing strategy in states by collating reports from the focal persons

Program Management

• Support the generation of program monthly reports for the hotline and/or SMS components
• Support the program coordinator in the development of project budgets
• Support in the financial management of project resources
• Track and report on project progress and outcome using the organization's monitoring and evaluation tools
• Source for new funding opportunities and contribute to the development of proposals and concept papers for the project.
• Handle any other task or responsibility assigned by the Program Coordinator, Program manager or ED.

Expected Targets

• At least 15,000 SMS messages received on the platform monthly with gender and geographic balance.
• At least 300 full calls received on the hotline monthly.
• At least 200 new Facebook "likes" received per quarter.
• At least 20 individual questions received on Facebook every week.

Requirements

• Minimum of B.Sc or HND in Sciences, Microbiology, Biology, Public Health or any other related course with at least one 1 year working experience.
• Highly organized and detail orientated.
• Can work under intense pressure without losing focus.
• Strong skills in time management and ability to meet tight deadlines
• Self-motivated and can work with minimum supervision
• Excellent Oral communication skills
• Can work with a team to deliver positive results
• Strongly believes in and willing to uphold human rights values and positive youth development
• Have a full command and up to date knowledge of Hausa Language

Time Requirement: Full time with a minimum of 45 hours a week.