Community Engagement Officer at Youth Network against Female Genital Mutilation (YNAFGM)

Details:

Background
The T-SON II Project is an anticipated Programme and subject to being awarded the grant by AmplifyChange UK to provide information and services that will lead to change in social norms and attitudes underpinning harmful cultural practices such as female genital mutilation. T-SON II Nigeria is planning to contract Community Engagement Officers on a part time basis, to help the Project meet its growing need for quality engagement and public interaction services. The successful applicant will provide technical support to the Communication Officer and or Advocacy Lead in penetrating communities and contribute to the development and improvement of project deliverables, risk mitigation and attitudes transformation produced by the Project. He/She will ensure that T-SON II’s activities at community level follows donor specified community engagement guidelines, provide the best possible functionality and usability to the project partners and contribute to the overall project success.

These positions will be based tentatively in Osun, Oyo, Imo and Ebonyi states.
The responsibility of this consultancy is to ensure the implementation and adherence to existing community mobilization for action guidelines; advocacy entry points, layout of mapping and design of innovative approaches.

Tasks and Responsibilities
Implement T-SON II’s branding policy:

• Manage T-SON II’s community engagement activities and contracted consultants and provide expert advice, focused and coordinated with programme priorities, demonstrating innovation and excellence
• Develop and implement entry point routes for team members in all of the Project’s Community engagement activities
• Develop new strategies for strengthened advocacy and resource mobilization and create greater awareness of T-SON II’s vision and value to key constituents in order to increase partnership and funding opportunities. Design and lay-out of community advocacy and relationship building:
• Build strong networks with gatekeepers and key influencers in focal communities;
• Suggest key advocacy routes and penetration strategies for advocacy and communications team;
• Deliver successful liaison products to meet the needs above, such as meeting facilitation, stakeholder engagement and positive lobbying.

Detailed specifications for each individual assignment will be given to the selected Community Engagement Officer (s) as and when the Officer’s services are requested.

Qualification and Expertise
The successful entity is required to meet the following criteria:
Esential: University Degree in Advocacy, communications, journalism, public health and/or related field.

Desirable: An Education combination of advocacy, communication, journalism, and/or media with public health or a health related field.

Experience: At least 2 years’ experience in the field of advocacy and community interventions on sexual and reproductive health and rights issues.
Skills: Strong theoretical and practical background in community mobilization or action, leadership and ability to successfully interact with diverse stakeholders at local and national level.