Key Influencers Lead - V4C at GRM International

Ref: IP-05895-PRJ
Location: Abuja

Job Description
Key influencers required to publicly promote gender equality in Nigeria:

•     Involving men in achieving Gender Equality
•     Campaigning with boys and men
•     Capacity Building to encourage healthy relationships

1.) Voices for Change (V4C) is a five year transformational change programme funded by DFID, tackling underlying systemic and structural causes of gender inequality and exclusion of adolescent girls and women (AGW) in Nigeria. It is firmly focused on developing an enabling environment for change, and set out to tackle root causes of inequality and discrimination.

2.) Our Mission is to inspire a generation of new voices to "speak up and speak out" empowering young women to achieve their real and full potential.

We will achieve this by:

•     Creating space and opportunities for girls to grow;
•     Getting the support of boys and men;
•     Removing formal and informal barriers to change
•     Influencing both behavioural and legal change in Nigeria

3.) Our Vision is that V4C will be known and recognised for creating "new ways to change behaviour", contributing to a Nigeria where every girl and boy, woman and man, achieve their full potential.

Purpose of Position

•     The Key Influencers Lead will provide overall technical support for social transformation approach. S/he will facilitate action within grassroots/street level social movements to demand recognition and value the role and voices of AGW within communities and politics at the state and LGA levels through work with key influencers including boys and men, religious, traditional, political, media and other leaders.
•     The Output Lead will work closely with V4C's Communications Manager and the AGW Life Skills lead to generate critical mass of men and boys supporters across the states as individual gender champions who will promote gender equality and women's empowerment issues.
•     The Lead will also facilitate and ensure effective coordination of V4C programme in relation to working in partnership with international agencies leading on men, masculinity and gender transformation in implementing States as well as develop linkages and collaboration with other DFID programmes, national, International partners and Civil Societies in safe space work.
•     The Key Influencers Lead will directly report to the Deputy Team Leader.
•     The position will be based in Abuja.