State Coordinator at Society for Women Development & Empowerment of Nigeria - SWODEN

Purpose of the Position

• The State Coordinator will provide overall coordination, supervision, and strategic oversight for project implementation within the assigned state.
• The officer will ensure effective planning, stakeholder engagement, quality implementation, team coordination, reporting, and achievement of project objectives across all targeted LGAs within the state.
• The State Coordinator will serve as the primary liaison between the project, government stakeholders, implementing partners, and community structures at state level.

Key Responsibilities

The State Coordinator shall:

• Provide overall leadership and coordination of project implementation activities within the assigned state.
• Supervise and support LGA Coordinators, field staff, volunteers, and community mobilizers.
• Ensure timely and quality implementation of project activities across all targeted LGAs.
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• Coordinate stakeholder engagement with:
  • State government ministries and agencies
  • Primary healthcare authorities
  • Religious and traditional institutions
  • Civil society organizations
  • Community leaders and media stakeholders
• Support implementation of community dialogues, advocacy meetings, radio listening activities, and social mobilization campaigns.
• Ensure project activities align with approved work plans, donor requirements, and organizational standards.
• Monitor field implementation and provide supportive supervision to project teams.
• Review and consolidate LGA reports, activity data, and implementation updates.
• Support monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning activities across the state.
• Ensure safeguarding, gender sensitivity, inclusion, and ethical standards are integrated into all project activities.
• Identify implementation challenges and recommend corrective actions and operational improvements.
• Coordinate state-level representation of the project in meetings, technical working groups, and stakeholder forums.
• Support documentation of lessons learned, best practices, case studies, and success stories.
• Ensure proper coordination between project teams, partners, and stakeholders for effective service delivery.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Community Development, Mass Communication, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in project coordination, public health programming, or development/humanitarian projects.
• Experience working with NGOs, donor-funded projects, or social and behavior change communication programs.
• Strong understanding of reproductive health, maternal health, and child spacing programming.
• Proven experience in stakeholder engagement and field team supervision.
• Excellent leadership, coordination, and organizational skills.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and report-writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple activities and teams effectively.
• Fluency in English; knowledge of Hausa language is highly desirable.
• Strong computer proficiency including Microsoft Office applications.

Desirable

• Experience working in Northern Nigeria communities.
• Familiarity with media-based social and behavior change communication approaches.
• Experience collaborating with government institutions and development partners.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and accountability frameworks.
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Core Competencies

• Leadership and strategic coordination skills.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Team management and supervision.
• Problem-solving and decision-making ability.
• Planning and organizational skills.
• Communication and reporting skills.
• Integrity and accountability.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Deliverables

The State Coordinator will be responsible for delivering:

• State-level implementation and coordination reports.
• Consolidated LGA activity reports and implementation updates.
• Stakeholder engagement and advocacy reports.
• Field monitoring and supervision reports.
• Project work plan implementation tracking reports.
• Documentation of lessons learned, success stories, and case studies.
• Timely submission of programmatic and operational reports.
• Coordination support for project monitoring and evaluation activities.