State Facilitator at Committed To Good (CTG)

Role objectives    

• Provide strategic inputs & implementation of the finalized draft youth mobilisation strategy.
• Work with youth CSO implementing partners, Ministry of Youth & Sports, National Youth Council of Nigeria to conduct mapping & enrolment of grassroots organisations/ networks based in the 9 focus states.
• Engage in daily, weekly & monthly tracking of enrolment of pledges to the movement by youth CSO implementing partners, NYCN & identify gaps & make specific recommendations to the CP on ways to scale up.
• Monitor the relevance & use / dissemination of digital & creative content to promote enrolment into the movement for good to end FGM according to the state targets & make specific recommendations to our client & content creators on useability.
• Provide inputs to the development of social media messaging & development of creative & innovative content & management to scale up awareness & visibility of the movement for good campaign, in collaboration with key influencers & other relevant actors.
• Assist the development of toolkits for the orientation of youth volunteers & mobilisers & participate in mobilisation activities.
• Actively participate in the delivery of orientation sessions, review meetings of the NYCN across the focus states.
• Work closely with GenU, Yoma, to support social mobilisation efforts.
• Support the commemoration of international days 16 days of activism to end FGM, international day of zero tolerance.
• Support field deployment of youth volunteer’s mobiliser groups to communities in the focus states.
• Submission of monthly, quarterly & final report to our client.

Expected output:

• Based on the tasks outlined above, a workplan should be submitted to the supervisor for approval 2 weeks after start date with clear monthly deliverables for each month for the duration of the contract.
• Monthly report of activities & mission reports.
• Final / end of contract report.

Expected results:

• Strategic inputs to finalized draft youth strategy & costed work plan.
• List of youth organisations compiled.
• Creative contents, pretested & finalised.
• Tracking & securing 5 million pledges from 9 states (1 million) every month.
• Inputs provided to tool kits & orientation for youth & mobilisers.
• Youth & community mobilisers are highly effective & operational & delivering results in engaging with communities to secure pledges & sensitize them on FGM (prevent, respond & refer).
• Communities in particular young people are empowered & sensitised against the practice of FGM & obtain knowledge & skills denounce the practice.
• Submit monthly, final / end of contract report to our client.
• Project reporting    
• This role reports to the line manager.

Key competencies    

• University Degree in International Diplomacy, Political Science or a relevant field.
• Fluency in English & knowledge of local language of focus state is an asset.
• At least 3 years’ experience of working in & with youth & social mobilizations, advocacy, communication particularly with youth organizations & community based groups.
• Demonstrable experience of bringing people, networks, together around common values & campaigns, with a specific focus on youth, gender & development issues.
• Experience of organizing outreach to diverse people & groups to stimulate engagement & collaboration around common campaigns.
• Experience of working with NGO’s & in SDGs & development fields are considered as important assets.
• Working knowledge of or clients goals, approaches & processes is an asset.
• Current knowledge of development issues, harmful practice such as female genital mutilation & SDGs as well programs in international development.
• Proven ability to conceptualise, innovate, plan & execute ideas especially targeted at young people.

Team management    

• This role has no team management responsibility.