Job Openings at Planned Parenthood Federation Of Nigeria (PPFN)

Your Role:

• Coordinate and implement SHIFT Project activities in line with approved workplans, budgets, and donor requirements.
• Support service delivery, community outreach, and youth-friendly and rights-based SRHR programmes.
• Liaise with government agencies, health facilities, CSOs, and community partners to strengthen programme delivery.
• Strengthen collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health, Primary Health Care Development Agency, and other stakeholders.
• Monitor project implementation, collect data, and support reporting on outputs, outcomes, and impact.
• Conduct routine field visits to ensure quality and timely project delivery.
• Identify gaps in implementation and recommend solutions to improve project performance.
• Prepare timely and accurate activity and narrative reports for management and donors.
• Support advocacy and stakeholder engagement to enhance access to SRH services.
• Prepare regular activity, narrative, and field reports for management and donors.
• Participate in trainings, supervision visits, and programme review meetings.

What You Bring:

• Strong experience in programme coordination, project implementation, or community health programmes, preferably in SRHR or public health.
• Ability to work effectively with government institutions, NGOs, health workers, and community groups.
• Good understanding of sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender, and youth-friendly programming.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and report-writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and work in challenging field environments.
• Commitment to rights-based, client-centred, and inclusive service delivery.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Nursing,Midwifery,Health Sciences, or a related field (a Master’s degree is an added advantage).
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in programme implementation, preferably in an NGO, health, or development organisation.
• Experience working on SRHR, family planning, maternal health, HIV, gender, or youth programmes is an advantage.
• Strong skills in planning, reporting, data collection, and basic monitoring and evaluation.
• Ability to work with communities, health facilities, and government stakeholders.
• Good computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel regularly within the state.
• Fluency in English

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Your Role:

• Take the lead in implementing youth-focused and gender-responsive ASRHR interventions at state level in line with approved workplans.
• Coordinate and deliver Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) activities for adolescents and young people in schools and out of schools.
• Support implementation of peer education, youth engagement forums, and community dialogues that address gender norms, stigma, and barriers to SRHR access.
• Ensure meaningful participation of adolescents and young people, including marginalized and vulnerable groups in the project activities.
• Work closely with the Youth and Inclusion Officer at NHQ to align state-level activities with national ASRHR strategies and standards.
• Support adaptation of national tools, guidelines, and approaches to the State context.
• Coordinate with service delivery points, implementing partners, and community structures to improve youth access to youth-friendly SRHR services.
• Collect, validate, and submit routine activity reports, disaggregated data, success stories, and lessons learned.
• Support monitoring of ASRHR indicators, including gender and age disaggregation.
• Participate in review meetings, learning sessions, and adaptive management processes coordinated by NHQ.
• Ensure all youth activities comply with safeguarding, child protection, and gender equality standards.
• Promote inclusive approaches that address the needs of young people with disabilities, out-of-school youth, and other underserved groups.
• Support engagement with state ministries, youth-focused government agencies, schools, CSOs, and community leaders to strengthen ASRHR delivery.
• Represent the project in relevant state-level meetings, coalitions, and youth platforms as delegated.
• Support advocacy efforts aimed at improving youth-friendly policies and service environments.

What You Bring:

• Strong facilitation, coordination, and interpersonal skills, especially with adolescents and young people.
• Good understanding of gender-responsive and rights-based programming.
• Strong reporting and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently at state level while maintaining strong coordination with NHQ.
• Proficiency in basic data collection tools and MS Office applications.
• High level of professionalism, cultural sensitivity, and commitment to ASRHR principles.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Education, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3–5 years’ experience implementing youth-focused or ASRHR/SRHR programmes at community or state level.
• Demonstrated experience delivering or coordinating Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) programmes.
• Strong understanding of adolescent development, gender equality, and youth engagement approaches in Nigeria.