Massive Recruitment @ Voices for Change (V4C) Kano, Kaduna, Lagos, Enugu

Corporate and Project Employment At Voices for Change (V4C)

Job Title: State Coordinator
Region: Africa
Country: Nigeria
Location: Katsina
Closing Date: 15/5/2015

Voices for Change (V4C) is a recently designed, UK Aid funded, four year programme running from October 2013 to December 2017.  The goal of V4C is to help transform social attitudes towards girls and women in Nigeria by working on specific individual, social and institutional changes.

The Programme

  V4C will do this by operating at Federal level and in four States (Kano, Kaduna, Lagos, Enugu). V4C’s Vision is to be known and recognised for creating new ways to change behaviour, contributing to a Nigeria where every girl, boy, woman and man achieves their full potential.  V4C’s Mission is to inspire a generation of new voices to speak up and speak out to empower young women to achieve their real potential.

Job Title:  State Coordinator

The Position

The purpose of the State Coordinator role is to inspire and motivate V4C partners at state level to drive the movement for change in gender equality.  This will involve participating in key events, ensuring the quality and pace of delivery, monitoring the effectiveness of activities, bringing state partners together to share lessons, and creating linkages with other DFID funded programs and development partners. The role full time and will be state based with travel approximately once/month to Abuja.

Candidate Requirements

 ► Minimum of a Masters degree in social sciences, humanities or any related discipline.

 ► Minimum of 5 years experience working in the development sector especially on gender and research.

 ► Knowledge of key influencers in affecting a change in attitudes towards AGW.

 ► Knowledge of how to access relevant communication channels (eg, radio stations).

 ► Understanding of physical and virtual safe spaces.

 ► Knowledge of other DFID progams, donor funded safe space programs, civil societies in safe space work within the state and other program partners (eg Population Council, Girl hub).

 ► Understanding of how to access government representatives, religious leaders and other key state influencers

 ► Excellent working knowledge of Nigerian culture.

 ► Subject matter expert on social change programming, particularly gender equality issues, relationships and violence towards AGW, men and boys work.

 ► Knowledge of AGW life style.

How to Apply

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