CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: Girl Hub
Country: Nigeria
Closing date: 30 Oct 2014

Position: Girl Ambassadors’ Recruitment and Training.

Reporting line: Girl Hub Nigeria Senior Insight and Strategy Manager

Location: Jigawa, Nigeria

Company: Girl Hub Nigeria

1. Introduction

Girl Hub is a strategic collaboration between the Nike Foundation and the UK Department for International Development (DFID), based in the UK, currently operating in three African countries, and with plans to open in India and elsewhere.

The Nike Foundation is a powerful agent for real change and poverty alleviation in the developing world. The Foundations’ focus is on adolescent girls – its investments are centered on programs and initiatives that enable young girls to realize their potential and transform their world, so unleashing a ripple effect of change. The work of the Nike Foundation is designed to get girls on the global agenda and drive resources to them; ensuring ideas become real solutions that deliver tangible and sustainable results.

In this way, the Nike Foundation fuels the girl effect (www.girleffect.org) - the unique potential of 250 million adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves and the world.

The Girl Ambassadors (GAs):

GAs are a cohort of girls aged between 16 -22 identified through a local partners in Kano Kaduna and Zaria to champion girls issues by being the voice of girls and representing girls in a way that brings their context to programming tables. In addition, GAs are expected to provide advice where relevant in designing girl-centred activities. There is a plan to expand and establish 10 girl ambassadors to Jigawa State.

Jigawa, Kano and Kaduna are states located in the northern part of Nigeria, where GHN is focusing its intervention.

Objectives:

• Girl Ambassadors will be girl champions capable of bringing girls’ voices into important meetings and events
• Girl Ambassadors’ knowledge and ability to represent girls will position Girl Hub as the ’go-to’ Organization on issues of adolescent girls
• To create a resource within Northern Nigeria so that other partners can leverage the Girl Ambassadors for research, insights, and monitoring and advisory purposes.
• Girl Ambassadors will help remove barriers to reaching girls.
• Girl Ambassadors will develop authentic insights from girls.
• Girl Ambassadors will maintain a wide network of girls with a potential to have an extensive reach

2. Scope of Work

Girl Hub Nigeria requires the services of an organization with experience in peer-to-peer research and working with adolescent girls, to recruit and build the capacity of 10 Girl Ambassadors in Jigawa State.

GH roles:

Girl hub Nigeria will build the capacity of the girls on qualitative research methods such as focus groups, 1-1 meetings, and observations. GHN will also enable the girls to conduct technology-enabled research and participatory M&E.

Girl hub Nigeria will work with the organizations/consultants to recruit and, sustain regular meetings and activities to build the girls’ confidence to work within and outside their communities.

Girl hub Nigeria will provide technical support and materials to facilitate building the girls’ skills on research, confidence building and feedback mechanisms.

GH to ensure parental support for the activities and will obtain girl safe guarding policies, parental consents for each participating girl

GH will ensure parental support for the activities and will adhere to girls safeguarding policy (GSP), parental consents for each participating girls.

Pay girls’ stipends for specific activities and events where they participate as resource persons

Managing organization/consultant’s Role:

· Recruit and manage Girls’ Ambassadors on behalf of Girlhub.

· Organise and set up safe meeting venues with girls. Liaison with community to ensure gate keepers are well informed and are supportive of girl ambassadors.

· Work with closely with GHN to plan and implement training and research activities.

· Provide refreshments and stationeries for working with girls.

· Act as chaperon during out of location trip with girls by Girl hub.

· Develop budgets and timeline of activities for sign off by Girl Hub

· Maintain the code of conduct for working with girls and ensure girls comply with Girl hub nigeria girl safe guarding policy

Girls’ Role:

• Become girl ambassadors.
• Commit to working with Girl Hub as young researchers.
• Attend trainings and events relevant to building their capacities in providing insights on different contexts for the Arewa Girl
• Maintain behaviors and views that represent promoting the Arewa girl.
• Comply with Girl Hub girl safe guarding policies, rules and regulations.

Deliverables for Managing Organization/ Consultant

• 10 Girl Ambassadors to be recruited in November, and to be mentored and trained on an agreed schedule
• Participate in Girl hub Girl safe guarding policy training and adhere to global policy and procedures
• Secure parental consent to include travels to Abuja, media release and health release
• Chaperon, coach, mentor, and accompany Girl ambassadors to relevant events, meetings, workshops and activities within and outside Jigawa state.
• Set the scene and mobilize community for any Girl Ambassador research and activity in the community
• Organize and supervise girl researchers to participate in all GHN activities that they are required to attend from November 2014 to May 2015
• Organize and supervise girls to participate in insights film on girls

Expected Outcome:

• 10 Girl Ambassadors established and acting as advisers
• Girl confidence, interpersonal skills and capacity built.
• Girl Hub has available resources to tap into for information and for partners’ programme design and development
• Girls confident and able to represent Arewa girls in relevant meetings and events

Key Skills and Experience

• At least three years’ experience in similar scope of work
• Strong interpersonal, and communication skills
• Excellent report writing, presentation and communication skills.
• High attention to detail and ability to adapt to changing situations
• Excellent oral, written, presentation and communications skills in English.
• Good knowledge of working with young people.
• Proven record of Good relationship with community leaders and gate keepers

Time Frame:

The period for this training is expected to cover the Girl Hub calendar year of FY 15, which ends in May 2015.

How to apply:

PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF BIDS

Applications for this consultancy close on 31^st October 2014

All bids must be typewritten and presented in the following format:

a) Cover letter: A one-page cover letter signed by responsible official of the bidding agency/consultant. The letter must contain the name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number and other relevant contact information of the bidder.

b) Introduction: A brief overview of the assignment as understood by the bidder and a brief statement of the bidder’s overall approach

c) Capability statement: background and other relevant information that qualifies the organization/agency to undertake such an assignment. Experience with similar projects and in using the techniques specified above should be provided. The bidder must also indicate the individual staff members assigned to this project and their relevant experience.

d) Annexes: Any documents, such as curriculum vitae, or other information, which the bidder thinks will assist the proposal review team in evaluating the proposal may be attached as annexes.

SUBMISSION OF BIDS

Complete proposals (electronic copy) must be submitted by email to:

Amina Adamu Aliyu at Amina.aliyuadamu@girlhub.org and include “Recruitment and training of girl ambassador” on the subject line of the e-mail.

CONTACT INFO

If you have any questions concerning this request for bids, please contact Amina Adamu at Girl Hub Nigeria at Mercy Corps office at No. 5 Peka Close off Buchannan Crescent Wuse II Abuja or via amina.aliyuadamu@girlhub.org .

GHN will not pay or reimburse agency/organization for bids submitted.

Organization: UN Children's Fund
Country: Senegal
Closing date: 30 Oct 2014

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND

TERMS OF REFERENCE

DUTY STATION: Dakar, Senegal

LEVEL: P3

DURATION: 7 months (extension possible, dependent on funding and performance)

TITLE: Humanitarian Performance Monitoring Specialist

START DATE: As soon as possibleTemporary Assignment

Entitlements: according to UNICEF Rules and Regulations PURPOSE OF POST:

Although Senegal is not considered as an emergency country, over the past 2 years it had to face significant humanitarian situations due to diverse emergencies. The 2010/2012 Sahelian nutritional crisis has hit Senegal significantly with increased Malnutrition in the Northeastern parts of the country. The results of the 2010 DHS results have shown that stunting rate among children under-five has increased from 16% to 27% while wasting prevalence has risen from 7% to 10% since 2005. In 2012, data from a SMART survey have revealed that wasting prevalence among children under-five was still high – at 9% - while 17% of them were stunted. Studies have also highlighted a deterioration of household food security over the last few years thus impacting on resilience capacity of households.

In addition to the above, the country is susceptible to humanitarian crises due to droughts, floods, diseases outbreaks. In an environment susceptible to disasters, it is imperative to maintain a preparedness capacity and ensure optimal monitoring of humanitarian response performance.

The Humanitarian Performance Monitoring Specialist will support the Senegal Country Office in monitoring its performance in emergency responses implementation; keep management informed on performance of the nutrition crisis response and other relevant emergency response efforts through regular Sitreps preparation, identification of programmatic and funding gaps and bottlenecks. It will also support resource mobilization efforts for humanitarian responses through regular interactions with the UN Humanitarian Team, the UNICEF WCARO Emergency team; and facilitate reporting to RO, HQ and donors by providing relevant data on emergency programme implementation progress and performance. REPORTS TO: Deputy Representative

NUMBER/LEVEL OF POSTS SUPERVISED: None Main Duties/Responsibilities:

Planning & Overview of M&E

· Support CO in developing and using a corresponding, well-prioritized, and realistic plan for needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation activities, that will serve to strengthen the management of the national humanitarian response, including tracking and assessing Unicef’s distinct contribution.

· Where Unicef serves as the lead agency (equivalent of cluster lead role), support Unicef’s overall strategy ensuring that needs assessment/PM/IM systems support and feed into national systems as possible.

· As necessary engage with HCT/OCHA in ensuring inter-agency reporting/info request are streamlines and not duplicative of Unicef systems.

Performance Monitoring

· Establish adapted systems for high frequency estimates of programme coverage in relation to the Response Plan targets (e.g. monthly/quarterly depending on context)

· Ensure the existence of systems for regular partner’s reporting against a limited set of key performance indicators (output).

· Support Unicef-led clusters in negotiating key performance indicators and systems for monitoring and reporting.

· Establish and maintain a focused and higher frequency/coverage approach to field monitoring across Unicef-supported programming to ensure the availability of adequate data on quality of programming (use of supplies, implementation bottlenecks, equity of access, do no harm, engagement with local capacities.

· Where Unicef is the leader in coordination, establish and maintain regular assessment of Unicef CLA performance in cluster coordination.

Information Management

Support information dissemination and management as needed and especially where common cross-cluster systems are operational.

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES:

Education: University degree in relevant subject

Experience :

• A minimum of 5 years relevant experience with either UN or NGOs
• Specific experience in coordination within humanitarian response

Competencies : UNICEF competencies Framework

Core Values :

• Commitment
• Diversity and inclusion
• Integrity

Core competencies :

• Communication (III)
• Working with people (II)
• Drive for results (II)

Functional Competencies :

Relating and Networking (II)

Applying Technical Expertise (II)

Formulating Strategies and Concepts (II)

Persuading and Influencing (II)

Language :Fluency in English and French, written and spoken

General Knowledge and Computer Skills:

· Fundamentals for working in various media formats – print, audio, video, web etc.

· Computer systems/applications and network, including internet navigation, office applications, and specifically, interactive digital media.

· Knowledge of United Nations or other international organizations;

· Global human rights issues, specifically relating to children and women.

· UNICEF communication goals, policies, guidelines and strategies.

· UNICEF policies and strategy to address national and international issues.

· UNICEF emergency communication policies, goals, strategies.

· Gender equality and diversity awareness

How to apply:

Applications must be sent to dakarerecruitment@unicef.org

• A cover letter
• A curriculum Vitae
• A P11 form completed and signed (P11 Form will be uploaded from www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_currentvacancies.htm)
• Internal candidates should provide their two last Performance Evaluation Reports.

Applications must be sent to: dakarerecruitment@unicef.org

Closing date: 30.10.2014

Organization: COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale
Country: Nigeria
Closing date: 15 Sep 2014

Nigeria is the country with the largest GDP of the whole African continent and it is currently living strong internal crisis due to several factors. In the coastal area, tensions are still ongoing, sometimes in a very violent way, and are related to environmental associations and to the kidnapping of several technicians who were working for oil extraction. In the south and in the centre of the country tensions are very strong too, and really violent, especially between farmers and breeders. But the two main issues that are really concerning the humanitarian community are the persistence of malnutrition and food insecurity in the Sahel area in the north of the country and the considerable increase in the fresh wave of attacks of the terrorist movement, the Islamic fundamentalist Boko Aram. In all the states of the North and Centre, but especially in the three states of the North East (Yobe, Borno and Adamawa) where the state of emergency has been declared, there are ongoing attacks in schools, churches, shopping centers, markets and any crowded place. The IDPs are fleeing from the most insecure areas and they are about 700.000, while there are several thousand of refugees in the neighboring countries (Cameroon, Niger and Chad).

Coopi is currently organizing an assessment mission to evaluate a rapid response to the severe nutritional and food security crisis and humanitarian assistance to the IDPs in the areas currently in a state of emergency.

Descrizione e requisiti

To carry out its activities, Coopi is looking for:

— A Project Manager/ Head of Mission

— An Administrator

— A Logistician

— A Food Security Expert

— A Nutritionist

All these profiles should have the following requirements:

• Advanced degree in International Education, International Development, Health and Nutrition, Logistics, Agriculture and Food Security or a related field or equivalent work
• Previous minimum 3-year experience in a similar position, with a track record of success and results achieved;
• Previous experience with an international humanitarian NGO is an advantage;
• Desirable experience of working on ECHO projects;
• Strong analytical and practical problem-solving skills;
• Strong supervisory abilities, and demonstrated capacity of teamwork and of coordination with the relevant actors;
• Very good inter-personal and writing communication skills;
• Ability to organize work efficiently and deliver assignments in a timely manner often under time constraints;
• Proficiency in written and spoken English;
• Computer literacy, with high proficiency in the use of standard office software applications (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint);
• Valid driving license.

Starting date: As soon as possible

How to apply:

http://www.coopi.org/it/lavoroformazione/offertedilavoro/lavoro/1010/