Voices for Change (V4C) Jobs in Nigeria, May 19th 2016

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Palladium Group - Our client, Voices for Change (V4C) is a 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.

Voices for Change (V4C) is recruiting to fill the position of below:


Job Title: Communications Officer
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Project Overview and Role

• Are you creative? Do you have a passion to drive change in the status of young girls in Nigeria? Do you have what it takes to be part of an exciting and challenging social marketing campaign? If you do, then we have the right opportunity for you.
• We are recruiting for a Communications Officer who will be an integral member of our communications team.
• The role will play a key role in supporting our various media and communications interventions to deliver high quality products that relate to our target audiences.
• The Communications Officer will support the delivery and implementation of a highly innovative communication strategy that utilizes marketing communications to promote gender equality and women empowerment.
• The role will work closely with the communications lead and technical advisers to ensure strategies are effectively delivered based on trends and media habits of the core target audiences across Northern and Southern Nigeria.

Responsibilities
Identify and advise on effective channels through which to promote key V4C Messages on GEWE, including:

• Building and sustaining close and innovative partnerships with key media organisations across participating states.
• Maintaining a comprehensive and up-to-date database of media allies.
• Supporting periodic trainings of journalist and media producers to develop their understanding of issues relating to GEWE and promote key V4C themes.
• Review periodic data from media research agencies and provide feedback to the V4C Communications Team on the reach and popularity of Media organisations to inform the selection of preferred media channels through which to air V4C content.

Plan and execute campaign events with V4C Campus and Community Brand Ambassadors (working closely with the Output 1 and 3 Technical Officers) This will include:

• Develop an integrated strategy for community level brand ambassadors
• Lead the identification and training of Brand ambassadors
• Develop and manage work plans for brand ambassadors
• Ensure brand ambassadors activities are in-line with relevant themes

Ensure consistent, high quality media outputs, including supporting the Communications Lead in:

• Meeting with communications partners to share strategies and plans.
• Support the technical advisers to ensure media outputs are creative, innovative and in line with best practice in media production by reviewing radio and TV scripts, concepts and creative briefs from the lens of the primary target audience to ensure relevance
• Ensuring V4C mass media outputs are aired in line with agreed protocols and agreements.
• Tracking the consistency of message inputs into all communications by keeping a message calendar that tracks message sequence and timing

Ensure that Communication outputs are responding to prevailing environment realities, including:

• Keeping close communication with primary audience to understand trends in the different states, and advise on relating such trends to communication interventions
• Work closely with state coordinators to identify and regularly update key influencers matrixAnalysing research data and programme reports and advise to inform programmatic direction and decision-making.
• Identifying and recommending innovative communications approaches according to changing priority areas across the different states

Monitoring and supervision of media outputs:

• Provide oversight to radio monitoring by ensuring listener panel reports are timely and documented
• Maintain tracking records of outdoor advertising frequency and duration
• Review media plans and schedules for all media channels and ensure time belts are relevant and appropriate to target audience

Events/Partnerships and promotions:

• Develop and update a calendar of relevant events which can be leveraged to maximize brand and message exposure
• Participate at relevant events to promote and establish relationships with potential partners
• Support the communications lead to ensure update and implementation of an advocacy/PR strategy to leverage for message and brand exposure

Requirements

• A graduate Degree in Communications, Marketing or Social Sciences
• 3 to 6 years experience working in the field of either Marketing Communications, Behavior Change Communications or Advertising
• Excellent understanding of the social cultural dynamics of Nigeria, specifically northern Nigeria
• Understanding of social change programming, particularly gender equality issues.
• Knowledge of young women?s life style, specifically young women in northern Nigerian
• Good understanding of the Media and Communications Industry in Nigeria.
• Understanding/willingness to develop an understanding of gender dynamics and what works to promote gender equality
• English fluency (oral and written) Essential, Hausa language fluency Desired

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Technical Support Officer - Key Influencers
Location: Abuja
Project Overview and Role

• Are you an excellent facilitator? Are you a person that is not only committed to gender equality but able to facilitate meaningful conversations to help explore individuals own perceptions and realities and challenge their own deeply held beliefs? If yes, then V4C needs you on our team.
• Fathers, husbands, brothers, young men, religious and traditional leaders are all crucial allies in the movement for greater gender equality. V4C is looking for a candidate with skills in active listening, e?ective questioning and facilitating group discussions.
• He needs to be emotionally intelligent and able to manage his own feelings and those of the group he is taking through the learning process. Applicants with extensive experience of personal transformation facilitation processes such as Stepping Stones, STAR, REFLECT or similar are encouraged to apply.
• The purpose of the V4C Technical Support Officer is to provide assistance to the Output lead in achieving the overall goal of mobilizing and expanding the pool of religious, traditional leaders; men and boys who are speaking out positively against gender discrimination.

Responsibilities
1.) Engaging Men & Boys Networks:

• Lead in identification and facilitation of men?s networks promoting gender equality
• Responsible for mentoring and monitoring network effectiveness
• Promote and supporting activism within the networks
• Sharing V4C strategies and approaches to movement building and social norms marketing, as relevant to networks
• Inspiring linkages across networks to maximise momentum for change

2.) Work with Religious & Traditional Leaders:

• Identify and facilitate conversations amongst key Religious and Traditional leaders
• Responsible for mentoring and monitoring Religious and Traditional Leaders in promoting gender equality, particularly in Northern Nigeria
• Participate in activities and events led by religious and Traditional leaders, monitoring messaging and impact
• Promote linkages and shared actions between religious and Traditional Leaders.

3.) Monitoring and Evidencing:

• Responsible for gathering individual stories of change in relation to men?s networks, religious and traditional leaders
• Ensure tracking of actions taken by key influencers are up to date at state level and reported on time and to quality

4.) Mentor Partners support to men?s networks, religious and traditional leaders:

• Review monthly partners monthly plans and reports, providing regular feedback
• Provide mentoring support to partner organisations, building their capacity to facilitate challenging conversations with key influencers
• Review and feedback on monitoring reports to ensure quality of tracking of actions and reporting.

5.) Delegated and any other tasks or activities as determined by the Key Influencer lead:

• Represent the output lead in meetings and events in his absence or when requested
• Support monitoring of media personality?s actions/activities and reporting
• Support with the output budget planning and review
• Assist with additional activities as requested by the output lead
• Offer innovative or creative ideas that can contribute to the outputs and the general success of the V4C programme

Requirements

• Degree in Social Sciences or equivalent years of experience in development field.
• Minimum of 5 years experience applying transformational facilitation techniques
• Minimum of 5 years in the development sector
• Experience of developing and managing delivery of strategic objectives
• Experienced in reporting, analysis and distillation of evidence
• Commitment to gender equality and social justice
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential, in Africa/Nigeria an advantage

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Brand Adviser
Location: Abuja
Project Overview and Role

• Have you designed and implemented successful marketing campaigns? Do you wish to take your career to the next level by applying brand and marketing skills to achieve social change? If you do, then we have the right job for you.
• We seek to hire an experienced marketing communications expert to join our team as a Brand Adviser.
•  This is a senior role that requires a highly innovative and creative person with a strong drive to design and supervise implementation of a multi-channel brand promotion strategy.
• The Brand Advisor, will be responsible for driving the brand promotion component of the programme?s communication strategy.
• The role will ensure a marketing and advertising agency effectively execute a large brand promotion campaign.
• This position will ensure high quality and timely delivery of innovative and exciting marketing products promoting gender equality.

Key Responsibilities
Management of Brand Promotions and Marketing:

• Responsible for development of the media brief to marketing agencies outlining V4C?s ask
• Develop contract ToRs and budget mark
• Lead on negotiating and agreeing on budget, ensuring value for money
• Lead on agreeing delivery terms and processes to ensure quality of products
• Responsible for ensuring products are delivered to a high quality and on time
• Provide weekly/monthly updates on delivery and predict where timelines may shift
• Responsible for supervising development and production of Creatives
• Lead on tracking and monitoring spend forecast against deliverables

Plan and execute campaign events with ambassadors and champions:

• Identify innovative ways of promoting brand through specific issue-based campaign events.
• Work with brand agency and civil society partners to support brand ambassadors to design and implement innovative campaigns on campus by ensuring work plans are developed and costed, implementation is executed timely and reporting is up to date
• Responsible for coordination between civil society partners and brand agency in supporting brand ambassadors
• Lead with ensuring strategic community level champions are identified and engaged to promote and publicise the brand and messageSupport the Communications Lead in the development of key campaign messages and themes by advising on insights generated from brand exposure analysis
• Responsible for appropriateness and consistency of messages across different campaign activities
• Ensuring timely availability of relevant campaign materials

Coordination and synergy of brand across programme outputs:

• Provide technical support to all programme areas to ensure the use brand guidelines are consistently implemented
• Responsible for ensuring consistency of brand value and messaging across the programme and partners
• Lead in ensuring other communications products are in line with the brand guidelines
• Responsible for effective synergy between brand promotion with mass media and digital outputs of the program

Strategic Partnerships:

• Identify and ensure partnerships with relevant platforms, brands and persons to maximize brand visibility
• Ensure periodic appearance in events with potential for publicity
• Achieve annual targets set for partnerships that will ensure leverage

Audience insights and Monitoring:

• Conduct quarterly brand exposure survey to gauge effectiveness of brand promotions this entails working with research agency to agree on methodology, processes, data collection and reporting
• Lead periodic audience insights research to ascertain trends Analysing research data and programme reports to inform programmatic direction and decision-making.
• Reviewing research and media reports to inform programmatic direction and decision-making.
• Identifying and recommending innovative communications approaches according to changing priority areas.
• Ensure tailor made promotions for northern and southern audiences based on their socio environment context

Requirements
Minimum Education and Experience:

• A graduate degree in Communications, Marketing or Social Sciences
• 5 to 7 years experience working in the field of either Marketing Communications, Behavior Change Communications or Advertising
• Excellent understanding of the social cultural dynamics of Nigeria.
• Experience selling ideas and products
• Understanding of young people in Northern and southern Nigeria
• Good understanding of the Media and Communications Industry in Nigeria.
• Understanding/willingness to develop an understanding of gender dynamics and what works to promote gender equality

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply for this Position




 Job Title: Technical Support Officer
Location: Kaduna
Project Overview and Role

• Are you passionate about gender equality? Do you want to be part of an exciting movement for young people that believes women and men should be given the opportunity to achieve their ambition in life? We are looking for someone that understands the trends, aspirations and challenges of young people today and can communicate effectively with them.
• The Technical Support officer will support the V4C State Coordinator, programmatically and administratively in working with young people, Civil Society Organisations and media partners. The role is central to building a state movement for change in gender equality.
• So, if you are you an excellent writer, a great analytical thinker, interested in the political landscape, proactive with loads of energy and enthusiasm then we have the job for you!

Responsibilities
1.) Support State Coordinators to monitor V4C partner activities within the state including but not limited to:

• Attend safe space sessions to review quality of facilitation and tools
• Feedback insights and learnings from safe space participants to wider V4C communications and strategies
• Regularly visit the online Safe Space site to keep up to date and promote with young people in the state
• Participate in activities run by religious leaders, to represent V4C and monitor quality of input
• Participate in legislative activities promoting the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act and the Gender Equal Opportunities Act within the State
• Support State Coordinator to liaise with partner executive directors on strategic issues.

2.) Promote movement building for Gender Equality at State level:

• Actively promote synergy across all V4C partners within the state, making linkages and keeping each informed of events
• Provide feedback to V4C on state specific opportunities, risks and current trends to ensure targeting has highest impact
• Co - facilitate regular meetings across partners to inspire greater movement building within the state
• Support the State Coordinator to keep partners up to date with V4C planning and strategic thinking around movement building and social norms marketing

3.) Monitoring and Reporting:

• Provide technical support to partners in generating good quality monthly reports that draw out the realities and experiences of young women and men
• Ensure output monitoring and tracking tools are kept up to date by partners, and shared on time

4.) Support planning and execution of campaign events:

• Support the state coordinator to participate in planning for high profile/risk events at state level to ensure V4C principles, brand guidelines and risk analysis are followed
• Provide administrative support to campaign events when required
• Ensure strong communication between partners and V4C during campaign or event planning and execution

5.) Administrative support:

• Logistical support to meetings/workshops including but not limited to identification of venues, invitations and managing finances
• Draft meeting/workshop outlines and invitations
• Responsible for taking minutes and action points from meetings/workshops
• Ensure V4C procurement policies are strictly adhered to
• Manage office equipment, ensuring maintenance and repairs
• Support State Coordinator to develop budgets and retire finances effectively
• Maintain inventory of all V4C assets and collaterals in the state
• Act as key point of liaison with service providers; hotel and car hire

The Technical Support Coordinator will represent V4C when delegated by the State Coordinator.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Social Sciences or equivalent
• Minimum of 4 years experience in international development
• Experience in project administration and management
• Excellent writing skills with proven report writing experience
• Strong interpersonal skills and networking
• Commitment to gender equality and social justice
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential
• Experience of project management - desirable

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply for this Position







 Job Title: Technical Support Officer
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role

• Are you passionate about gender equality? Do you want to be part of an exciting movement for young people that believes women and men should be given the opportunity to achieve their ambition in life? We are looking for someone that understands the trends, aspirations and challenges of young people today and can communicate effectively with them.
• The Technical Support officer will support the V4C State Coordinator, programmatically and administratively in working with young people, Civil Society Organisations and media partners. The role is central to building a state movement for change in gender equality.
• So, if you are you an excellent writer, a great analytical thinker, interested in the political landscape, proactive with loads of energy and enthusiasm then we have the job for you!

Responsibilities
1.) Support State Coordinators to monitor V4C partner activities within the state including but not limited to:

• Attend safe space sessions to review quality of facilitation and tools
• Feedback insights and learnings from safe space participants to wider V4C communications and strategies
• Regularly visit the online Safe Space site to keep up to date and promote with young people in the state
• Participate in activities run by religious leaders, to represent V4C and monitor quality of input
• Participate in legislative activities promoting the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act and the Gender Equal Opportunities Act within the State
• Support State Coordinator to liaise with partner executive directors on strategic issues.

2.) Promote movement building for Gender Equality at State level:

• Actively promote synergy across all V4C partners within the state, making linkages and keeping each informed of events
• Provide feedback to V4C on state specific opportunities, risks and current trends to ensure targeting has highest impact
• Co - facilitate regular meetings across partners to inspire greater movement building within the state
• Support the State Coordinator to keep partners up to date with V4C planning and strategic thinking around movement building and social norms marketing

3.) Monitoring and Reporting:

• Provide technical support to partners in generating good quality monthly reports that draw out the realities and experiences of young women and men
• Ensure output monitoring and tracking tools are kept up to date by partners, and shared on time

4.) Support planning and execution of campaign events:

• Support the state coordinator to participate in planning for high profile/risk events at state level to ensure V4C principles, brand guidelines and risk analysis are followed
• Provide administrative support to campaign events when required
• Ensure strong communication between partners and V4C during campaign or event planning and execution

5.) Administrative support:

• Logistical support to meetings/workshops including but not limited to identification of venues, invitations and managing finances
• Draft meeting/workshop outlines and invitations
• Responsible for taking minutes and action points from meetings/workshops
• Ensure V4C procurement policies are strictly adhered to
• Manage office equipment, ensuring maintenance and repairs
• Support State Coordinator to develop budgets and retire finances effectively
• Maintain inventory of all V4C assets and collaterals in the state
• Act as key point of liaison with service providers; hotel and car hire

The Technical Support Coordinator will represent V4C when delegated by the State Coordinator.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Social Sciences or equivalent
• Minimum of 4 years experience in international development
• Experience in project administration and management
• Excellent writing skills with proven report writing experience
• Strong interpersonal skills and networking
• Commitment to gender equality and social justice
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential
• Experience of project management - desirable

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply for this Position




Job Title: Technical Support Officer
Location: Enugu
Project Overview and Role

• Are you passionate about gender equality? Do you want to be part of an exciting movement for young people that believes women and men should be given the opportunity to achieve their ambition in life? We are looking for someone that understands the trends, aspirations and challenges of young people today and can communicate effectively with them.
• The Technical Support officer will support the V4C State Coordinator, programmatically and administratively in working with young people, Civil Society Organisations and media partners. The role is central to building a state movement for change in gender equality.
• So, if you are you an excellent writer, a great analytical thinker, interested in the political landscape, proactive with loads of energy and enthusiasm then we have the job for you!

Responsibilities
1.) Support State Coordinators to monitor V4C partner activities within the state including but not limited to:

• Attend safe space sessions to review quality of facilitation and tools
• Feedback insights and learnings from safe space participants to wider V4C communications and strategies
• Regularly visit the online Safe Space site to keep up to date and promote with young people in the state
• Participate in activities run by religious leaders, to represent V4C and monitor quality of input
• Participate in legislative activities promoting the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act and the Gender Equal Opportunities Act within the State
• Support State Coordinator to liaise with partner executive directors on strategic issues.

2.) Promote movement building for Gender Equality at State level:

• Actively promote synergy across all V4C partners within the state, making linkages and keeping each informed of events
• Provide feedback to V4C on state specific opportunities, risks and current trends to ensure targeting has highest impact
• Co - facilitate regular meetings across partners to inspire greater movement building within the state
• Support the State Coordinator to keep partners up to date with V4C planning and strategic thinking around movement building and social norms marketing

3.) Monitoring and Reporting:

• Provide technical support to partners in generating good quality monthly reports that draw out the realities and experiences of young women and men
• Ensure output monitoring and tracking tools are kept up to date by partners, and shared on time

4.) Support planning and execution of campaign events:

• Support the state coordinator to participate in planning for high profile/risk events at state level to ensure V4C principles, brand guidelines and risk analysis are followed
• Provide administrative support to campaign events when required
• Ensure strong communication between partners and V4C during campaign or event planning and execution

5.) Administrative support:

• Logistical support to meetings/workshops including but not limited to identification of venues, invitations and managing finances
• Draft meeting/workshop outlines and invitations
• Responsible for taking minutes and action points from meetings/workshops
• Ensure V4C procurement policies are strictly adhered to
• Manage office equipment, ensuring maintenance and repairs
• Support State Coordinator to develop budgets and retire finances effectively
• Maintain inventory of all V4C assets and collaterals in the state
• Act as key point of liaison with service providers; hotel and car hire

The Technical Support Coordinator will represent V4C when delegated by the State Coordinator.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Social Sciences or equivalent
• Minimum of 4 years experience in international development
• Experience in project administration and management
• Excellent writing skills with proven report writing experience
• Strong interpersonal skills and networking
• Commitment to gender equality and social justice
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential
• Experience of project management - desirable

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply for this Position




Job Title: Communication Adviser - Knowledge and Learning
Location: Abuja
Project Overview and Role

• Are you an effective communications or marketing specialist with experience in designing and delivering strategic and innovative ways to help organisations make their mark?
• Are you brimming with ideas and creativity as well the confidence to know what works for a range of different audiences? Do you have a good track record in the successful delivery of communication or marketing campaigns? Then we have the job for you!
• We are looking for experienced applicants with a good understanding of knowledge management for the role of Communications Advisor ? knowledge and learning; to help capture V4C?s knowledge and learning and to share this in a variety of ways with our donor and other partners.
• The preferred candidate must have experience of managing strategic communications and/or knowledge management for other organisations. Impeccable writing skills and an eye for great design are a must. Applicants from the private sector, as well as development programmes are encouraged to apply.
• This role is responsible for ensuring effective and timely delivery of the Programme?s strategy for capturing and communicating knowledge and learning to a range of external audiences.

Responsibilities
Overall responsibilities
1.) Capturing knowledge and learning:

• Working with V4C partners, stakeholders and beneficiaries to generate and record stories of how V4C initiatives have affected their lives and / or work
• Working with the V4C team to ensure that they are reflecting on their own learning and these are being captured and communicated on an ongoing basis.
• Working with V4C partners to capture their learning and communicate their results.

2.) Storing knowledge and learning:

• Working with software programmers to ensure the development of a functional intranet which will serve as a repository for all V4C resources
• Ensuring that the information management systems that support internal knowledge generation and learning are maintained and updated regularly.
• Ensuring that all V4C reports and documents adhere to the V4C quality assurance standards before uploading, storage and dissemination

3.) Communicating knowledge and learning:

• Identifying and managing innovative packaging and marketing techniques to share stories of change to stakeholders for uptake in other settings
• Designing and organising events for V4C staff, partners and stakeholders to interact and share and learn lessons from each other.
• Developing briefs and other knowledge products as identified.
• Producing progress reports and other reports as required.
• Regularly updating and maintaining the V4C website with content relating to the progress of the programme.

Requirements
Minimum education and experience required:

• Post-Graduate degree in a relevant business, project management or development field.
• Minimum of 5 years experience working in a communications, marketing or knowledge management role in business or development
• Experience of developing and managing delivery of strategic objectives
• Experienced in analysis and distillation of evidence
• Familiarity with online communications tools including Content Management Systems and social media
• Commitment to gender equality and social justice
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment is essential, in Africa/Nigeria an advantage

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply for this Position
 










Application Deadline  1st June, 2016. 

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