Job Title: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Integration Officer
Location: Pulka, Borno
About The Job
- The Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) Assistant at Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN) is a field-based role focusing on increasing access to sexual and reproductive information and services for women and girls in Northeast Nigeria (Pulka, Gwoza L.G.A Borno State).
- This role involves enhancing access to services, strengthening referral systems for adolescent care, and building the capacity of partners and staff on GBV/ASRH issues to improve youth health outcomes.
Main Responsibilities
- The ASRH ASSISTANT will be responsible for the following, including those not listed but are extensions of those expressly stated:
- Conduct group education sessions and individual counselling on sexual reproductive health services.
- Conduct Comprehensive sexuality Sessions and Parent group session for adolescents and caregivers.
- Provide guidance in education sessions to Community Health volunteers on Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health services respectively
- Implement the safe motherhood session with Pregnant adolescent.
- Adapt all relevant ASRH IEC materials for the program facilities as well as ensure re-printing of important ASRH publications for dissemination.
- Participate and assist in organizing the sensitization campaign on ASRH services in the community.
- Organize campaigns related to ASRH
- Organize community dialogue meeting with- religious and community leaders to introduce ASRH services/ Youth friendly corners and mobilize their support
- Present the project progress and data related to the programs during the health coordination meeting.
- Provide weekly, monthly reports of the activities
Core Behaviours
- Understanding humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles:
- Ensure that programme goals and activities uphold the principles of the key national and international humanitarian frameworks, codes, and commitments
- Integrate beneficiary accountability principles into the approach
Achieving results effectively:
- Ensure efficient and transparent use of resources in accordance with internal controls
- Address difficult situations and make tough decisions confidently and calmly
- Consider the wider impact of decisions to be made in the short and long-term.
- Continuously provides feedback and updates to achieve improved results
- Document lessons learned and applies them to future projects
- Maintaining and developing collaborative relationships:
- Actively listen to different perspectives and experiences of stakeholders
- Actively participate in networks to access and contribute to good practice
- Establish and maintain clear communication and dialogue with disaster and conflict affected people and other stakeholders
Operating safely and securely:
- Identify and communicate risk and threats and minimises these for oneself and the agency
- Take measures to do no harm and to minimise risks for partners and the communities
- Reduce vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by the organisation.
Managing yourself in a pressured and changing environment:
- Help team members to practise stress management through prioritisation of workloads and modelling of appropriate self-care
- Remain effective and retains perspective in the face of difficult or demanding situations
- Demonstrate personal integrity by using one’s position responsibly and fairly
- Maintain ethical and professional behaviour in accordance with relevant codes of conduct
- Plan, prioritise and perform tasks well under pressure
- Take responsibility for own work and for the impact of own actions
Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:
- Demonstrate managerial courage by confronting difficult situations and seeking resolution, and stating willingness to champion ideas
- Demonstrate approachability and trust by listening carefully to others and valuing their contribution, and making others feel comfortable by being open and honest about their thoughts and feelings
- Demonstrate self-development and management by taking responsibility for own development, and actively seeking out feedback to better understand their own strengths and weaknesses.
- Effectively influence others by understanding their interests and showing how they will be met by own preferred solution
- Give constructive feedbacks to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to another for the purpose of his/her development
Requirements
- A Diploma or B.Sc. in any related sciences or Public Health field
- 2 years of working experience and implementing ASRH program in emergencies.
- Strong communication, and interpersonal skills, with proficiency in MS Office software.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong communication and facilitation skills.
- Strong stakeholder engagement Skills.
- Experience in capacity building and training program development.
- Ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders, including adolescents.
- Proficiency in data collection and analysis methods.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply via link below