Non-profit Organization (IPAS) Community Access Advisor Job Vacancy

Ipas
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending preventable deaths and
disabilities from unsafe abortions. Through local, national and global
partnerships, Ipas works to ensure women can obtain safe, respectful and
comprehensive abortion care; including counseling and contraception to prevent
unintended pregnancies.

We
are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job
Title: Community
Access Advisor
Job ID: 2017-1757
Location: Abuja
Category: Community Access
Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Overview

Ipas,
a global nonprofit health organization working in Nigeria seeks a
qualified candidate for the position of Community Access Advisor.
The
Community Access Advisor works with in-country team to plan, implement and
monitor innovative Community Access projects that increase awareness of
and access to women’s reproductive health care in the country.
This
position collaborates with partner NGOs to help build capacity,
effectively execute programs, and to advance Ipas’s vision to improve
community efforts related to sexual and reproductive health rights.
Additionally,
the Community Access Advisor will lead the design, development, and distribution
of relevant Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) and training
materials.

Responsibilities

Leads
the strategic design processes and the development of technical strategies
for community access projects using proven Project Management Principles
Leads
in the design and implementation of country-level Social and Behavior
Change Communication (SBCC) strategies to support local partnerships,
activities and materials
Designs
community engagement and advocacy strategy and implement appropriate
activities to promote women’s SRHR among stakeholders as appropriate
Establishes
and develops links with organizations, institutions and interested groups
to promote knowledge, skills and social support so women can exercise
their sexual and reproductive rights
Contributes
to the design, implementation and analysis of evaluation of community
based interventions and leads in the documentation and reporting of this
body of work
Supports
fundraising through donor document writing (including proposal
development), reporting, and donor communication
Ensures
that all training and orientation materials include content that is
applicable to different community groups
Develops
community access project designs, timelines, budgets, and work plans in
collaboration with in-country team
Develops
initiatives to build capacity of partner NGOs in programming, including
the use of formative research to identify the target audience, understand
behavioral determinants, and develop effective interventions.
Supports
partner organizations in the development of effective strategies and helps
monitor work plans and budgets, ensuring the scope of the project is
within Ipas’s strategy and donor requirements
Oversees
contracts and partnerships related to Community Access projects and
outside consultants; develops partnership guidelines, memorandums of
understanding (MOUs), and contract documents to be used in selection and
retention of country level partners
Participates
in the development and facilitation of capacity building trainings for
partner NGOs and community-based organizations (CBOs)
Supports
the accurate documentation and data from the field office to the Global
Teams to support documentation and organizational learning
Leads
in the design of curriculum and training activities to increase knowledge,
skills and abilities of women and community members to access SRHR
Identifies,
designs and adapts qualitative tools to capture project outcomes, documents
and shares results organizationally and as appropriate to stakeholders
Designs
and implements Ipas’s training and awareness raising programs in
coordination with institutions/organizations with established agreements
Monitors
and conducts oversight to local partnerships and other Ipas-supported
initiatives on comprehensive abortion care (CAC) in the community
Monitors
and contributes to the analysis of community access results and summarizes
technical results for cross-unit sharing and organizationally as
appropriate
Identifies,
documents and shares best practices and seeks peer review for improving
community outcomes and results
Represent
Ipas at local community stakeholder fora as necessary as appropriate
Performs
other duties as assigned

Requirements

Bachelor’s
Degree in related field.
5+
years’ relevant experience, including project management experience.
Knowledge
and experience in community mobilization, capacity building and training
of community groups
Working
knowledge of grant management
Experience
in monitoring and mentoring community/communication initiatives in the
field
Experience
working in the Public Health field, especially sexual and reproductive
health,
Must
be familiar with working with youths and adolescents
Working
knowledge of community entry strategies
Must
possess the ability to work with different community populations including
adolescents and women’s groups, especially in the areas of communication
and training
Must
be able to negotiate and communicate with community, state and private
organizations’ leaderships
Must
have working knowledge of conceptualizing, implementing and monitoring
community initiatives
Experience
working with reproductive health projects, a plus
Previous
supervisory experience

Preferred
Skills:

Proposal
and report writing skills
Strong
communication skills
Ability
to work under strict project deadlines and milestones
Attention
to detail
Drive
for results.

Competencies
Communication & Collaboration:

Actively
listens and communicates connccts easily with her/his ream and gains their
trust and respect.
Works
well across all organizational teams.
Demonstrates
clear and concise information and ides sharing

Capacity
Builder:

You
have experience in building institution, local technical, management and
leadership capacity

Decisive
Risk Management & Problem Solving:

Anticipates
challenges and finds solutions.
Seeks
necessary Inputs, analyzes the data at hand. identifies potential risk’s
and rakes a decision.
Can
move forward even when information is imperfect.
Documents
analysis, intentions and desired outcome of key decisions.
Reviews
the impact and consequences and openly learns from mistakes.