Hub Coordinator

Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative (YEDI) is a not-for-profit organization that delivers evidence-based programs, in schools and communities, designed to build young people's assets, facilitate their access to health services, and promote their adherence to healthy behaviors. Since its inception in 2011, YEDI has benefitted over 300,000 young people in schools and community sites in Lagos, Abuja, Akwa-Ibom, and Ogun State.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Youth-Powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health Activity (referred to as YPE4AH) is a five-year (2020 – 2025) USAID-funded project implemented by YEDI and its partners. The project’s primary goal is to improve the health and well-being of urban, underprivileged adolescents aged 15– 19 by increasing voluntary family planning (FP) uptake and continued use—from a holistic, human capital perspective. The youth-powered ecosystem centers on Youth Hubs—safe spaces for youth to seek and access FP and reproductive health (RH) information and referrals. YPE4AH will adapt and scale up evidence-based, high-impact SKILLZ curricula, which combine sports and fun-based activities and group sessions led by Youth Coaches/mentors to spur healthy behavior change and shift attitudes for more equitable gender-sensitive norms.

YEDI seeks to engage a Hub Coordinator who will enhance and ensures proper implementation of the YPE4AH project. The Hub coordinator will operate under the leadership of the Program Manager for the project sites in and Kano.

Technical/Managerial Tasks

• Under the supervision of the Program Manager/State Coordinator, develop schedule for activities in the Youth Hubs and monitor delivery
• Responsible for day-to-day monitoring of the use of all assets, equipment, and furniture.
• Responsible for coordinating the smooth running of the Hubs: SKILLZ, leadership, livelihood
• Responsible for providing health-related information/counseling, coordinating Referrals and other services for adolescents in the Hubs.
• Responsible for documentation of all Hub activities into designated tracking tools (collecting and filing service data and collating SKILLZ data from Youth coaches, Hub attendance register and feedback forms)
• Complete and submit monthly reports using approved monitoring and evaluation templates, including success stories.

Supervisory Tasks

• Deliver bi-weekly mentoring sessions for SKILLZ Coaches
• Support monthly Hub check-in and quarterly learning meeting
• Monitor participation of Adolescents in interventions by tracking their daily/periodic attendance.
• Collate and supervise the pre-and-post intervention test.
• Monitor and Supervise program delivery for quality, identify gaps, and make recommendations for improvement.
• Monitor completion of deliverables by SKILLZ Coaches 

        Other Job-Related responsibilities

• Serve as a link between YPE4AH/YEDI staff and the SKILLZ Coaches
• Be a role model for adolescents in the community by demonstrating best practices for leadership, livelihoods, and accessing/adhering to family planning services.
• Stand against all forms of abuse and exploitation of project participants. A Coach will immediately report any suspicion or acts of abuse to the Hub Coordinator for action and referral.
• Participate in all training activities for the project- SKILLZ, Leadership, M&E.
• Undertake periodic training on US Abortion and FP Requirements, and Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance and Statutory Abortion Restrictions
• Ensure compliance of SKILLZ Coaches with Child Protection policies and Protecting Life in Global Health provision
• Deliver and facilitate sessions using the YPE4AH SKILLZ curriculum and other curricula as necessary.
• Together with YEDI YPE4AH Program and Training Managers/ State Coordinator, conduct training and refresher training for Coaches on the YPE4AH SKILLZ curriculums.
• Together with the Program Manager/ State Coordinator, lead community engagement efforts including stakeholder engagement, SKILLZ Holiday Camps, community, and mobile health outreaches.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of HND or First degree in health, social and behavioural sciences. 
• At least 3 years working experience of in programming and community level implementation,
• Experience of working with young people on sensitive topics including family planning, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, etc.
• Experience of monitoring and evaluation or capturing learning for projects

• Ability to communicate in local language preferred by young people.

• Good organizational and planning skills
• Ability to write concise, analytical, and accurate reports to meet agreed deadlines.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills in English

• Good negotiation and interpersonal skills, ability to relate well and build a rapport with a diverse range of people.

Ours is a culture driven by passion and commitment to make positive impacts in the lives of youths and adolescents