Do you have what it takes to be successful in this role?

Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Populations Studies, Demography, Health Promotion or relevant qualifications
• A minimum of 5 years related experience in similar settings
• Experience in Capacity building, training & facilitation skills, and community managed programmes
• Experience in working with local communities and networking with local implementing partners, and private sectors.

Desirable:

• Knowledge on health and nutrition programming, with a focus on adolescent Reproductive Health and Rights, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition and WASH programming
• Youth Advocacy and Influencing skills
• Networking skills

Competencies:

• Understanding linkages between gender-based violence including harmful practices, Reproductive Health Rights (RHR) and social and gender norm change theory and its relevance and application to norms and harmful practices related to sexuality as well as their practical implications for work targeting our primary impact group.
• Ability to applying effective strategies to change social norms related to harmful practices and sexuality, and to improve access and uptake of multi-sectoral services to prevent and respond to RHR: improving access to quality and all health and nutrition programming, with a focus on adolescent Reproductive Health and Rights, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition and WASH; provision of services on birth control, family planning, reproductive health, pregnancy and childbirth; and support to the provision of integrated RHR services in emergencies.
• Applying a range of evidence-based strategies and approaches to provide children, adolescent, youth with quality comprehensive sexuality education in formal and non-formal settings, and supporting positive dialogues on all health and nutrition programming, with a focus on adolescent Reproductive Health and Rights, Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition and WASH between the primary impact groups and caregivers as well as community dialogues
• Ability to shape strategy, policy, standards and plans clearly aligned with relevant priorities and stakeholder interests and based on rigorous internal and external evidence