Mercy Corps Recruitment for Program Officer (GIRL-H)

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within, now, and for the future.

To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have a long-term impact.

Mercy Corps implements a variety of programming throughout the Africa Region in response to the diverse humanitarian and long-term development needs of the region and is committed to delivering high quality, high impact programming that reaches communities or individuals in need, wherever they are.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Manager (GIRL-H)

Location: Kano
Employment Type: Full-time, Regular

Program / Department Summary

• Girls Improving Resilience through Livelihoods and Health (GIRL-H) is a three-year, multi-country program being implemented in Kenya, Uganda, Haiti and now expanding to Nigeria.
• In Nigeria, the program seeks to improve the well-being of adolescent girls, boys, and young people with diverse identities, which makes them have unique and distinctive needs and capabilities, by increasing their access to skills and knowledge, health resources, formal education, and economic opportunities.
• GIRLH also fosters an enabling environment by working with communities to transform unhealthy social norms and create opportunities for adolescent girls, boys, and young people to access education and economic opportunity through an integrated approach to programming.
• Key to GIRL-H is a robust learning and research agenda that reaches across four focal countries to contribute to the evidence-based on what works to secure access to opportunities for adolescent girls, boys, and young people within the most marginalized communities and to better understand their contribution to household resilience.
• This evidence and learning will be shared to elevate Mercy Corps' influence in the program participants' space and to bolster fundraising efforts to scale the model.

Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills

• Master's Degree or equivalent experience in International Development, Political Science, Gender Studies, Economics, Sociology or other relevant fields.
• 5-7 years of experience in gender and youth development work including experience developing and conducting gender training, gender/youth mainstreaming, and engaging in gender advocacy.
• Experience in program startup.
• Ability to foster commitment and build capacity among project staff and in-country actors around gender and youth integration.
• Strong public speaking and facilitation skills required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required.
• Demonstrated ability to implement a program, manage a team and develop their capacities.
• Demonstrated capacity to lead the collection, analysis, and utilization of information from a broad range of sources to ensure effective integration of gender and youth concerns throughout the project's duration. In-depth understanding of gender, age, and other socio-cultural factors in the context of livelihoods programming.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should
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Note: Female candidates who are qualified are strongly encouraged to apply

Application Deadline  2nd May, 2022.

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