UN Volunteer - Programme and Administrative Support for Adolescent Health and Youth Empowerment

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Analyst, Youth Development, the UN Volunteer will provide programme and administrative support in the planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of initiatives aimed at advancing adolescent health and youth empowerment, gender equality, and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in line with the organisation’s mandate and strategic priorities. She or He will provide support to ensure the smooth execution of programme Interventions by fulfilling the following tasks:

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of Life Skills and Health Education (LSHE) and adolescent safeguarding programmes in collaboration with key partners such as Government Ministries, Civil Society Organizations, UN agencies, and faith-based partners;
• Support community engagement and advocacy/social behaviour change initiatives aimed at promoting menstrual health management, safeguarding and adolescent wellbeing;
• Support the review, updating, and dissemination of LSHE curriculum frameworks and teaching/learning materials for both in-school and out-of-school adolescents;
• Contribute to the operationalization of the multisectoral approach under the National LSHE Steering Committee and other relevant Technical Working Groups;
• Collect, analyze, and document programme data and lessons learned to inform adaptive programming and reporting;
• Support the use of research evidence on LSHE/CSE and adolescent SRH to strengthen advocacy and programme design;
• Prepare basic gender and youth related correspondence in line with organizational rules and regulations and policies, and procedures.