Adolescent Development Specialist at National Child Development Agency : Deadline: Jul 22, 2021

Job Description

1. Lead the design and implementation of plans in Adolescent development.
• Support in the development of Laws, Policies, and guidelines in favor of adolescent’s development and child participation.
• Contribute to the development/establishment of adolescent development and participation program goals, objectives and strategies and results-based planning through research, collection, analysis, and reporting of related information/data for development planning and priority and goal setting.
• Be the point of contact of coordination and implementation of interventions related to adolescent development and child participation.
• Ensure the smooth running of Children’s Forums: Annual National Children’s Summit at all levels etc;
• Work closely and collaboratively with NCD Agency partners to discuss adolescent development and participation operational and implementation issues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decision.
• Participate in department meetings operational planning and preparation of adolescent development and participation and as guided by the Head of Department.
2. Ensure monitoring, evaluation and reporting of all interventions made in Adolescent development.
• Conduct/update situation analysis and assessments to establish evidence-based data for NCD Agency advocacy.
• Prepare required documentations/materials/data needed for adolescent development.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, quarterly and annual reviews with government and other counterparts to assess programs/projects on adolescent development and participation and report on required action/interventions to the Head of Department.
• Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
• Prepare regular/mandated relevant reports for supervisor and/or management and partners to keep them informed of progress on interventions in adolescent development.
• Conduct regular field visits to Districts and other partners supporting adolescent development and child participation to assess status on interventions done and provide technical support, take appropriate action to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks, and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
3. Technical and operational support to implementation of adolescent development interventions:
• Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners on Government policies, strategies, processes and best practices on adolescent development and child participation related issues to support implementation of interventions in this field, operations, and delivery of results.
4. Networking and partnership building:
• Closely work with government counterparts and other stakeholders at National and District levels through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate implementation of adolescent development and child participation interventions.
• Ensure the capacity building of stakeholders involved in the area to achieve and sustain results on adolescent development and participation programs.
5. Budget Management and Control
• Work closely with the Finance Unit and Head of Department to execute budget in a timely and efficient manner.