The Volunteer’s Role
The overall objective of this placement is to help Cuso International’s Nigeria country program office to consider ways to effectively measure how well the Youth Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Access and Development (YouLead) project activities have met expected results as documented in the Project Monitoring Framework (PMF). S/He will look at the way that change does and does not happen and help us to account for the performance of the project to our funders and other key stakeholders. S/He will support the Nigeria’s MEAL team to visit business locations, interview beneficiaries and write stories of change, exploring how change happened and how we move from training to behaviour change with partners. At the end of the placement, you will have assisted the MEAL team document best practices, human interest stories, lessons learnt and other case scenarios that will better help the project to track and document change and, over time, learn from the monitoring and adapt our programming to be more effective.
The YouLead project is a 5-year collaborative initiative between Cuso International and implementing partners to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship in natural resource sectors of agriculture, forestry, ecotourism, renewable energy and aquaculture in Cross River State, Nigeria. The project is aligned with the CRS government’s vision to address high youth unemployment and rural-urban drift of young women and men through the sustainable development of priority natural resources and economic sectors. In support of this vision the project aims to improve the capacity of young women and men to develop businesses and engage in the labor force, and to foster the enabling environment required to create ‘greener jobs in a greener economy’.
As a volunteer, you will:
-Read and review relevant Cuso International’s Strategic Plan for the YouLead project, annual implementation reports and Project Monitoring Framework and existing Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning system (MEAL), data collection templates and tools etc.
-Participate in meetings with Cuso International Country Program Office, volunteers, and Cuso Partner organizations with the objective to identify how these stakeholders think that change does and does not happen through volunteerism
-Support the development of a MEAL research agenda and data collection tools to be administered in communities
-Support in the midterm and annual report writing process, particularly in editing content and layout setting
-Support the development of study protocols to guide conduct of research in communities. Support in data analysis and writing of impact stories, success stories, best practices, human interest stories and lessons learned
Essential Academic Qualifications:
University/post-secondary degree/diploma in evaluation, monitoring and evaluation, including qualitative and quantitative research techniques training
Essential Professional Background:
-At least 3 years of experience in project implementation with good skills in performance reporting and research implementation.
-Particularly, the international volunteer will have demonstrable skills in qualitative reporting -i.e. writing success stories, human interest stories, case stories and best practices etc.
Support Package
The overall objective of this placement is to help Cuso International’s Nigeria country program office to consider ways to effectively measure how well the Youth Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Access and Development (YouLead) project activities have met expected results as documented in the Project Monitoring Framework (PMF). S/He will look at the way that change does and does not happen and help us to account for the performance of the project to our funders and other key stakeholders. S/He will support the Nigeria’s MEAL team to visit business locations, interview beneficiaries and write stories of change, exploring how change happened and how we move from training to behaviour change with partners. At the end of the placement, you will have assisted the MEAL team document best practices, human interest stories, lessons learnt and other case scenarios that will better help the project to track and document change and, over time, learn from the monitoring and adapt our programming to be more effective.
The YouLead project is a 5-year collaborative initiative between Cuso International and implementing partners to promote youth employment and entrepreneurship in natural resource sectors of agriculture, forestry, ecotourism, renewable energy and aquaculture in Cross River State, Nigeria. The project is aligned with the CRS government’s vision to address high youth unemployment and rural-urban drift of young women and men through the sustainable development of priority natural resources and economic sectors. In support of this vision the project aims to improve the capacity of young women and men to develop businesses and engage in the labor force, and to foster the enabling environment required to create ‘greener jobs in a greener economy’.
As a volunteer, you will:
-Read and review relevant Cuso International’s Strategic Plan for the YouLead project, annual implementation reports and Project Monitoring Framework and existing Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning system (MEAL), data collection templates and tools etc.
-Participate in meetings with Cuso International Country Program Office, volunteers, and Cuso Partner organizations with the objective to identify how these stakeholders think that change does and does not happen through volunteerism
-Support the development of a MEAL research agenda and data collection tools to be administered in communities
-Support in the midterm and annual report writing process, particularly in editing content and layout setting
-Support the development of study protocols to guide conduct of research in communities. Support in data analysis and writing of impact stories, success stories, best practices, human interest stories and lessons learned
Essential Academic Qualifications:
University/post-secondary degree/diploma in evaluation, monitoring and evaluation, including qualitative and quantitative research techniques training
Essential Professional Background:
-At least 3 years of experience in project implementation with good skills in performance reporting and research implementation.
-Particularly, the international volunteer will have demonstrable skills in qualitative reporting -i.e. writing success stories, human interest stories, case stories and best practices etc.
Support Package
- Modest monthly living allowance (varies depending country)
- Accommodation while in placement
- Return airfare and visa/work permit costs
- Cost of required vaccinations, antimalarial medication and health insurance
- Pre-departure training and in-country orientation
- Travel and accommodation for reintegration debriefing weekend
- Modest support for accompanying partners and dependents going on placement with you for 12 months or longer (Return flight, emergency medical insurance, vaccinations)
- Access to Employee Assistance Program while in placement and upon return
- Cuso International assessment day (Candidates must cover the first $200 of the most cost-effective travel expenses and all accommodation costs).
- Travel and accommodation for the five-day pre-departure training course and for in-country orientation
Location Calabar, Nigeria
Start Date Feb – Apr 2018 (flexible)
Length of Placement 12 Months
Language Requirements English
Open to all nationalities outside of Nigeria
How to apply:
Use the link below:
https://curawebservices.mindscope.com/CUSOIN04387_CURA/Aspx/JobDetails.a…
Closing date: 07 Feb 2018