Project Assistant position focused on youth-focused sexual & reproductive health project
YIELD Project
Scope of Work: Project Assistant
Background
Since the International Conference on Population and Development in 2004 there has been a global proliferation of efforts to engage young people around the sexual and reproductive health programs and services aimed to serve them. While the prevailing wisdom supports that such efforts are both good for young people and for broader health outcomes, existing evidence is patchy and inconclusive. Hence, the Packard Foundation has aligned with other US-based private foundations around a shared interest in youth (defined as females and males ages 10-24 years of age) participation (herein referred to as youth investment, empowerment and leadership development or, YIELD) and adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health and rights (AYSRHR). As part of a learning agenda, the foundations will support a review of existing evidence, experience and program/services examples as inputs to gain current perspectives on what works, where there are gaps and what future investments at this intersection might result in more positive individual, social and health outcomes for young people. The project is conceptualized in two phases: phase one primarily consists of information gathering, synthesis and reporting. And phase two, which will be more concretely defined during phase one, will focus on the dissemination of results and translation of the recommendations into actionable guidelines for future investment. A small, agile project team is being formed to lead a consultative process that will engage the range of stakeholders to document and make informed recommendations around how YIELD can positively impact AYSRHR. A Project Assistant with interest and experience in global youth movements and/or the participation of young people in AYSRHR is being sought as a key member of the project team.
The following Scope of Work outlines the primary activities and desired qualifications of the Project Assistant.
Activities: Phase One
· • Support project team to refine and implement an engagement strategy with project Steering Committee (SC)
· • Support project team in co-design and implementation of nested youth engagement experiment within the project
· • Support project team to form and coordinate a project Advisory Group (AG)
· • Support literature review
· Identify and summarize key sources of information
· Support synthesis and distillation of available literature
· • Support intervention landscaping and development of program/services summary matrix
· Identify and summarize relevant programs and services from local to global levels
· Support project team to develop a summary matrix and/or other information capture platforms
· • Support key informant interviews
· Support project team to develop information collection tools (interview guides etc.)
· Summarize and support analysis of findings (using Dedoose or other related analysis tools)
· • Support project team to design and implement country and sub-national level guided discussion groups
· Support development of information collection tools (discussion guides etc.)
· Support organization and implementation of events
· Summarize and support analysis of findings
· • Support development of synthesis report outline
· Support project team in drafting and integrating stakeholder feedback
· • Support development of analysis report triangulating information from all sources
· Support project team in the preparation of report drafts and formatting and presentation of project deliverables
· • Support project team in development of a refined plan for phase two
· • Support preparation for calls, meetings and other stakeholder engagement
· Prepare and/or review agendas, presentations etc.
· • Support project management
· Support budget management, administrative record keeping, reporting etc.
· • Other activities as required
Phase Two:
The specifics of phase two will be refined during phase one, but may include strategies for disseminating the phase one findings, encouraging broader stakeholder buy-in and translating the findings into a practical guidelines for future investments in YIELD for
AYSRHR.
The Project Assistant will be expected to help support the project team with the
implementation of phase two efforts as necessary.
Qualifications:
· • Five or more years of experience working on issues related to youth and/or sexual and reproductive health and rights
· • Advanced degree in public health, public policy, social sciences or related field
· • Demonstrated experience in information gathering methodologies employed by project
· • Strong information and data analysis and interpretation skills
· • Demonstrated experience with qualitative and quantitative data analysis software, ideally with Dedoose
· • Excellent presentation, writing and communication stills
· • Mastery of MS Office, Google Drive and related software tools and applications
· • Country-level hands-on technical experience preferred
· • Fluency in English required, and proficiency in other project languages (Spanish,
· French, Portuguese etc.) preferred
· • Flexible nature and willingness to bring full energy and commitment to the delivery of highest quality project deliverables
· • Sense of humor, optimism and joyful spirit
Expected LOE:
· • 12-16 hours per week during from February – July 2017, and possibly beyond
· • Regular availability for weekly project team check-in calls and other related calls, meetings and related coordination with project team and stakeholders
· • Promptness and flexibility in responding to emails, participating in calls and other time-sensitive activities as necessary
Project Assistant reports to Project Lead and coordinates with broader project team.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter highlighting relevant skills and CV to
Jennifer Catino (catinojennifer@gmail.com) no later than February 17, 2017.
