Officer programme SDSR

The Officer programme SDSR provides technical support to project staff, partners, and communities to strengthen health systems, increase access to reliable information, and create a favorable environment for the exercise of sexual and reproductive rights of youth. The role involves developing tools, guidelines, and training, supporting social mobilization campaigns, supervising survivor referral and care, and advocating for supportive laws and policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to project staff, partners, and communities to strengthen health systems and increase access to reliable information on sexual and reproductive rights of youth.
• Develop tools, guidelines, and training on SDSR, FGM, gender, and human rights.
• Contribute to social mobilization campaigns including intergenerational dialogues, forum theatre, and community radio.
• Supervise referral and care of survivors in coordination with health, psychosocial, and legal structures.
• Support advocacy initiatives with local, national, and religious authorities for laws, policies, and strategies favoring adolescent and young women's SDSR.
• Monitor, document, and analyze results to produce solid evidence.
• Represent the project in stakeholder meetings related to SDSR in the coverage area.
• Ensure coherence of interventions between regions and coordinate with other programme officers.
• Support project manager in preparing and reviewing quarterly, semi-annual, annual, and final reports for donors and Plan International Mali.
• Supervise and provide formative support to project animators in the coverage area.
• Participate in joint supervisions with local elected officials and socio-health services.
• Participate in project and office meetings regularly.
• Support project manager in annual activity and budget planning and monitor budget execution in the zone.
• Monitor partner NGO work plans and budgets and ensure quality and timeliness of technical reports.
• Establish and maintain partnerships with technical services, local communes, and networks in the domain.
• Design and deliver training and awareness sessions on child rights, sexual and reproductive health, and medical and psychosocial consequences of FGM.
• Coordinate with civil society organizations and UN agencies to strengthen action coherence.
• Produce regular reports and propose strategic recommendations to improve approaches.
• Manage protection risks by identifying and reporting cases of FGM or GBV according to procedures.
• Ensure community feedback and complaint mechanisms are known, accessible, and functional in the coverage area.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required (field not explicitly stated but implied in health, social development or related areas).
• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience in sexual and reproductive health, gender, human rights, or related fields.
• Experience in developing tools, guidelines, and training on sexual and reproductive health rights (SDSR), female genital mutilation (FGM), gender, and human rights.
• Experience in implementing social mobilization campaigns including intergenerational dialogues, forum theatre, and community radio.
• Experience in supervising referral and care of survivors in health, psychosocial, and legal structures.
• Experience in advocacy initiatives with local, national, and religious authorities for adoption or revision of laws, policies, and strategies favoring adolescent and young women's sexual and reproductive health rights.
• Experience in monitoring, documentation, and analysis of results to produce solid evidence.
• Ability to represent the project in stakeholder meetings related to SDSR.
• Experience in supporting project reporting and budget planning and monitoring.
• Experience in coordinating with NGOs and UN agencies to strengthen coherence of actions.
• Knowledge of protection risk management and procedures for reporting cases of FGM or gender-based violence (GBV).
• Fluency in French (implied as applications and CVs must be in French).

Skills

• Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Gender Rights
• Human Rights
• Toolkit Development
• Training Design
• Social mobilization campaigns
• Intergenerational Dialogue
• Forum theatre
• Community radio
• Survivor referral supervision
• Psychosocial Care
• Legal care
• Advocacy Activities
• Policy Analysis
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Data Documentation
• Stakeholder Representation
• Project Reporting
• Budgeting
• Coordination with NGOs
• Protection Risk Assessment
• FGM case reporting
• Gender-based violence reporting

Languages

French