Individual Consultant - Mapping of Youth-Led Networks Organisations & Influencers in Ghana

The consultant will conduct a mapping exercise to identify and profile youth-led and adolescent girl-led organisations, networks, associations, digital influencers, and content creators engaged in reproductive health education advocacy and youth development work across seven regions in Ghana. The mapping will assess thematic depth, funding sustainability, and capacity gaps to inform a structured partnership model under the EmpowerED framework.

Responsibilities

• Review the EmpowerED baseline findings and relevant national reproductive health planning documents including the Ghana Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan 2024 to 2030 and the National Strategic Framework on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
• Develop and deploy a digital data collection tool to identify and map youth networks, organisations, associations, girl-led and women-led groups, content creators and influencers working on SRHR and RHE, as well as on climate and environmental action, agriculture and agribusiness, youth, peace and security, youth in governance and youth entrepreneurship in the primary and secondary regions
• Work with the NYA Regional Directors in each of the seven regions to obtain and verify records of youth groups, organisations, networks and associations known to and registered with the Authority, and ensure these are captured in the data collection and cross-referenced in the final database
• Conduct an audit of existing interventions delivered by mapped SRHR actors, including out of school RHE delivery, digital campaigns and peer to peer counselling, and assess the credibility and rights-based grounding of digital content creators and influencers advocating on SRHR issues
• Review the financial landscape of mapped organisations, including sources and sustainability of financing, and evaluate their technical and operational capacity gaps, including in monitoring and evaluation, financial management and RHE technical accuracy, to inform the design of EmpowerED training modules
• Conduct regional consultations, in collaboration with NYA regional offices and AfriYAN, to validate emerging findings with stakeholders
• Prepare a final mapping report comprising a structured database of youth-led actors disaggregated by region and thematic area, a sustainability assessment identifying organisations best positioned for longer-term partnership with UNFPA, and strategic recommendations for strengthening localised RHE advocacy and wider youth empowerment and engagement, with particular attention to the Greater Accra, Oti and Bono East regions
• Prepare a shareable version of the database, in line with data protection principles, for use by UNFPA, the NYA, AfriYAN Ghana and the Ghana Youth Federation

Requirements

• Master's Degree in social sciences, public health, development studies, communication or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in stakeholder mapping, landscape analysis or research involving youth-led organisations or civil society networks
• Demonstrated experience applying youth-centred and participatory data collection methods, including digital and social media-based approaches, appropriate to reaching informal and youth-led networks
• Working understanding of the socio-cultural context of the regions covered, particularly Greater Accra, Oti and Bono East, including linguistic considerations relevant to reproductive health education communication
• Knowledge of youth development issues beyond SRHR, including climate and environmental action, agriculture and agribusiness, youth, peace and security, youth in governance and youth entrepreneurship
• Demonstrated experience engaging national youth institutions, including bodies such as the National Youth Authority and the Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, in a research or programming capacity
• Proficiency in digital data collection platforms
• Excellent analytical and report writing skills
• Fluency in English is mandatory

Skills

• Stakeholder Mapping
• Landscape Analysis
• Youth-Centred Data Collection
• Participatory Data Collection
• Digital Data Collection
• Social Media Data Collection
• Socio-Cultural Context Understanding
• Reproductive Health Education Communication
• Youth Development Knowledge
• Climate and Environmental Action
• Agriculture and Agribusiness
• Youth peace and security
• Youth Governance
• Youth Entrepreneurship
• Engagement with National Youth Institutions
• Analytical Skills
• Report Writing

Languages

English