Youth Engagement and Peer Education Specialist

Youth Engagement and Peer Education Specialist - Samar (Filipino Nationals Only) - for pooling/11002

Mobilize, mentor, and support adolescents, peer educators, schools, LGUs, and youth organizations to ensure meaningful participation in all project phases. The role guarantees that youth voices and perspectives are integrated into consultations, pilot testing, and validation, contributing to the successful endorsement of national standards.

Objective 1: Inception Phase

• Support inception meetings; map youth groups, schools, NGOs, and peer educators in Samar/Southern Leyte.
• Provide inputs to Inception Report (local youth engagement plan, ethics/safeguarding).

Objective 2: Establish TWG & ARG

• Mobilize local youth networks for ARG participation.
• Facilitate youth-friendly selection and orientation of ARG members from Samar/Southern Leyte.

Objective 3: Stakeholder Consultations

• Organize provincial consultations (FGDs, KIIs, dialogues) with youth, teachers, LGUs, CSOs.
• Document and submit findings for integration into national framework.

Objective 4: Standards Development Workshop

• Ensure Samar/Southern Leyte youth representatives actively participate.
• Support drafting of peer education competencies and implementation models.

Objective 5: Rapid Pilot/Field Validation

• Coordinate pilot testing in schools/communities in Samar/Southern Leyte.
• Collect youth feedback and prepare validation inputs.

Objective 6: Final Package & Endorsement

• Support provincial representation at the National Validation/Endorsement Forum.

• Provide consolidated inputs from Samar/Southern Leyte youth into the Final Report.

• Advanced university degree in Nutrition, Nursing, Public Health, Education, or other health-related and social science disciplines.

• Specialized training in immunization, nutrition programs, WASH, adolescent health, or youth development is highly desirable.
• Middle or senior-level management training in project leadership, team coordination, and organizational development.
• Professional development in facilitation, participatory methods, peer education, project management, monitoring and evaluation, and policy development.
• Training in social and behavior change communication (SBCC) and gender equality/child rights mainstreaming is a strong advantage.
• Proven expertise in youth engagement, peer education models, and adolescent health programming.
• Experience in capacity building, participatory training, and curriculum/module development.
• Strong knowledge of SBCC strategy design and implementation in health, nutrition, WASH, and youth programs.
• Familiarity with Early Childhood Development (ECD), youth leadership frameworks, and adolescent participation approaches.
• Experience in multi-stakeholder coordination and partnership building with LGUs, NGOs, schools, and youth groups.
• Knowledge of humanitarian-development-peace nexus and integration of resilience programming.
• Minimum 5–7 years of progressive professional experience in youth development, public health, or WASH, with direct exposure to peer education and adolescent engagement initiatives.
• At least 3 years' experience in facilitating consultations, participatory planning, and project monitoring.
• Proven track record in developing peer education tools, materials, and training programs.
• Demonstrated ability to work in multi-cultural, multi-stakeholder, and challenging environments.
• Familiarity with UN- and government-led cluster systems (Health, Nutrition, WASH, Education), with cluster leadership experience being an asset.
• Practical knowledge of humanitarian coordination, community participation, institutional strengthening, and partnership development with local NGOs and youth networks.
• Solid understanding of the humanitarian–development–peace nexus and the integration of resilience in programming.
• Knowledge of organizational policies, safeguarding standards, accountability frameworks, and donor (e.g., UNICEF) procedures.
• Excellent written and spoken English and Filipino required.
• Proficiency in regional/local languages (for Southern Leyte/Samar) is a strong advantage for community engagement.
• Strong command of MS Office applications (Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proficiency in online collaboration platforms and tools (Zoom, Google Workspace, SharePoint).
• Experience with data collection/analysis systems (e.g., KoboToolbox) is desirable.
• Willingness and ability to undertake frequent travel to project sites across the Philippines, including urban, rural, and conflict-affected areas
• Experience promoting gender equality, diversity, and child rights in project design and implementation.
• Experience in mainstreaming GEDSI (Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion) in youth or health programming.

• Strong commitment to safeguarding, PSEA (Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse), and child protection principles.

• Compensation: based on Action Against Hunger grid

• Benefits: health insurance, accident and life insurance, leave entitlement, government-mandated benefits
• Project-based employment

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