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Terms of Reference
1.0 Background
The Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) is a youth-led advocacy organisation
working towards increasing participation of young people in the policy decision-making
processes that affect them. The JYAN also promotes healthy lifestyles among young
people through the support and design of behaviour change initiatives aimed at bringing
about such. The JYAN pays close attention to advocacy relating to the Government of
Jamaica’s (GOJ) National Youth Policy and other policies impacting youth development.
Through capacity building, public education campaigns and youth-led advocacy, the
JYAN is intent on increasing youth participation and involvement in policy-making
decisions that support improvement of youth sexual and reproductive health, care and
protection from violence, while creating opportunities for education, training, employment
and entrepreneurship. The organization also works towards the implementation of
culturally-specific youth initiatives that consider the influence of music and the society on
youth development.
The JYAN with technical and financial support from Advocates for Youth has recruited
and trained an eight-member sexual and reproductive health (SRH) Council and now
requires a Programme Officer who will be responsible for ensuring that the Council
advocates on issues such as improving access to treatment and care for HIV positive youth;
increasing youth access to sexual health education, contraception, and condoms
particularly among most at-risk populations; and, preventing maternal mortality and
morbidity among young mothers.
The Programme Officer will be expected to provide technical and administrative support
to all the activities being spearheaded by the JYAN SRH Council. S/He will also be
required to perform other administrative duties for the JYAN. This may include ensuring
the smooth and timely transfer of information from the network to its partners and
members as well as managing information coming into the network. He/she will execute
his/her duties in collaboration with other staff, officers, members and volunteers of
network.
Public Education
• Produce and submit two videographies, one by March 2011 and the second by
September 2011. The new footage should tell stories of young people’s experiences
and challenges illustrating the importance and urgency for increased funding and
improved policies that support reproductive health and access to family planning
services for youth in Jamaica.
• Monitor council members’ on Advocates’ youth activist website, Amplify to blog at
least once per month.
• Monitor council member’s blogs during four week-long blog-a-thons hosted on
Amplify: International Women’s Week in March, World Population Week in July,
International Youth Week in August and World AIDS Week in
November/December.
• Host a campus tour visiting four parishes/regions in Jamaica: Mandeville, St. Ann,
Montego Bay and Kingston. The tour will include video screenings, Q&A, and
participating in an action that will support the council’s advocacy efforts.
• Develop a quarterly iYSO Newsletter highlighting the work of the council
including JYAN partnerships with other SRHR youth organizations and policy
updates and successes.
• Develop a publication called "Good Practices in providing SRH including
HIV/AIDS Services for Youth in Jamaica" that includes research framed to inform
policy and programming at the national, regional and international levels by
creating a profile for youth-friendly pharmacies and clinics.
3.0 Outputs/Deliverables
§ A comprehensive and detailed work plan within two (2) weeks of assuming
responsibilities.
§ Successful hosting of monthly meetings and other initiatives by the JYAN SRH.
§ Detailed and comprehensive Monthly Technical (including collation of individual
council member reports) and Financial Reports.
§ Successful implementation of activities under the IYSO Project.
§ Implementation of further training opportunities for JYAN SRH Council members
or involvement in already existing opportunities.
§ Close supervision of the JYAN SRH Council through the provision of technical,
logistical, and financial support for their activities.
§ Advocacy Initiatives around issues of comprehensive sex education, access to
condoms and contraceptives, the feminization of HIV, and the importance of
integrating HIV and reproductive health as well as related issues.
§ Effective and efficient coordination of council members’ participation in local,
regional and international fora addressing Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health
and Rights.
§ Integration of youth leaders into Advocates for Youth’s iYAN.
§ Plan and execute at least two (2) outreach activities spearheaded by the Council.
Strengthen youth mobilization efforts to maximize outreach through the council.
§ Increase in number of media opportunities for council members and their
participation in such in collaboration with the Sex Ed Project.
§ Efficient compilation and dissemination of newsletter to youth activists
§ Participation in regular check-in calls with Advocates for Youth.
§ Meeting Notes and Action Plans prepared for meetings attended.
§ Other communication and logistic duties as outlined in Specific Tasks