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1. Tell us about yourself. Why do you want to work with Voice team? What
attracted you to the position?
I am a graduate of Economics and I currently work as a Project Associate with Nigeria’s
foremost Innovation Centre, CcHUB; where I work on different projects that have
discovered several emerging social innovators in Nigeria. In the last three years, I have
worked primarily on the Voice Linking & Learning programme where I designed and
facilitated several linking & learning activities that fostered learning, collaboration and
knowledge exchange between Voice grantee in Nigeria.
I am interested in working with the Voice team because I had a very insightful and
inspiring experience while working with the Voice team. More importantly, Voice is a
programme that I am very passionate about and I learnt a lot from managing and co-
facilitating the Linking & Learning programme. The Voice programme helped me
develop and cultivate a mindful mindset in both my personal and professional life. The
principles of nothing about us without us and leave no one behind really influenced the
way I interact and work with people. I want to work in an organization and a team that
will help me to continue to live and work in that consciousness.
1. What are you good at? What are you weak in?
Strength
Weakness
Some of the approach and methods or practice that we need to be more intentional
about and provide a safe environment for it to thrive are:
Knowledge management involves discovering, retaining, and sharing expertise in order to improve the
efficiency of an organization. Let’s take a closer look at this beast. Knowledge management is meant
to facilitate the following:
4 main goals of knowledge management:
* Creating knowledge. * Storing knowledge. *Sharing and transferring knowledge. *Applying knowledge.
Knowledge management is based on these 3 main components:
● People (70%) (Attitude, capacity, culture, skills and motivation).
● Processes (20%) (Good practices and procedures).
● Technology (10%) (Voice Platforms, Voice Nigeria Box, website, database, social media)
Knowledge Sharing
Peer-to-peer Assists: This tool encourages participatory learning, by asking those with experience in certain
activities to assist those wishing to benefit from their knowledge, through a systematic process, towards
strengthened mutual learning e.g. ( How to implement Right-based approaches, to my project, where
grantees can share explicit knowledge based on their experience with working with certain rightsholders
groups). One of the key discoveries from my one-on-one consultation with grantees last year was that some
of them are working in isolation and needs support. Support that they can get from other grantees.
Challenge Sessions:
Facilitating sessions that allow grantees to different problem solving approaches (e.g. the design thinking
approach) to examine key problems or challenges that have formed a pattern or trend among grantees.
E.g. For grantees working with people with disabilities, what is a problem(s) or challenge that they can all
resonate with that they can apply different problem solving approaches to find solutions to.
Knowledge Storing
- Having a shared network drives
- Sharing how to guides for people to learn how to use it.
- Encourage people to use creative means to document their learning (This could be inform of a chat
with staffs implementing the project, or a video or audio where they can just share their key
highlight on the project so far, or what do they find surprising about how far their work with the
rightsholders has been, or a blog post that they can share with other grantees and on social media.
Knowledge Management Tools and Approaches
- Communities of Practice: Communities of Practice are groups of people who share a concern or a
passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they work together regularly.
- Knowledge Mapping: A knowledge map makes it easy for your employees to connect to an expert in
a specific area of knowledge.
- Mention the JEI Media For Advocacy.
- (Mentioned Inez recommending that we meet with Jr. and his team in The Phillipinne to
learn how they were able to establish and coordinate several CoPs among Voice grantees.
1. Tell us about your facilitation experience. How did you learn to facilitate? What
methods do you use? What is the role of a facilitator?
My team at CcHUB facilitates a lot of design thinking workshops and I started learning how
to facilitate by providing support to my line manager, who was the lead facilitator for most
of the workshops. I managed the workshop’s logistics, ensured that all the workshop
materials were available and provided other supports based on the needs of the lead
facilitator. During these periods, I carefully observed and learned on the job. My first real
experience with facilitating came in 2018 when I co-facilitated a 3-day hackathon that
brought young people together to discuss the challenges in the North-East of Nigeria and
develop practical and collaborative solutions to counter violent extremism.
For the Voice linking & learning events, I adopt different methods including; focus group
discussions, debates, role plays & drama, reflection exercises, creative storytelling and
unconference breakout sessions. For example, one of the sessions I designed and facilitated
at the last linking and learning event in Lagos was the “Rapid Prototyping our Advocacies”
session. The goal of that session was to have grantees tell their stories using different
creative expressions. I encouraged some participants who felt that they were not creative
and provided insights to the teams as they worked on their stories. In the end, grantees
produced beautiful designs in the form of diagrams, models, detailed drawings and
storyboards that told their stories in a concise and interesting manner. They shared their
stories with other grantees during the gallery walk.
A facilitator is an active learning supporter whose role is to guide and assist people in
learning for themselves. The facilitator creates an atmosphere for learning, to help learners
get to their goals and encourage social interactions.
The first project I handled as a volunteer was a recycling project. It was about turning
bio gradable wastes (nylons) into re-usable home utilities. The aim of the project was
to empower some indigenous women with the skills to economically empower
themselves. While it was a fantastic idea, I only successfully carried out the test
phase, the project itself never materialized.
I learnt that the rightsholders need to be involved in the project from the inception. It
would have been easier for me to tell that the women were not interested in
recycling if I had involved them from the start. It also taught me the importance of
conducting needs assessment.
1. How do you understand the role of a Linking, Learning, and Amplifier Officer?
As a Linking, Learning and Amplifier Officer, I am responsible for the overall linking and
learning activities within Voice in Nigeria. I work with the Linking & Learning facilitation
organization to coordinate the Voice Linking & Learning Programme. He also promotes
innovation and knowledge exchange at grantee level, as well as communicating and
amplifying the stories of Voice grantees and rightsholders groups in Nigeria. One of my key
duties is to coordinate the implementation of Linking & Learning and innovative
interventions with the Linking and Learning facilitator. Interventions like learning
events, design thinking sessions, communities of practice and supporting the
realisation of innovation labs at country level.
Inclusion
1. Which of the rightsholders groups do you have the most experience with?
I have a vast experience working with young people on several social innovation
projects. Within the Voice linking & learning programme, I worked with young
persons by actively participating in some Voice grantees’ project activities (Festus
Fajemilo Foundation and CAPRIGHTS VP).
I have also worked with indigenous people. While in the university, I volunteered for
an international non-profit organization called enactus. The most impactful project
that I worked on was tech4rice, a project where I worked closely with local rice
farmers in remote and isolated communities in Ekiti and Ogun States, to combat the
problem of low yield caused by bird infestation and lack of access to fertilizers. I
supported the farmers to advocate for the right to benefit from the State
government’s fertilizer subsidies and access to farm machineries programme in the
two states.
1. Diversity and inclusion is at the core of the Voice programme. What does
inclusion mean to you? Tell us about a time when you had to ensure an activity or
a project you led was inclusive.
Inclusion is the practice that provides equal access to opportunities, services and resources
for every person, irrespective of disability, ethnicity, age, race, gender sexual orientation.
One of the important factors that I consider when looking for venues for our Voice linking
and learning events is the disability inclusiveness of the venues. For the 2nd linking and
learning workshop that was held in Lagos, I ensured that the venue was disability-inclusive.
Also I facilitated the provision of two sign language interpreters for a Voice grantee with
hearing impairment and made alternative arrangements for lunch to accommodate the
needs of some grantees.
Also, the design of the workshop ensured that no one was left behind. I developed several
activities that enabled grantees to share and learn through creative storytelling, small
group discussions and interesting energizers. The Voice grantee with hearing impairment
participated actively in all the activities. She moderated an unconference session where she
discussed the importance of having the full participation of the rightsholders from the
inception of the project. She also taught us some sign languages during one of the
energizers.
1. In diverse settings, there are sometimes voices with different and/ or competing
interests. What is your experience in this kind of setting? How did you manage those
different voices? What was the result?
In October 2020, I facilitated an online session on “The Art of Storytelling”. The session had
mostly university undergraduates from different departments in attendance. One of the key
question that triggered an interesting conversation was “when we need to influence or
inspire, what works more, between data or stories”. I allowed everyone to share their
opinions and it turned out that we had three school of thought which were:
● Stories alone are more powerful.
● The world today is driven by data; hence data/statistics move people more.
● The combination of the two will yield a better result.
I suggested that we had a debate. Thankfully, it was a paid Zoom account so we had the
participant’s breakout into 3 groups to discuss and gather their points and we converged
after some minutes for the debate. The debate added another learning dimension to the
session and made it even more participatory and educative.
1. What is one thing Nigeria needs to change in order to become inclusive? How do you
envision that change could happen?
Being inclusive is a state of mind that needs to start from inclusive basic education,
infrastructure, opportunities and implementation of inclusive policies.
● The government needs to implement policies that will raise the standard of living of
its citizens.
● The government should implement policies that will allow inclusive education in
public schools and ensure adherence in private schools.
● Infrastructural restructuring of building.
● Enforcing labour laws and ensuring that people have equal opportunities of gaining
employment, irrespective of their race, belief, sexual orientation, gender etc.
Innovation
1. How do you identify something or someone as innovative? How have you innovated
yourself?
I identify that something is innovative when it uses a different and simple approach
to deliver value. An innovative person has the ability to think imaginatively, but also
strategically and practically. Also, I know someone is innovative when I see their
enthusiasm to try new things and gain new skills or experiences.
One thing I have adopted through my experience with working on social innovation
projects is embracing wild ideas when trying to solve a problem (whether personal or
work related). I learned to suspend judgment and think of several
ideas/approaches/strategies that I can adopt to solve the problem. However, if the
approach that I adopt fails, I don’t dwell on it. I learn from it and try out others.
Innovation needs constant research and testing. The innovation process needs to be
flexible so that it can be easily re-adjusted to adapt to different contexts.
1. How do you define a successful innovation? What kinds of evidence are you looking
for?
Amplification
How do you tell someone else ' story? What media have you used to tell a story? Who did
you tell the story to?
I empathize with them and I tell the story the way they would have told it themselves or the
way they will like me to tell it. It is very important for me to ensure that people own their
stories. If possible, I seek their consent and take an audio or video recording of them telling
their stories.
While volunteering for enactus, I worked on raising funds to develop a Pest Control Device
(PCD) to help local rice farmers combat bird infestation on their rice farms. I told the story
of a rice farmer in one of the local communities who, on the average spends 12 hours on
the farm, chasing away birds who were on the mission to devour their rice plantation. We
eventually got a grant from the Ekiti State Government to build a wireless PCD that
produces sonic and ultrasonic sounds to chase away bird on the farm.
I told the stories to prospective funders and partners offline and through several social
media channels.
1. What do you think Voice needs to do in order to amplify the stories of rightsholders?
Voice needs to support grantees more in the aspect of teaching them how to capture
stories. This could be a refresher session at the inception workshop. While working
with grantees on the documentary, it is was really difficult to get content and stories
because some grantees really don't know how to use media to capture compelling
stories. This should be core a core part of L & L. It will be easier to amplify stories
when they are told and captured well
Voice can partner with different international media organizations to further amplify
the stories of rightsholders. It could be in form of a monthly feature in a
development-focused media organization’s platform (website, magazine, newspaper,
TV etc.). Stories of a particular rightsholders group from the different Voice countries
are featured periodically (e.g. monthly).
2. How do you identify a story needs to be amplified? Who do you think needs to hear
their stories? How would reach them?
There are two types of stories, success stories and stories that require immediate actions.
Voice should engage with relevant stakeholders, including civil society organizations who
have worked with the rightsholders.
- Child labour/trafficking. It is something that is very common in the west. They take young children
to the city to become houseboy/girls. These children are not trained and someone is somewhere
collecting money for their labour. Voice can support by influencing the government to take stingent
actions to punish perpetuators and also sensitize parents who release their children for child
labour.
Written Test:
1. State steps you would take in preparing for a workshop outside your city of
work
- Look for a suitable venue. Once you identify 2 or 3 that works, If possible, go and
inspect the venue to see if it meets the requirements for your workshop.
- Disability inclusion
- proximity
- Food
- Security
- Setting of the hall (do they have chairs and tables that will suit your workshop
style)
- Are they providing any workshop materials (flip chart stand, markers, internet,
display)
- You also want to consider the proximity of the venue to a possible accommodation
for the participants.
- Ensure that the venue is available for the date of the workshop and once it is within
the budget, book it as soon as possible to avoid losing out.
- You need to send comprehensive information to the participants about the event.
Including a guide if possible
Knowledge Sharing
Peer-to-peer Assists: This tool encourages participatory learning, by asking those with experience in certain
activities to assist those wishing to benefit from their knowledge, through a systematic process, towards
strengthened mutual learning e.g. ( How to implement Right-based approaches, to my project, where
grantees can share explicit knowledge based on their experience with working with certain rightsholders
groups). One of the key discoveries from my one-on-one consultation with grantees last year was that some
of them are working in isolation and needs support. Support that they can get from other grantees.
Challenge Sessions:
Facilitating sessions that allow grantees to different problem solving approaches (e.g. the design thinking
approach) to examine key problems or challenges that have formed a pattern or trend among grantees.
E.g. For grantees working with people with disabilities, what is a problem(s) or challenge that they can all
resonate with that they can apply different problem solving approaches to find solutions to.
Knowledge Storing
- Having a shared network drives
- Sharing how to guides for people to learn how to use it.
- Encourage people to use creative means to document their learning (This could be inform of a chat
with staffs implementing the project, or a video or audio where they can just share their key
highlight on the project so far, or what do they find surprising about how far their work with the
rightsholders has been, or a blog post that they can share with other grantees and on social media.
Knowledge Management Tools and Approaches
- Communities of Practice: Communities of Practice are groups of people who share a concern or a
passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they work together regularly.
- Knowledge Mapping: A knowledge map makes it easy for your employees to connect to an expert in
a specific area of knowledge.
- Mention the JEI Media For Advocacy.
- (Mentioned Inez recommending that we meet with Jr. and his team in The Phillipinne to
learn how they were able to establish and coordinate several CoPs among Voice grantees.
3. Choose one of the cartoons attached here to explain the concept of power and
influence
OR
Use any key human rights issue in the country to demonstrate your
understanding of
inclusive governance.
Oral Interview:
• Introduction
● Please let us meet you
I currently work as a Project Associate with Nigeria’s foremost Innovation Centre, CcHUB; where I work on
different projects that have discovered several emerging social innovators in Nigeria. In the last three years, I
have worked primarily on the Voice Linking & Learning programme where I designed and facilitated several
linking & learning activities that fostered learning, collaboration and knowledge exchange between Voice
grantee in Nigeria. I am optimistic about the prospect of continuing to support the Voice linking and learning
programme and also support in amplifying the stories of Voice grantees and rightsholders groups in Nigeria.
● Why did you apply for this position and why do you feel you are the best candidate?
I am interested in working with the Voice team because I had a very insightful and
inspiring experience while working with the Voice team. More importantly, Voice is a
programme that I am very passionate about and I learnt a lot from managing and co-
facilitating the Linking & Learning programme. The Voice programme helped me
develop and cultivate a mindful mindset in both my personal and professional life. The
principles of nothing about us without us and leave no one behind really influenced the
way I interact and work with people. I want to work in an organization and a team that
will help me to continue to live and work in that consciousness.
One of the key requirements for this position is a progressive working experience in designing and facilitating
linking & learning activities. You should hire me because I have a unique understanding and experience in
designing and facilitating linking & learning activities through my experience with managing and co-
facilitating the Voice linking & learning programme in Nigeria. During this period, I worked closely with Voice
grantees to identify their learning needs, knowledge gaps and also opportunities for collaboration or peer-to-
peer learnings. This enabled me to design and facilitate both physical and virtual linking and learning
activities that met grantees’ learning needs and also the overall objectives of the linking and learning
programme.
Also, in order to adequately document and communicate lessons learned and good practices shared by
grantees from our physical linking and learning events, I work closely with our internal communications team
to develop and implement communications strategies for the events. One of the strategies involves
conducting informal video interviews where we ask grantees key questions that enable them to share their
key learnings and good practices that they have learnt from the event. We incorporate these interviews into
the video summaries that we share with grantees and the voice team.
Also, I have experience with supporting grantees to amplify their stories. Between 2018 and 2019, I worked
closely with some Voice grantees who had challenges with capturing their stories, I facilitated the provision
of media support for two grantees (Festus Fajemilo Foundation and CAPRIGHTS VP) in Lagos. We helped
them to take quality pictures and videos summaries that we shared with them and also amplified on social
media. Most recently, I coordinated the production Voice final documentary where I developed the script for
the documentary, worked with grantees to curate media contents and also did the voiceover production for
the documentary. This documentary will be shared across different social media platforms. I believe these
experiences will be valuable to this position.
● As LL is core part of this position, how do you plan to connect the grantees; how do
you feel? (Learning Questions, Working with the LL facilitator to identify learning
needs). learning process can best be managed.
● 2020 was a rough year for everyone, what have you learnt and how do you plan to
make
the best out of 2021.
Yes, it was a rough year. I learnt to be more mindful and aware, also I learnt to take
it easy on myself and take care of my mental health. I plan to learn as much as I can
to develop more expertise in my areas of strength and also explore and learn new
things.
Knowledge Management:
● LLA position require skills in knowledge management- what do you think this entails?
Knowledge management involves discovering, retaining, and sharing expertise in order to improve the
efficiency of an organization. Let’s take a closer look at this beast. Knowledge management is meant
to facilitate the following:
4 main goals of knowledge management:
* Creating knowledge. * Storing knowledge. *Sharing and transferring knowledge. *Applying knowledge.
Knowledge management is based on these 3 main components:
● People (70%) (Attitude, capacity, culture, skills and motivation).
● Processes (20%) (Good practices and procedures).
● Technology (10%) (Voice Platforms, Voice Nigeria Box, website, database, social media)
● State steps you would take to ensure smooth management of a learning/ knowledge
sharing platform.
o Have a centralized repository (e.g. box) which will serve as a knowledge
library or map.
o Work closely with L & L facilitators to coordinate programmes to enable
knowledge sharing.
o Create a safe space where grantees can share their failures and mistakes with
others.
M & E Background
● What is your understanding of the following key concepts of monitoring and
evaluation: a) Project Goal; b) Outcome; c) Output; d) Milestones
Input: The financial, human, and material resources used for the development
intervention.
Activities: Actions taken or work performed through which inputs, such as funds,
technical assistance and other types of resources are mobilised to produce specific
outputs
Output: Output is the first level of results of our activities. For example, the number of
women trained, the number of workshop, organized and the number of women
benefited from these workshops are the examples of the output of the project of EWI.
Outcomes: The likely or achieved short-term and medium-term effects of an
intervention’s outputs
Impact: Positive and negative, primary and secondary long-term effects produced by
a development intervention, directly or indirectly, intended or unintended.
Milestone: A milestone is a specific point in time within a project lifecycle used to
measure the progress of a project toward its ultimate goal.
Project Goal: It is a statement that describes what you aim to achieve with a project
Communication
● Please briefly share your understanding of the terms-branding: amplification;
documentation
● Branding is a practice of creating a name, symbol or design that is easily identifiable
as belonging to the organization. This helps to identify a product and distinguish it
from other products and services.
● Amplification
● Amplification is the process of supporting the rightsholders to express and raise your voice. This can
be through strengthening alliances and networks, as well as media and communication.
The process of building broader support or wider reach for civil society organization who are
empowering and supporting voice rightsholders to demand for an inclusive society. work, and
finding channels (online and offline) to stimulate awareness and acceptance, to build support and to
mobilise constituencies to overcome prejudice.
● Documentation
Is the process of recording (something/action/learnings/new knowledge in different
forms
● what would you like to document in a project/ program?
o (What worked, what didn’t work)
o Key learnings
o New knowledge and understanding
Inclusion
What is your definition of inclusive society?
An inclusive society is one that provides equal opportunity for everyone irrespective of their
diversity to access social, economic resources and also provides a plain and equal ground
for people to achieve their dreams.