Senior Program Officer I - SBC Capacity Building at Breakthrough ACTION / Nigeria

Breakthrough ACTION / Nigeria is a new five-year, USAID-funded project. The goal of Breakthrough ACTION / Nigeria is to increase the practice of 17 priority individual and household level behaviors and five provider targeted behaviors in the areas of malaria; maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition;

family planning and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis, while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming. Implementation will vary by health area across eleven states.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Program Officer 1 - SBC Capacity Building

Location: Abuja

Summary

• Senior Program Officer (SPO) - SBC Capacity Building and Advocacy will assist the Capacity and Sustainability Advisor to provide technical vision, leadership and guidance to the Capacity and Sustainability component of the Breakthrough ACTION-Nigeria social and behavior change program activities.
• The officer will also be responsible for implementation and oversight of BA-Nigeria’s Social Behavior Change SBC trainings and capacity building.
• S/he will work with FMoH, SMoHs, NPHCDA and SPHCDAs and other relevant agencies to strengthen SBC coordination, planning, and quality assurance for SBC at the national and BA-Nigeria supported states.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

In addition to the general duties described above. Specific duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Assist the Capacity and Sustainability Advisor with the design, development, implementation and evaluation of the project’s SBC capacity and sustainability agenda at the national, state, LGA, ward and community levels.
• Assist with the establishment and maintenance of effective relationships at the National and State level with MOHs, SPHCDAs and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies, health partners, implementing partners, and other key stakeholders, with guidance from and in collaboration with BA-N Technical Units, State Coordinators and the Capacity and Sustainability AdvisorWork with other BA-Nigeria technical units to support FMoH, SMoH and other National and sub-national government agencies for development and application of SBC strategies, including adaptation of strategies from national to state levels and development of guidelines to facilitate adoption, adaptation and implementation
• Working with other BA-Nigeria team members support FMoH, SMoH and other National and sub-national government agencies to harmonize SBC messages across a range of donors, government Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs), and implementing partners;
• Support and encourage growth of diverse, vibrant, and active SBC communities of practice at the national and sub-national levels, and equip such communities to serve as a venue for peer-to-peer learning, networking, and exchange of best SBC practices;
• Work with other team members to identify organizational SBC training needs, organize trainings to address these needs and follow-up with other BA-Nigeria SBC capacity building approach.
• Assist with the development and writing of timely program reports on a quarterly and annual basis and disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned.
• Provide extensive technical assistance to state teams for implementation of SBC Capacity and Sustainability activities;
• Provide support for training and capacity building activities targeted at project partners, health service providers, community-based organization, community mobilizers, volunteers etc.
• Manage and identify STTA needs and suggest solutions;
• Work closely with research to routinely review the Capacity and Sustainability program performance data and suggest adaptations to program management and implementation
• Participate in the drafting and implementation of approved workplans;
• Assist in promoting community participation and inclusion so as to encourage community ownership over activities implement;
• Provide weekly field reports, capturing activities progress, lessons learned as well as general situation and community updates and needs;
• Monitor project events and stakeholder’s activities in coordination with project technical leads and capture success stories, to effectively capture lessons learnt on the ground from the projects;
• Assist with the gender deliverable component of the BA-N project;
• Perform job duties / responsibilities in support of CCP’s Mission and Values, as appropriate and perform other duties as may be assigned by supervisor

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Communication, Public Health, Social Science and 10 years related experience required. Additional relevant experience with donor-funded projects in related tasks and/or training may substitute for some education.
• Program management experience in a donor-funded health program in Nigeria is required for this role.
• Working Knowledge of MS Office Packages and database software and applications
• Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
• Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment
• English fluency is required for this role.

Application Closing Date

6th January, 2020.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and CV only as one PDF document to: hiring@ba-nigeria.org The subject line of your e-mail should be the Job Title along with the Location. E.g. “Senior Program Officer I - SBC Capacity Building, Abuja".

Note

To apply for this position, please follow the instructions exactly as described below. Any submissions that do not follow the instructions exactly will be discarded without review.

Your Cover Letter should include the following:

• Address the education/experience requirement specified for the position with specific examples where necessary.
• Language skills. (Please note that language skills will be tested during interviews for shortlisted candidates.)
• Include the specific date when you would be able to begin work.
• CV and Cover Letter PDF file name must be your first and last name in CAPS (e.g.: CHINEDU OGUAGHAMBA).

Do not include any additional certificates or documentation. Any applications that include certificates or other documents will be deleted immediately.