Advisor, Social and Behaviour Change and Innovations at The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP)
Employment Nigeria
26-Oct-2017
ABUJA ,
Administrative
The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) - Our mission is to inspire and empower people around the world to make healthy choices for themselves and their families.
CCP will be implementing the USAID Breakthrough-ACTION-Nigeria project that will use state-of-the-art, evidence-based tools to encourage people in developing countries to adopt healthy behaviours.
Much of the work will harness the power of communication – from mass media campaigns to TV and radio dramas to simple posters in a health clinic – to inspire long-lasting change.
The project will also take advantage of other behavioural science approaches such as behavioural economics and human-centred design to improve programs.
POSITION : Social and Behaviour Change and Innovations Advisor
Responsibilities
- Represent Breakthrough-Action/Nigeria to USAID and the GoN, and will cultivate open and collaborative management relationships with the management team at USAID/Nigeria, as well as with other Mission-funded activities.
- Have the principal responsibility for coordinating activities to improve alignment of SBC and supply-sided efforts.
- Lad key activities and have overall responsibility for SBC implementation.
- Possess both deep applied experience in SBC, and demonstrated abilities in leadership; strategic thinking; application of best practices, gender integration and innovations in SBC.
- Applying learnings from global best practices, s/he will provide strategic direction for SBC programming, while proactively engaging and convening a broad range of donors and implementers in advancing the practice of SBC in Nigeria.
- Possess experience and demonstrated success in cultivating partnerships with the private sector.
Requirements
- Proven ability to effectively engage partners, including host country government personnel;
- Experience interacting with U.S. government agencies including Missions.
- Experience designing and managing integrated or multi-health area SBC activities is preferred.
- Must be fluent in written and spoken English and at least one local Nigerian language.
- A senior technical expert with an advanced degree or commensurate experience
- At least 15 years’ experience in international health programming, including experience providing technical guidance to large and complex activities primarily focused on SBC;
How To Apply
Candidates should send their cover letter and CV's only as one PDF document to: sbccadvisor@gmail.com with : “Application for BA SBC Advisor.” as the subject
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