The Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) recruitment for State Program Officers

Employment Nigeria 14-Aug-2018 BAUCHI , PLATEAU , SOKOTO , KEBBI , NGO

The Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) supports the US President's Malaria Initiative's (PMI) goal of significantly reducing deaths from malaria in high burden African countries. Social and behavior change communication (SBCC) activities ensure Nigerians are aware of understand, and play their part in the national goal of malaria elimination.

HC3 Nigeria is working with the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) and partnering organizations to ensure SBCC activities achieve scale and intensity throughout the country. With over 177 million people to reach, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. Interventions introduced have to achieve impact with a combination of wide reach and intense interpersonal communication activity.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Officer I - Social & Behavior Change
Locations: Kebbi, Sokoto, Bauchi and Plateau
Reports to: SBC & Innovations Advisor
Summary

The PO-SBC will be responsible for ensuring mass and mid media plans are implemented at the state level and are integrated with community mobilization plans .
S/he will work closely with the State Coordinator and the Program Officer Social Mobilization (P0-SM) to ensure an integrated approach to messaging.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Liaise with broadcasters in the state to ensure broadcast compliance of BA- Nigeria spots; inform national office immediately if a broadcaster deviates from the agreed plan.
Maintain weekly and monthly monitoring report of all BA-N spots and programmes in radio and TV stations in state.
Arrange and facilitate Listening Groups in the state in coordination with the P0- SM to collect feedback from target audiences on media programmes and report back to the national office.
Coordinate mass and mid media activities with community mobilization activities through the P0-SM to ensure alignment where appropriate
Provide support to programmatic research processes such as Human Centered Design and Behavior Economics at the state level.
Represent Breakthrough ACTION at ACSM Subcommittee meetings and similar partner forums as required.
Work with producers/broadcasters to keep track of locally produced content
Provide ongoing technical support to local producers/broadcasters to ensure high quality content development and delivery.
Identify new media opportunities for BA-N in the state;
Contribute to the media planning process by providing guidance on channel selection
Support media pretesting activities at the state-level
Other duties as identified by supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum of an HND/Bachelor's degree In Arts, Social Sciences or Health Sciences.
Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment.
2 -4year's experience working with donor-funded projects related to radio/TV production
Working Knowledge of MS Office Packages and database software and applications

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their cover letters and CV’s only as one PDF document to: hiring@hc3nigeria.org

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.: USMAN SEGUN).
The subject line of your email should be the job title along with your state of preference. E.g. “Program Officer I - Social & Behavior Change, Kebbi”.
Do not include any additional certificates or documentation. Any applications that include certificates or other documents will be deleted immediately.

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