Strategic Behaviour Communication Advisor at Marie Stopes

Reporting to: Assistant Director, Operations
Duration of contract: 2 years
Probationary period: 6 months

Responsibilities
The core responsibility of this post is to use your:

• Initiative, energy, persistence, results orientation, drive, integrity, enthusiasm, commitment to personal development, to further MSI's partnership mission: enabling individuals to have children by choice not chance.

Key duties in relation to the responsibilities:

• Leading the development of Demand Creation Strategies
• Designing and delivering effective training to staff and partners.
• Development of effective marketing materials that provide excellent information in an appropriate format, promoting the brand and boosting client numbers
• Clear communication to the whole team on progress against strategy and lessons learne.
• Designing and delivering effective youth intervention strategy for all MSION's Service delivery Channel.

Knowledge Qualifications & Capabilities

• B.Sc/BA Degree in communication, Arts, marketing and related field; MA/MSc in these areas would be an added advantage
• Technical expertise in the area of demand creation/marketing
• Excellent knowledge of a range of media (web, social, print) for information and demand creation
• Knowledge of social marketing, reproductive health, maternal, HIV and/or child health preferred

Skills/Experience

• 6 years' post NYSC with track record of SBCC experience
• Strategic analysis and planning skills
• Research and review
• Excellent communication skills for developing a network of staff and partners involved in Demand Creation
• Demonstrated technical expertise developing designing and running training
• Experience of DfiD, USAID, Gates funded projects, including working in a diverse team environment preferred
• Familiarity with the different cultural, social and religious identities in Nigeria, international health, development issues and the international donor community
• Experience logical frameworks, behaviour change models, marketing planning and program management tools preferred
• Ability to work effectively in partnership with a variety of audiences and organizations especially CBOs
• Fluency in spoken and written English, and pidgin
• Practical experience and willingness to travel to low-income and/or rural community mobilization.
• Experience in managing volunteers and team members, including recruitment, training and support.
• Sensitive to issues of participation and preferably with knowledge of participatory approaches.
• Excellent writing, organizational, teamwork and multitasking capabilities, presentation and interpersonal communication skills preferred
• Good people and communication abilities including training and facilitation skills.