Demand Creation Consultant at Breakthrough ACTION

Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria (BA-N) is a five-year cooperative agreement funded through field support (October 2017-September 2022). The goal of BA-N is to increase the practice of 17 priority individual and household level behaviors and five service provider targeted behaviors in the areas of malaria; maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCH+N); family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis (TB), while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming.

 The Consultancy:

BA-N is the lead implementing partner for demand creation activities in the Oyo State (Nigeria) ITN mass distribution campaign. To achieve this BA-N is looking for a qualified consultant to provide SBC technical consultancy and lead the demand creation workstream in the campaign. The consultancy period will be 50 billable days from 1st February to 7th April 2021 (Please note that the dates are tentative). Travels within the state are also included base on need.

Location of support:

 Oyo State (1 consultant)

Timeframe: 

An estimated Fifty (50) days between 1st February to 7th April 2021

Scope of Work

The consultant will specifically undertake the following tasks;

• Take the lead in the coordination of the Demand Creation workstream in the designated state, and monitor ITN campaign demand creation activities in the State and LGAs.
• Represent BA-N in all NCIT meetings as well as other meetings during the campaign
• Work with the State Health Educator and SMEP ACSM focal person to develop and implement ITN campaign advocacy plan, also support health educators to develop LGA specific advocacy plans and monitor the implementation
• Facilitate State level training including the production of training materials and documentation of DC workstream personnel trained. Also, coordinate LGA and ward level training and proper documentation of personnel trained.
• Work with BA-N media technical lead to coordinate media-related activities including media parley, live phone-in radio and TV discussions, and other media activities. Monitor airing of pre, during, and post-campaign radio jingles.
• Support the State health educator and LGA health educators to distribute messages in all religious places of worship.
• Support identification of influencers and stakeholders for involvement in demand creation activities (e.g. State net ambassador, net advocates, and champions).
• Provide weekly updates to BA-N on all demand creation activities during the replacement campaign.
• Support the end process survey training, end of cycle review, and make technical input in the demand creation section as appropriate
• Support State and LGA flag off/ Launch ceremonies from planning to implementation.
• Support BA-N finance and admin unit to ensure proper documentation and payment of demand creation personnel before the campaign is concluded.
• Support the design of post-implementation demand creation strategies to improve net use in LGAs with low utilization.
• Document success stories, best practices, lessons learned and submit same to BA-N
• Document the campaign final reports and submit the same to BA-N.
• Travel to LGAs when required to monitor activities and proffer recommendations.

Qualifications

• A degree in Social Sciences, Communication or related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in health programs, preferably in Advocacy Communication & Social Mobilization.
• Proven experience in implementing public health programs or projects in Nigeria.
• Good knowledge of the Nigerian public health sector.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills highly desired.
• A proven ability to work as part of a team and to be self-managing.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with demand creation activities in previous SMC and LLIN campaigns.
• Fluency in the local language is an added advantage.
• Ability and willingness to travel to different LGAs of designated State.

Supervision

BA-N Deputy Director Malaria/TB, Malaria SPOs, and ITN campaign media lead will provide technical guidance and support during the consultancy.

Deliverables

• Capacity-building for ACSM core group members
• Complete information on trained personnel i.e. signed training attendance registers and payment schedules with correct bank details.

Weekly updates

• Photos (JPEG formats) and success stories
• Final ITN campaign narrative and technical reports.
• All reports and updates shall be in the English language and shall be submitted to the Deputy Director Malaria/TB, in MS Word and other MS Office-compatible formats.

Deliverable Schedule

The consultant shall submit the deliverables described above as detailed in the attached activity schedule.