Program Officer 1 - Social & Behavior Change at Breakthrough ACTION

Reports to:        SBC & Innovations Advisor

Location:            Benue, with 25% travel to Nasarawa

Summary

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

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing technical support to local producers/broadcasters to ensure high quality content development and delivery.
• Work with producers/broadcasters to keep track of locally produced content
• Identify new media opportunities for BA-N in both states.
• Contribute to the media planning process by providing guidance on channel selection
• Support media pretesting activities at the state-level
• Arrange and facilitate Listening Groups in the state in coordination with the PO-SM to collect feedback from target audiences on media programmes and report back to the national office.
• Provide support to programmatic research processes as required 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.
• 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 both states.
• Other duties as identified by supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Qalifications

• Minimum of an HND/Bachelor’s degree in arts, Social Sciences or Health Sciences.
• 3 - 5 years’ experience working with donor-funded projects related to radio/TV production
• Working Knowledge of audio editing software, especially Adobe Audition 6.0, MS Office Packages and database software and applications
• A good understanding of the media landscape in Benue and Nasarawa
• Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
• Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment