Program Officer 1 - Tuberculosis at Breakthrough ACTION

Summary

Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is a five-year, USAID-funded project (2017-2022). The goal of the project is to increase the practice of priority individual and household level behaviours and provider targeted behaviours in the areas of malaria; maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition; family planning and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis, while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming.

The project is seeking a technical officer to work with the Senior Program Officer, TB to scale up the TB social behaviour change activities. The Program Officer (PO) - TB will work with the Senior Programme Officer (SPO) II and Deputy Project Director-Tuberculosis & Malaria in providing technical and programmatic support for the implementation of TB program area.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The Program Officer’s specific duties will include:

• S/He will have primary responsibility for day-to-day coordination of the TB team activities
• The PO will provide technical assistance to the project in the areas of TB, social and behaviour change (SBC), capacity strengthening, community mobilization, social and mass media strategies and advocacy
• The PO will also assist in developing TB workplans and reports, and support implementation at national and state level.
• Support national and state level coordination with governments, policy makers, TB implementing partners and other stakeholders
• Assist with the establishment and maintenance of effective relationships, monitoring and evaluation with TB project partners, implementing partners, National and State TBLS and other key stakeholders
• Assist with establishing relationships and coordinating with USAID TB service delivery and commodity logistics partners in project states and at national level
• Provide support for training and capacity building activities targeted at BA-Nigeria project partners, heath service providers, community-based organization, community volunteers etc.
• Assist with the development and writing of timely program reports on a quarterly and annual basis and disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned
• Other duties as necessary and assigned by supervisor and BA-Nigeria Project Director.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Public health, Communications, Social Sciences, Health Education, or another related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience on Tuberculosis programs, and at least 3 years working experience with SBC or demand creation.
• Experience working in northern Nigeria

Skills:

• Proven teamwork and facilitation skills
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to initiate and implement activities with minimal oversight and supervision.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
• Ability to speak Hausa highly desired.