Program Officer - Social and Behaviour Change at Breakthrough ACTION

Summary

The Program Officer - 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, Social Mobilization Officer (SMO) and other state thematic area program officers 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 the national office immediately if a broadcaster deviates from the agreed plan.
• Maintain weekly and monthly monitoring reports of all BA-N spots and programmes in radio and TV stations in the state.
• Work with producers/broadcasters to keep track of locally produced content, including archiving of BA supported mass and mid media 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.
• Coordinate mass and mid media activities related to the community mobilization approaches and MNCH Campaigns in collaboration with the relevant state program officers to ensure alignment as appropriate.
• Provide support to programmatic research and knowledge management processes such as success story documentation, Human Centered Design and Behavior Economics at the state level.
• Represent Breakthrough ACTION at ACSM Subcommittee meetings and similar partner forums as required.
• Other duties as identified by his/her 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.
• 5 years’ experience working with donor-funded projects related to radio/TV production
• Working Knowledge of MS Office Packages and database software and applications
• Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
• Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment.