Program Officer - Social and Behaviour Change at Breakthrough ACTION

Summary

The SBC Officer 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