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Ref. ID: req7909
Location: Benin City, Edo
Job Type: Short Term Technical Assistance (5 to 8 days a month for 1 year)

Programme Overview

• SOTIN is a 4-year DFID funded Programme to address human trafficking in Edo. SOTIN aims to change or reduce the behaviours, attitudes, and social norms in Edo State that drive or enable human trafficking.
• The project seeks to achieve the impact that more effective Government and non-Government institutions reduce the drivers and enablers of unsafe migration and trafficking through three components:
  • Improved coordination, innovation and quality of NGO response to preventing unsafe migration and human trafficking: better coordinated and more effective civil society tackling the drivers and enablers of human trafficking;
  • Strengthened Edo State Government response to preventing unsafe migration and human trafficking: more effective and innovative use of resources – human, financial, physical, political and network assets – supports a ‘whole of government’ approach to preventing unsafe migration and human trafficking through social and attitudinal change;
  • A stronger evidence base for action in anti-slavery prevention, with learning platforms operating and informing policy and interventions: the use of evidence and sharing of best practices becomes embedded in ways of working, to deliver improved performance not only in Nigeria, but globally.

Role Overview

• The SoTiN Behavioural Change and Social Norms Strategy (BCSNS) Advisor will provide direction, communication technical expertise and oversight of all SoTiN BCSNS activities for the Programme.
• Behaviour change interventions can be defined as a coordinated set of activities designed to change specified behaviour pattern. These behaviour patterns are measured as terms of prevalence or incidence of a particular behaviour in a specified population. Evidence of intervention effectiveness serves to guide providers of intervention on what is considered best practice and value for money.

Primary Responsibilities

• For implementers of information campaigns, there is a crucial need for guidance on how to design such campaigns in order to achieve certain desired effect on the awareness, knowledge, perception, attitude, intended behaviour of a specific target group.
• The role of the Behavioural Change & Social Norms Strategy Advisor is to deliver technical leadership on developing sector strategies, implementation plans, knowledge, and products to bring about desired impact as listed in the project result through monitoring, evaluation, research and documentation of lessons learnt.
• He/She must identify the nature of behaviour to be changed, work with the communications person to design effective tools and mechanism to address it.
• He/She will also influence/change management methodologies, employ adherence while evolving standard practice for change management deployment.
• He/She will develop measurable tools for impact evaluation, answer cause and effect questions in campaign materials and programs
• He/She will provide technical guidance to SoTiN program staff and partners about effective campaigns and messaging on social norms change issues.
• He/She will be responsible for assignment of measure to the overall campaign scope and penetration: Facilitate, document and share evaluations with SoTiN staff and partners,  and ensuring the evaluations are publicly accessible
• Improve the evidence base of campaigns
• Define target behaviour for SoTiN programme and develop functional assessment tools for same
• Facilitate the adoption and testing of innovative approaches, strategies and tools for target groups as per need in changing social norms. and develop interventions designed to address their issues in a measurable manner, and monitor and document the success of the interventions.
• Work closely with MELR & Knowledge Manager to track acquired knowledge on social norm changes and for its wider documentation and the sharing of SoTiN's experiences with stakeholders.
• Facilitate / coordinate systematic integration of social norms objectives into policies and programs formulation, advocacy, knowledge management and monitoring and evaluation

Other Responsibilities:

• Lead the development, implementation and monitoring of the SoTiN Behavioural Change and Social Norms Strategy (BCSN);
• Develop/Review technical resource materials (e.g., training materials, strategy documents, job aids) and programming tools to support meeting project objectives. Lead the development, implementation and monitoring of the SoTiN BCSN Strategy;
• Conduct formative research and field testing for BCSN messaging and materials development as required;
• Strengthen the capacity of the SoTiN Core Team members, and especially of the Communications Coordinator, GESI and Safeguarding Lead and the Governance and Policy TA Lead to apply their specific areas of competence to the SoTiN BCSN Strategy;
• Support other non-BCSN related communication activities of the Programme.
• Identify innovative approaches of Behavioural Change and Social Norms and work with the program team to integrate them with regular activities of the programme and also during assessment processes.
• Provide support, lead/coordinate and guide capacity development activities and trainings on Behavioural Change and Social Norms for SoTiN staff and partners.
• Provide constant guidance and technical as well as on-the-spot assistance to the SoTiN Team during rolling out of the BCSN and outreach activities;
• Assist the M&E Lead to ensure all indicators relevant to BCSN Strategy are captured in the SoTiN Programme M&E system, and relevant data is collected and analyzed; and
• Review the progress of all BCSN related activities and prepare regular reports for submission to the SoTiN Team Lead.

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree / PhD in Development Communications, Journalism, Mass Communications, Social Development
• International Development or related Social Sciences like Sociology and Anthropology.
• Strong, demonstrated understanding of Behavioural Change Communication as a form of strategic communication, with relevant experience in BCSNS related work.
• Experience demonstrating state-of-the-art expertise in the design of behaviour change communications strategies, messages and interventions.
• Demonstrated ability to address behaviour change issues in improving gender related issues.
• Willingness to occasionally travel and work with rural communities.
• Well-versed with working in MS office environment
• Good communication skill (both speaking and oral) in English

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Ref. ID: req8287
Location: Benin City, Edo

Project Overview

• The Stamping out Trafficking in Nigeria (SoTiN) is a 4-years DFID Nigeria programme which aims to change or reduce the behaviors, attitudes, and social norms in Edo State that drive or enable human trafficking and unsafe migration.

SoTiN seeks to achieve the impact that more effective Government and non-Government institutions reduce the drivers and enablers of unsafe migration and human trafficking through three components:

• Strengthened Edo State Government response to preventing unsafe migration and human trafficking: more effective and innovative use of resources – human, financial, physical, political and network assets– supports a ‘whole of government’ approach to preventing unsafe migration and human trafficking through social and attitudinal change.
• Improved coordination, innovation, and quality of NGO response to preventing unsafe migration and human trafficking: better coordinated and more effective civil society tackling the drivers and enablers of human trafficking.
• A stronger evidence base for action in anti-slavery prevention, with learning platforms operating and informing policy and interventions: the use of evidence and sharing of best practices becomes embedded in ways of working, to deliver improved performance.
• SoTiN invites application from suitably qualified candidates to conduct Political Economy Analysis (PEA) training for the core team and downstream partners in Edo State, Nigeria.

Objectives
The objectives of the 3 days virtual PEA course will include but not limited to the following.

• To equip participants with an action-oriented introduction to the key elements of political economy analysis (PEA) and highlight action points to enable them to make SoTiN implementation more effective using a PEA lens.
• Better understand what political economy analysis is, and the different operational contexts in which it may be effectively tailored.
• Better understand what tools and frameworks are available for political economy analysis and how they can be applied.
• Encourage the use of PEA in an iterative way through regular strategic review processes and improved programme management.
• Learning to better situate the SoTiN programme within the prevailing political and economic processes in Edo State, Nigeria

Deliverables
In delivering this task the consultant is expected to:

• Develop and share teaching and learning materials on Political Economy Analysis (PEA) for SoTiN team and downstream partners.
• Facilitate a 3-day virtual PEA training course on the use of PEA as a tool in understanding and resolving the problem of human trafficking and unsafe migration in Edo State.
• Produce the report from the 3 days virtual PEA training conducted
• Proffer recommendations on how PEA can be embedded or better underpin all SoTiN activities
• The successful candidate will be line and task managed by the SoTiN Programme Government Policy and Technical
• Advisor who is based in the project office in Benin City, Nigeria.

Competencies
Interested candidates should have the following functional skills and competencies:

• Expertise and experience in having conducted PEAs.
• Ability to provide policy advice and recommendations especially within Nigerian context.
• Experience in designing practical, sector-specific PEA templates and tools.
• In-depth knowledge on development issues in Nigeria and have commitment and drive for development research.
• Excellent analytical aptitude, oral communication and virtual presentation skills.
• Evidence of excellent report writing skills.
• Proven track record of maintaining strong professional partnerships and working in a multi-cultural environment.