Consultants at Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria

The Consultancy:

BA/N will lead the demand creation activities for Plateau State (Nigeria) LLIN replacement campaign. To achieve this BA/N is looking for a qualified consultant to provide SBCC technical consultancy and lead the demand creation work stream in the LLIN replacement campaign. The consultancy period will be 60 billable days within the 12th November 2018 to 25th January 2019 (Please note that dates are tentative)

Location of support:

Plateau State

Timeframe:

An estimated sixty (60) days between November 2018 and January 2019

Scope of Work

The consultant will specifically undertake the following task;

• Take the lead in the coordination the Demand Creation workstream.
• Work with the State Health Educator to develop and implement LLIN campaign advocacy plan.
• Build the capacity of the State ACSM core group.
• Facilitate State level training and documentation of DC work stream personnel.
• Work with BA/N media technical lead to coordinate media-related activities including media parley.
• Monitor airing of pre, during and post campaign radio jingles.
• Coordinate LGA and ward level training and proper documentation of demand creation personnel.
• Monitor LLIN campaign demand creation activities in the State and LGAs.
• Support identification of influencers and stakeholders for involvement in demand creation activities (e.g. State net ambassador).
• Provide weekly updates to BA/N on all demand creation activities during the replacement campaign.
• Support State and LGA flag off ceremonies.
• Document the campaign final reports and submit same to BA/N.

Qualifications

• A degree in Social Sciences, Communication or related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in health programs, preferably in Advocacy Communication & Social Mobilization.
• Proven experience in implementing public health programs or projects in Nigeria.
• Good knowledge of the Nigerian public health sector.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills highly desired.
• A proven ability to work as part of a team and to be self-managing.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with demand creation activities in previous LLIN campaigns.
• Fluency in Hausa language is an added advantage.
• Ability and willingness to travel to different LGAs of Plateau State.

Supervision

BA/N Deputy Director, Malaria/TB, Malaria STAs and LLIN campaign media lead will provide technical guidance and support during the consultancy.

Deliverables

• Capacity-building for ACSM core group members
• Complete information on trained personnel i.e. signed training attendance registers, and payment schedules with correct bank details.
• Final LLIN campaign narrative and technical reports.
• All reports and updates shall be in the English language and shall be submitted to the Deputy Director, Malaria/TB, in MS Word and other MS Office-compatible formats.

Deliverable Schedule

The consultant shall submit the deliverables described above as detailed in the schedule below:

Microplan workshop     - 10 days

Training of personnel   -  10 days

Campaign demand creation monitoring and state-level engagement - 35 days

Report writing   -  5 days

Total       -   60 days

Detailed campaign SBC guideline to be shared subsequently.

Interested candidates should send their CVs to hiring@ba-nigeria.org on or before Wednesday 31st October 2018.

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Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria (BA-N) is a USAID funded project with John Hopkins Centre for Communications Programs (CCP) as the lead consortium partner. It is multi-partner project with governments and other USAID partners to support Social Behaviour Change (SBC) and demand creation on priority FP/RH, Malaria and MNCH+N health behaviours in eleven (11) states across Nigeria.

The project is supporting Plateau, Kebbi, Sokoto, Bauchi States and the FCT towards achieving desired improvements in health outcomes, including increasing the demand for modern Childbirth Spacing (CBS) services to decrease maternal, infant and child illness and death. Working in collaboration with the SMOH/SPHCDA and LGAs Social Behaviour Change (SBC) community level, the project Breakthrough ACTION will stimulate demand for childbirth spacing services through activities that will increase community members’ knowledge and perception of positive social norms around childbirth spacing.

To achieve this Breakthrough ACTION is looking for qualified Short-Term Consultant Trainers in Plateau, Kebbi, Sokoto, Bauchi States and the FCT. The trainers will support and facilitate a 5-day training on Family Planning Community Mobilization and Community Capacity Strengthening. The trainers will participate in a 1-Week Training-of-Trainers (TOT) which they will step down in various LGAs of supported states.

Scope of Work

• Participate in a 1-Week Training-of-Trainers (TOT)
• Facilitate a 5-day training for community volunteers, supervisors and community actions groups in assigned state and LGAs.
• Build the capacity of training participants to deliver key messages on child spacing/family planning.
• Build the capacity of participants on developing community health action plans
• Ensure that participants demonstrate enough knowledge, skills and competence necessary to conduct interpersonal communication (IPC), community health dialogues, compound meetings and other community level activities in their wards.
• Draft and submit a training report required at the end of the training.

Education, Experience & Certifications

• A degree in nursing, public health or social sciences, communication or related field
• At least 5 years of professional experience in training in Family Planning/Reproductive Health, Malaria or other health programs
• Proven experience in implementing public health programs or projects in selected state with good knowledge of the Nigerian public health sector
• Knowledge of community mobilization processes with proven experience in training and building capacity for community health organizations or structures
• Must have an understanding local language and context
• Strong analytical, communication, computer and problem-solving skills
• Excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills highly desired
• A proven ability to work as part of a team and to be self-managing
• Resident within and ability to work in the selected state
• Ability to travel for Training-of-Trainers (TOT) if required.

Closing Date:  November 30, 2018

Method of Application:

Send your application, CV and copies of your credentials to hiring@ba-nigeria.org

Note:

Indicate location (state) of preference in your application and the title/subject of your email application for the position. E.g. Application for Consultant Trainer – Kebbi State

Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview.

Application letter and CV should be in a word or PDF format; credentials should be scanned in PDF format.

Candidates that do not comply with application instruction will be disqualified.