Job Vacancies at Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria

Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria (BA-N) is a five-year cooperative agreement funded through field support (October 2017-September 2022). The goal of BA-N is to increase the practice of 17 priority individual and household level behaviors and five service provider targeted behaviors in the areas of malaria; maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCH+N); family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis (TB), while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming.

The Consultancy:

BA-N is the lead implementing partner for demand creation activities in the Sokoto State (Nigeria) ITN mass distribution campaign. To achieve this BA-N is looking for a qualified consultant to provide SBC technical consultancy and lead the demand creation work stream in the campaign. The consultancy period will be a maximum of 50 billable days within 5th June 2022 to 12th August 2022 (Please note that the dates are tentative). Travels within the state are also included based on need.

Location of support:

 Sokoto State (1 consultant)

Timeframe: 

An estimated Fifty (50) days between 5th June 2022 to 12th August 2022

Scope of Work

The consultant will specifically undertake the following tasks.

• Take the lead in the coordination of the Demand Creation workstream in the designated State and monitor ITN campaign demand creation activities in the State and LGAs.
• Represent BA-N in all NCIT meetings as well as other meetings during the campaign
• Work with the State Health Educator and SMEP ACSM focal person to develop and implement ITN campaign advocacy plan, also support health educators to develop LGA specific advocacy plans and monitor implementation
• Facilitate State level training including production of training materials and documentation of DC work stream personnel trained. Also coordinate LGA and ward level training and proper documentation of personnel trained.
• Work with BA-N media technical lead to coordinate media-related activities including media parley, live phone-in radio and TV discussions and other media activities. Monitor airing of pre, during and post campaign radio jingles.
• Support the State health educator and LGA health educators to distribute messages in all religious places of worship.
• Support identification of influencers and stakeholders for involvement in demand creation activities (e.g. State net ambassador, net advocates and champions).
• Provide weekly updates to BA-N on all demand creation activities during the replacement campaign.
• Support the end process survey training, end of cycle review, and make technical input in the demand creation section as appropriate
• Support State and LGA flag off/ Launch ceremonies from planning to implementation.
• Support BA-N finance and admin unit to ensure proper documentation and payment of demand creation personnel before the campaign is concluded.
• Support the design of post implementation demand creation strategies to improve net use in LGAs with low utilization.
• Document success stories, best practices, lessons learned and submit same to BA-N
• Document the campaign final reports and submit same to BA-N.
• Travel to LGAs when required to monitor activities and proffer recommendations.

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 SMC and LLIN campaigns.
• Fluency in local language is an added advantage.
• Ability and willingness to travel to different LGAs of designated State.

Supervision

BA-N Deputy Director Malaria, Malaria SPO and ITN 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.
• Weekly updates
• Photos (JPEG formats) and success stories
• Final ITN 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 attached activity schedule.

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Scope of Work

The RCCE Consultant will work in Benue, Edo, and Ondo states to provide required technical and strategic level coordination for the Field Research/Human Centre Design (HCD) Activity on Lassa Fever across the implementing states in Nigeria and across the GHSA work stream implementation including technical assistance to diverse stakeholders, support for documentation and learning, as it relates to all BA-N Risk Communication and Community Engagement activities.

Specifically, the consultant will;

• Support the discovery phase of the Human Centre Design (HCD) activity on Lassa Fever in Benue, Edo, and Ondo States to understand the root causes of the recurring outbreak of the disease
• Facilitate capacity building sessions using participatory approaches at the state level for diverse stakeholders
• Provide technical support to strengthen multisectoral coordination structure at the state levels using the One Health approach
• Work collaboratively with relevant stakeholders to plan, coordinate and conduct field research work and documentation, and reporting
• Represent Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria at stakeholder meetings and similar partner forums as required.
• Other duties as identified and assigned by supervisor and/or Abuja country office program leads

Minimum Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in social/health sciences, or related discipline with 2 - 5 years previous experience carrying out related task with donor-funded project is desirable.
• Experience with policy document development/reviews, and report writing is required.
• Experience facilitating training using participatory approaches is essential.
• Previous experience working in infectious disease outbreak response including design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation is required
• Experience in field research, developing and coordinating data collection, processing, and analysis systems from multiple sources or program areas is desired.
• Ability to work collaboratively and proactively with diverse stakeholders including ministries, departments and agencies in the public health sector is required.
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving skills and attention to details are essential.
• Ability to work independently and proactively and track multiple activities and deadlines.
• Strong communication skills (written & spoken) in the English language and one or more Nigerian language(s) are required
• Interviewing skills, interpersonal communication skills are highly desirable
• Ability to travel within Nigeria and work successfully within a cross-cultural, multi-sectoral, multi-project team-based environment.
• Must be domiciled in the focal state where the HCD project is being implemented
• Period of engagement: 3 months (May 23, 2022, to August 23, 2022)

Total number of days: 35 - 45 days

Supervision: Deputy Project Director, Risk Communications

Number required: 3 personnel – 1 in Benue, 1 in Edo, and 1 in Ondo.

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Working in collaboration with national stakeholders - Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCP), Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), and service delivery partners, Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria will be deploying a collaborative learning approach to build trust & empathy among facility-based health care workers that ultimately leads to increased uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and testing by the general population and PLHIV.  

Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria is looking for qualified Short-Term Consultants to serve as trainers in Bauchi, and Akwa-Ibom states. The trainers will support and facilitate the collaborative learning approach, which entails in-person training as well as virtual knowledge sharing and learning support in high-volume facilities of supported states through facilitated WhatsApp Groups.

Scope of Work

• Participate in a 3-day National Training-of-Trainers (TOT)
• Engage state and health sector leadership on the planned capacity building activities by Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria for health care workers at state and LGA levels
• In partnership with the state and service delivery implementing partners, identify state trainers/coordinators for state training at secondary and primary level
• Develop a state training plan in collaboration with the state stakeholders and consultant coach
• Conduct a state level training-of-trainers with support from national facilitators
• Coordinate and facilitate the step-down training at all high-volume facilities in the state
• With stakeholders and facility leadership, identify champion health care workers (i.e., those who have already been vaccinated, completed the training, and are willing to speak to fellow health care workers about promoting COVID testing and vaccines) that will receive additional training
• Collaborate with the consultant coach and BA-N team to identify focal persons to setup state-level WhatsApp Groups and continually nurture the group as learning  communities, fostering peer-to-peer exchange & support, promoting discussion related to specific cases encountered, and continuing learning by discussing and reflecting upon audiovisual learning materials and other job aids.
• Submit training reports with all of the pre/post-tests analysis from trainings and a monthly status report update on all capacity building activities

Education, Experience & Certifications

• A degree in medicine, nursing, public health or related field
• At least 10-15 years of professional experience in training health care workers
• Proven experience in implementing public health programs or projects in selected state with good knowledge of the Nigerian public health sector
• Residence in the state of assignment is required
• Knowledge of participatory learning approaches with proven experience in training and building capacity for community health organizations or structures
• Must have an understanding of 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
• Ability to travel if required.

Period of engagement: 3 months (May to July 2022)

Total number of days: 20 – 30 days

Supervision: Deputy Project Director, TB

Number required: One personnel per state

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Working in collaboration with national stakeholders - Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCP), Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), and service delivery partners, Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria will be deploying a collaborative learning approach to build trust & empathy among health care workers, frontline workers, and the communities they serve, that will ultimately lead to increased uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and testing by the general population and PLHIV.  

Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria is looking for qualified Short-Term Consultants to serve as coaches in Bauchi, Cross River, FCT, Ebonyi, Kano and Oyo states. The coach will support and facilitate the collaborative learning approach, which entails in-person training as well as virtual knowledge sharing and learning support through facilitated WhatsApp Groups and interactive voice response (IVR) course.

Scope of Work

• Coordinate with Consultant Trainer to engage state, LGA and health sector leadership on the planned capacity building by Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria for health care workers
• Participate in a National or State Training-of-Trainers (TOT)
• Develop a training plan after mapping primary health care facilities and frontline workers in collaboration with stakeholders and service delivery partners
• Coordinate and facilitate training for primary health care workers and frontline workers, such as community volunteers, case managers, peer navigators, supervisors and community actions groups to integrate COVID-19 prevention, testing, and vaccine messages into their activities, using Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria’s “Building Trust & Empathy during  COVID” curriculum
• Coordinate with BA-N focal person and consultant trainer to incorporate a coaching methodology using WhatsApp groups or other platforms. The goal will be to foster a peer-to-peer exchange & support group to promote discussion related to specific cases encountered, and continuing learning by discussing and reflecting upon audiovisual learning materials and other job aids.
• Coordinate with Consultant Trainer to identify Champion Health Care Workers (i.e., those who have already been vaccinated, completed the training, and are willing to speak to fellow health care workers about promoting COVID testing and vaccines) that will receive additional training
• Submit monthly training reports with all of the pre/post-tests analysis from training participants and coaching logbooks recording number of participants in the WhatsApp Group, number that have posted to the group, and key topics.

Education, Experience & Certifications

• A degree in social or behaviour science or related field
• At least 5 years of professional experience with good knowledge of the Nigerian public health sector
• Proven experience in training and building capacity for community health organizations or structures
• Must have an understanding of 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 within the state
  5 months (May to September 2022)

Period of engagement:

Total number of days: 40 – 50 days

Supervision: Senior Program Officer, RCCE/TB

Number required: One personnel per state