Latest Vacancies at Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria

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 Consultant to serve as coach in Sokoto state. 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

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Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria (BA-N) is a USAID-funded Social Behaviour Change (SBC) and Risk Communication Project with the goal of increasing practices of priority individual and household level health behaviours in target states on MNCH+N, FP, Malaria, Tuberculosis, priority zoonotic diseases and the COVID-19 response. Firmly grounded in proven practices, Breakthrough ACTION works in partnership with governments, civil society, and communities around the world to implement creative and sustainable SBC programming, nurture SBC champions, mainstream new techniques and technologies, and advocate strategic and sustained investment in SBC.

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, Cross River, FCT, Ebonyi, Kano and Oyo 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

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Summary:

The Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria State Coordinator for an integrated SBC intervention state will provide technical and programmatic leadership for all integrated MNCH, Family Planning, Nutrition, Malaria SBC activities - including community mobilization, advocacy, mass media, provider behaviour, M&E and other interventions - in the assigned state. S/he will report directly to the BA-Nigeria Deputy Director and works in close consultation with other BA-Nigeria technical leads at Abuja country office and the BA-Nigeria Project Director. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

In addition to the overall technical inputs to the project as described above, specific duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Assist Deputy Project Director with the development and implementation of the integrated MNCH Family Planning, Nutrition, Malaria including Advocacy, Demand Generation and Service Provider IPC/C components of the project in the State, as assigned.
• Lead the BA-Nigeria state team to implement integrated SBC program approaches at state level
• Establish and maintain effective relationships at the state level with USAID and other implementing partners, State SPHCDA/SMOHs and other key stakeholders, with guidance from and in collaboration with the Deputy Project Director and Project Director.
• Coordinate closely with the BA-Nigeria Abuja country office team
• Compilation and submission of timely activity and program reports on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis, disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned.
• Assist with design and oversee implementation of the all project activities at the state level, including monitoring and evaluation system.
• The position will be based in one of the listed BA-Nigeria Integrated SBC states
• Travel to project focal areas within the state is expected to be approximately 40% or more.
• Perform job duties/responsibilities in support of JHU-CCP’s Mission and Values, as appropriate.
• Other duties as may be assigned by Supervisor or Project Director.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field (Public Health, Social Science, Humanities, other) required. Master’s Degree in Public Health or related field will give significant advantage.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience managing SBC, demand generation or Community Mobilization activities on a Family Planning, Maternal Health, Malaria or related MNCH programs in Nigeria.
• Experience managing teams comprised of technical and admin staff
• Experience with program implementation and working with external partners and stakeholders in Northern Nigeria and/or the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
• Excellent communication, and organizational skills; and ability to influence and facilitate advocacy agendas at LGA and State level
• Understanding of local communities and cultures in the state of assignment, and ability to communicate fluently in at least one of the spoken local languages in FCT.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• Ability to travel and work in difficult settings, including remote rural areas of Nigeria.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position will supervise approximately 4-8 state level staff, to be determined.