Job Opportunities at The Center for Communication Programs (CCP) - Johns Hopkins University

Reports to: Deputy Director - Family Planning

Summary

• The HC3 Nigeria Program Specialist will provide programmatic support for advocacy, demand generation and service provider components of the family planning program.
• She/he will report directly to the Deputy Director-FP and work in close consultation the Senior Technical Advisor - Social Mobilization, HC3 FP State Coordinators and the HC3 Nigeria HQ Team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• In addition to the overall program inputs to the project described above, specific duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Work with Deputy Director-FP and HC3 FPteam to develop and implement the advocacy, demand generation and service provider components of the family planning project, as assigned.
• Support advocacy activities targeted and, policy targeted at governments, policy makers, FP implementing partners and other stakeholders
• Assist with the establishment and maintenance of effective relationships with family planning project partners, implementing partners, Federal and State MOHs and other key stakeholders
• Assist with establishing relationships with and coordinating FP service delivery partners and activities in FP project states and Federal level
• Provide support for training and capacity building activities targeted at HC3 project partners, heath service providers, community based organization, community mobilizers. volunteers etc.
• Provide support for implementation of HC3 FP mass media strategies as assigned Provide support to the HC3 FP State Coordinators and State Teams as required Assist with the development and writing of timely program reports on a quarterly and annual basis and disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned
• The position will be based at the HC3 Office inAbuja but will involve approximately 30% travel to project states
• Perform job duties/responsibilities in support of CCP’s Mission and Values, as appropriate.
• Other duties as necessary and assigned by supervisor and HC3 COP

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities at this time.

Education and/or Experience

• Master’s Degree or higher in a relevant field (public health, social science, humanities, other).
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years’ experience on Family Planning or related Reproductive Health programs in Nigeria. SBCC and/or Community Mobilization expertise highly valued.

Language Skills:

• Must be fluent in English, and given the geographic focus of the project, Hausa and/or lgbo is highly desirable.

Application Closing Date
5pm (Abuja Time); 21st October, 2016.

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Reports to: Senior Technical Advisor - Media

Summary

• Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3) supports the US President’s Malaria Initiative’s (PMI) goal of significantly reducing deaths from malaria in high burden African countries. Social and behavior change communication (SBCC) activities ensure Nigerians are aware of, understand, and play their part in the national goal of malaria elimination.
• HC3 Nigeria is working with the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) and partnering organizations to ensure SBCC activities achieve scale and intensity throughout the country.
• With over 177 million people to reach, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa.
• Interventions introduced have to achieve impact with a combination of wide reach and intense interpersonal communication activity.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• In addition to the overall program inputs to the project described above, specific duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• To provide technical and editorial support to Radio and TV content Producers in HC3’s partner broadcast stations,
• To build the capacity of Radio and TV producers in HC3s project states to become Script-to-Broadcast Producers
• To liaise with Media Agencies and Broadcast partners to ensure broadcast compliance of HC3’s media content,
• To manage all HC3’s Social Media platforms

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities at this time.

Education and/or Experience

• HND or Bachelor’s degree.
• Ability to Produce Radio and or TV content - ( Script-to-Broadcast production experience>.
• Previous experience of producing content for development
• Professional level skill in sound recording and editing
• Good understanding of audience research and the application of research findings
• Ability to work within a demanding schedule and tight deadlines effectively.
• Mentoring,training and developing staff.
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills
• Report writing
• Ability to demonstrate cultural sensitivity and work effectively with a diverse range of people
• Ability to communicate fluently in Hausa language will be an added advantage.
• Professional proficiency level skill in video camera operation, shooting techniques and video editing

Language Skills:

• Must be fluent in English, Hausa is highly desirable.

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Reports to: Administrative and HR Officer

Specific Duties

• Office cleaning and maintenance
• Provide clerical/ administrative support
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities at this time.

Education and/or Experience

• Secondary School Leaving Certificate with a minimum of 2 years experience in the same role.

Skills and Qualifications

• Proven trustworthiness.

Language Skills:

• Must be fluent in English.

Interested and qualified candidates should follow the instructions exactly below to apply:

• Email your resume only to: hiring@hc3nigeria.org
• In your resume include the names, phone number, email address and relationship of five references. At least four must be professional references.
• The subject line of your email should be “Application for HC3 Cleaner/Office Assistant".
• Do not include any additional certificates or documentation-if you include any certificates your application will be immediately discarded

Note: Any submission that do not follow the instructions exactly will be discarded without review