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Job title : National Consultant, Advocacy and Communication and Social Mobilization
Job Location : Abuja
Deadline : September 16, 2024
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Description and Objectives
- The Consultant will provide TA to the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency in implementing a variety of tasks to promote community engagement and participation, and measurable behavioural and social change/mobilization in demand generation for PHC services.
- The consultant will also be responsible for ensuring the domestication of innovative community engagement across the states and sending feedback back to the national team.
Technical Responsibilities
Project strategy implementation/technical assistance
- Provide technical expertise and guidance to the ACSM TWG in the design, implementation, and monitoring of SBC activities;
- Support in planning and coordinating with national and state-level stakeholders to plan and execute innovative ACSM for Zero Dose targeting unimmunized children;
- Lead the development, implementation and monitoring of demand-generation innovations for SPARK in alignment with national guidelines;
- Support the NPHCDA in the revision of the PHC demand creation strategy by providing inputs and recommendations based on practice and evidence from implementation across SPARK states;
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of SBC interventions and zero dose Interventions, and provide regular progress reports to project stakeholders;
- Collaborate with development partners and other stakeholders to leverage resources and expertise for effective implementation of SBC and community engagement activities;
- Facilitate capacity-building activities, workshops, and training for TWG members and relevant stakeholders on SBC and community engagement approaches;
- Contribute to the documentation and dissemination of lessons learned, best practices, and success stories related to SBC and community engagement efforts.
Other responsibilities
- Participate in problem-solving and learning sessions to share knowledge, best practices, challenges and progress on program implementation;
- Provide daily updates on implementation activities to the project manager;
- Engage actively with relevant stakeholders to foster good relationships with the organization;
- Support any other tasks as may be required by the central Project management team.
Education and Experience
- Undergraduate or Master’s degree in Social and Behavioural Science, Health Education, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Communication, Medicine, or other related fields;
- 5+ years’ experience working in the development or consulting sector;
- Experience in community engagement, health data collection and/or demand generation strategy design for health programs/interventions or other development sector programs in local communities is desirable;
- Strong stakeholder engagement and coordination skills;
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and data management skills;
- Experience in leadership roles including management and/or interfacing with high-ranking officials is desirable;
- Experience working with/as part of government systems is advantageous.
Competencies required
- Computer literacy and competency using the MS suite of programs;
- Fluency in spoken and written English;
- Fluency in the local dialects of the geographic region is an added advantage;
- Excellent report-writing skills;
- Ability to perform multiple tasks, and adjust work pace and direction to emerging realities;
- Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain positive working relationships;
- Resourceful in resolving problems and initiating solutions.
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