Senior Officer, Behaviour Change Communication Technical Advisor (BCCTA) - Lagos at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria, implementing programmes in reproductive health, HIV& AIDS prevention, and maternal neonatal and child health, SFH works in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the Global Fund, the British Department for International Development (DFID) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) among other international donors. We seek to recruit qualified persons as a result of growth in our organisation. We offer professionals opportunities for career advancement, a good working environment and competitive remuneration.

We require competent candidates for the following position:

Job Title: Senior Officer, Behaviour Change Communication Technical Advisor (BCCTA)

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the State Progmmme Manager, the successful candidate will provide strategic and operational support to the Enhancing Nigeria’s Response to HIV & AIDS (ENR) strategy at the state level.
• S/He will also provide strategic technical assistance to the State Agency for the Control of AIDS (SACA) and the wider State Response on theories, strategies and approaches to work with young people and the general population on HIV Prevention including behavior change communication and mass media activities.
• S/he will support the implementation of ENR HIV prevention work its the state, provide support to media stations, CSOs grantees and other state actors in implementing various approaches outlined in national, state and ENR prevention strategies.
• S/he will support the State Programme Manager in monitoring and supervising the field activities of trained IPC conductors with the assistance of relevant departments across Local Government Areas (LGAs) and in focal communities.

Requirements

• Must possess a minimum of a University Degree in Social/Biological Sciences or Humanities with at least three (3) years post NYSC cognate experience
• Must have proven experience in planning and facilitation of training for different cadres of staff and be conversant with proven theories of behaviour change for HIV prevention.
• Must be familiar with MS Word, Excel, Power Point, and other relevant packages
• Knowledge and skills in gender mainstreaming especially in HIV prevention interventions will be of an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
20th March, 2014

Method Of Application
A one page application letter (using the position reference as subject) addressed to the Deputy director- HR, clearly providing evidence of competence required for the job, current remuneration, as well as a comprehensive curriculum vitae indicating clearly your valid telephone numbers, email address and contact address should be sent to: [email protected] beside the job you are applying for