Program Officer - Social and Behaviour Change at Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria

Breakthrough ACTION ignites collective action and encourages people to adopt healthier behavior - from using modern contraceptive methods and sleeping under bed nets to being tested for HIV and preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases - by forging, testing, and scaling up new and hybrid approaches to social and behavior change.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Officer - Social and Behaviour Change

Location: Bayelsa
Employment Type: Full Time

Summary

• The SBC Officer will be responsible for ensuring mass and mid media plans are implemented at the state level and are integrated with community mobilization plans.
• S/he will work closely with the State Coordinator, Social Mobilization Officer (SMO) and other state thematic area program officers to ensure an integrated approach to messaging.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Liaise with broadcasters in the state to ensure broadcast compliance of BA-Nigeria spots; inform the national office immediately if a broadcaster deviates from the agreed plan.
• Maintain weekly and monthly monitoring reports of all BA-N spots and programmes in radio and TV stations in the state.
• Work with producers/broadcasters to keep track of locally produced content, including archiving of BA supported mass and mid media content.
• Provide ongoing technical support to local producers/broadcasters to ensure high quality content development and delivery.
• Identify new media opportunities for BA-N in the state.
• Contribute to the media planning process by providing guidance on channel selection.
• Support media pretesting activities at the state-level.
• Coordinate mass and mid media activities related to the community mobilization approaches and MNCH Campaigns in collaboration with the relevant state program officers to ensure alignment as appropriate.
• Provide support to programmatic research and knowledge management processes such as success story documentation, Human Centered Design and Behavior Economics at the state level.
• Represent Breakthrough ACTION at ACSM Subcommittee meetings and similar partner forums as required.
• Other duties as identified by his/her supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of an HND / Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, Social Sciences or Health Sciences.
• 5 years experience working with donor-funded projects related to radio/TV production.
• Working Knowledge of MS Office Packages and database software and applications.
• Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines.
• Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment.

Application Closing Date
24th June, 2022.