Master Trainer 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: Master Trainer

Location: Ebonyi

Background

• Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria (BA-N) is a USAID funded project with John Hopkins Centre for Communications Programs (CCP) as the lead consortium partner. It is multi-partner project with governments and other USAID partners to support Social Behaviour Change (SBC) and demand creation on priority FP/RH, Malaria and MNCH+N health behaviours in Eleven (11) states and FCT across Nigeria.
• In collaboration with the SMOH, SPHCDA, LGAs, Communities and other implementing partners in Ebonyi State, Breakthrough ACTION–Nigeria will support the state to use an integrated social behaviour change (I-SBC) approach towards achieving desired improvements in health outcomes targeted at individual, household and community levels.
• To achieve this Breakthrough ACTION is looking for qualified candidates to serve as master trainers in Ebonyi State. The trainers will participate in a 1-Week Training-of-Trainers (TOT) on Integrated Social Behaviour Change (I-SBC), which they will step down in various LGAs in these states over a certain period.

Scope of Work:

• Participate in a 1-week Training-of-Trainers (TOT)
• Facilitate a 10-day training for community volunteers, supervisors and community actions groups in assigned state and LGAs.
• Build the capacity of training participants to use community dialogue framework for community volunteers
• Build the capacity of participants on referrals and data tools
• Ensure that participants demonstrate enough knowledge, skills and competence necessary to conduct interpersonal communication (IPC), community health dialogues, compound meetings and other community-level activities in their wards.
• Draft and submit a training report required at the end of the training.

Education, Experience & Certifications

• Qualification in Nursing, Public Health, Community Health, Social Sciences, Communication or related field
• Prior experience facilitating training for community resource persons e.g. VCMs, CORPS, CBHVs, CVs e.t.c
• Prior experience with MNCH or RH/FP demand generation activities, projects or programs
• Good technical knowledge on MNCH, Family Planning or Malaria within the context of southern Nigeria
• Fluency in local language with good understanding and appropriate context
• Resident in the state applied for and able to work in the state and any LGA
• Excellent facilitation, communication and oral presentation skills
• Self-motivated and ability to work as part of a team
• Strong analytical, communication, computer and problem-solving skills
• Availability for 4 - 6 weeks to participate in Training-of-Trainers (ToT) and facilitate step-down training
• Ability to travel for Training-of-Trainers (TOT) if required
• Willingness to step down training in any assigned LGA within the applied state.

Application Closing Date
22nd February, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] Indicate consultancy title and location (state) as the title / subject of your email application for the position. E.g. Master Trainer - Ebonyi State

Note

• Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview.
• Application letter and CV should be in a word or PDF format; credentials should be scanned in PDF format.
• Candidates that do not comply with application instruction will be disqualified.