Demand Creation Consultant at Breakthrough Action Nigeria

Breakthrough Action Nigeria (BA-N) is a USAID-funded Social Behaviour Change (SBC) and Risk Communication Project with the goal of increasing the practice of priority individual and household level health behaviors in target states on Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health plus Nutrition (MNCH+N), Family Planning (FP), Malaria, Tuberculosis, and Risk Communication and Community engagement (RCCE) for COVID and Priority Infectious diseases (Lassa fever, Monkey Pox). Firmly grounded in proven practices, Breakthrough ACTION works in partnership with governments, civil society, and communities around the world to implement creative and sustainable SBC programming, nurture SBC champions, mainstream new techniques, and technologies, and advocate strategic and sustained investment in SBC.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Demand Creation Consultant

Location: Zamfara

Summary

• BA-N is the lead implementing partner for demand creation activities in the Benue State (Nigeria) ITN mass distribution campaign. To achieve this, BA-N is looking for a qualified consultant to provide SBC technical consultancy and lead the demand creation work stream in the campaign.
• The consultancy period will be a maximum of 50 billable days within 29th October 2023 to 11th January 2024 (Please note that the dates are tentative). Travels within the state are also included based on need.

Scope of Work
The consultant will specifically undertake the following tasks.

• Take the lead in the coordination of the Demand Creation workstream in the designated State and monitor ITN campaign demand creation activities in the State and LGAs.
• Represent BA-N in all NCIT meetings as well as other meetings during the campaign.
• Work with the State Health Educator and SMEP ACSM focal person to develop and implement ITN campaign advocacy plan, also support health educators to develop LGA specific advocacy plans and monitor implementation.
• Facilitate State level training including production of training materials and documentation of DC work stream personnel trained. Also coordinate LGA and ward level training and proper documentation of personnel trained.
• Work with BA-N media technical lead to coordinate media-related activities including media parley, live phone-in radio and TV discussions and other media activities. Monitor airing of pre, during and post campaign radio jingles.
• Support the State health educator and LGA health educators to distribute messages in all religious places of worship.
• Support identification of influencers and stakeholders for involvement in demand creation activities (e.g. State net ambassador, net advocates and champions).
• Provide weekly updates to BA-N on all demand creation activities during the replacement campaign.
• Support the end process survey training, end of cycle review, and make technical input in the demand creation section as appropriate.
• Support State and LGA flag off/Launch ceremonies from planning to implementation.
• Support BA-N finance and admin unit to ensure proper documentation and payment of demand creation personnel before the campaign is concluded.
• Support the design of post-implementation demand creation strategies to improve net use in LGAs with low utilization.
• Document success stories, best practices, lessons learned and submit same to BA-N.
• Document the campaign final reports and submit same to BA-N.
• Travel to LGAs when required to monitor activities and proffer recommendations.

Deliverables

• Capacity-building for ACSM core group members
• Complete information on trained personnel i.e. signed training attendance registers, and payment schedules with correct bank details.
• Weekly updates
• Photos (JPEG formats) and success stories
• Final ITN campaign narrative and technical reports.

Deliverable Schedule:

• The consultant shall submit the deliverables described above as detailed, using the ITN campaign timeline and activity schedule as an additional guide.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Degree in Social Sciences, Communication, public health, or related field.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in health programs, preferably in Advocacy, Communication & Social Mobilization.
• Proven experience in implementing public health programs or projects in Nigeria.
• Good knowledge of the Nigerian public health sector.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent technical writing and oral presentation skills highly desired.
• A proven ability to work as part of a team and to be self-managing.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with demand creation activities in previous SMC and ITN campaigns.
• Fluency in local language is an added advantage.
• Ability and willingness to travel to different LGAs of designated State.

Application Closing Date
20th October, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward PDF copies of their CVs to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location (of choice) e.g., ‘Demand Creation Consultant, Zamfara’.

Note

• Breakthrough Action Nigeria is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.
• We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.
• Qualified female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.