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Job at Save the Children, Abuja for a Senior Advisor, Community Mobilization
Save the Children has been working since 2001 in Nigeria. The early
focus was on getting children actively involved in shaping the decisions
that affect their lives. Today, Save the Children is working
in seven
federal states - Zamfara, Yobe, Jigawa, Katsina, Kano, Bauchi and
Kaduna - focusing on providing basic healthcare and protecting
children.
Save the Children is recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Advisor, Community Mobilization
Location: Abuja
Employee Type: Full Time Regular
Summary
- Save the Children seeks a Senior Advisor, Community Mobilization
for an upcoming USAID-funded health program in Nigeria. The program
will focus on reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH)
and nutrition and will be implemented at least initially in northern
Nigeria.
- The Senior Advisor, in close collaboration with the project
team, state and LGA MOH and other relevant ministry staff, will provide
technical leadership and coordination to community mobilization
activities in project states to improve provider-client interaction,
RMNCH behaviors, care-seeking, and strengthen community led initiatives
to improve health.
Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively as a member of the RMNCH team to facilitate
the revision/development of state strategies and methodologies for
targeted, focused, and culturally and contextually tailored RMNCH and
nutrition community mobilization and advocacy initiatives and contribute
to social and behavior change communication (SBCC) approaches and
strategies.
- Develop implementation plan and annual and quarterly work plans in collaboration with the Technical Director and RMNCH team.
- Facilitate the development or revision of state and LGA
strategies and annual and quarterly implementation plans in
collaboration with relevant state and LGA MOH and RMNCH project staff.
- Guide the analysis, synthesis, lessons learned, and reporting of
community mobilization outputs and results in close collaboration with
the state, LGA and project M&E team, and incorporation into quality
improvement processes and other ongoing project tasks.
- Co-lead with state MOH counterpart periodic reviews of community mobilization components of the project
- Liaise with relevant FMOH, Primary Health Care Development
Agency (PHCDA), and other relevant ministries focal persons and
participate in selected national forum and technical working groups.
- Assist in the assessment of existing state and LGA community
mobilization and SBCC structures to identify needs and provide
appropriate technical support including targeted training and follow-up.
- Lead and support partners and state and LGA counterparts to
strengthen community capacity and communication channels for improved
RMNCH behaviors and service demand in communities.
- Work with partners and state and LGA MOH and the project team to
monitor and evaluate the progress and impact of community mobilization
activities.
- Mentor partner, state and LGA MOH and other ministries staff as appropriate.
Requirements
- Advanced Degree in Public Health, Health Development, or Social Sciences.
- At least 10 years of experience in planning, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of community mobilization and SBCC programs.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to work effectively with a diverse team.
- Strong training, mentoring, coaching and interpersonal skills, including supportive supervision.
- Computer literacy in the following: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Fluency in English required; fluency in Hausa preferred.
- Willingness to travel extensively, and potentially live in northern Nigeria.
- Prior experience working with Nigeria’s public health system.
- Prior experience working with USAID funded projects highly preferred.
- Demonstrated management, coordination, teamwork, and planning
skills, with proven ability to liaise effectively with and collaborate
with a range of key stakeholders, including national and local
officials, public, private and civil society partners, and communities.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply