Program Officer 1 - Social & Behavior 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 of:

Job Title: Program Officer 1 - Social & Behavior Change

Location: Benue, with 25% travel to Nasarawa
Reports to: SBC & Innovations Advisor

Summary

• The PO-SBC will be responsible for ensuring mass media plans are implemented in Benue and Nasarawa and are integrated with community mobilization plans.
• S/he will work closely with the State Coordinator and the Program Officer - Social Mobilization (PO-SM) in Benue and Nasarawa to ensure an integrated approach to messaging.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing technical support to local producers/broadcasters to ensure high quality content development and delivery.
• Work with producers/broadcasters to keep track of locally produced content
• Identify new media opportunities for BA-N in both states.
• Provide support to programmatic research processes as required such as Human Centered Design and Behavior Economics at the state level.
• Represent Breakthrough ACTION at ACSM Subcommittee meetings and similar partner forums as required.
• Liaise with broadcasters in the state to ensure broadcast compliance of BA-Nigeria spots; inform national office immediately if a broadcaster deviates from the agreed plan.
• Maintain weekly and monthly monitoring report of all BA-N spots and programmes in radio and TV stations in both states.
• Contribute to the media planning process by providing guidance on channel selection
• Support media pretesting activities at the state-level
• Arrange and facilitate Listening Groups in the state in coordination with the PO-SM to collect feedback from target audiences on media programmes and report back to the national office.
• Other duties as identified by supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Qalifications

• Minimum of an HND / Bachelor’s degree in arts, Social Sciences or Health Sciences.
• 3 - 5 years’ experience working with donor-funded projects related to radio/TV production
• A good understanding of the media landscape in Benue and Nasarawa
• Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
• Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment.
• Working Knowledge of audio editing software, especially Adobe Audition 6.0, MS Office Packages and database software and applications

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV in PDF format to: hiring@ba-nigeria.org using the "Job Title & Location (Eg: Program Officer 1 - Social & Behavior Change, Benue)" as the subject of the email.

Note: Qualified female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply

Application Deadline  19th March, 2021.