Social & Behavioral Change Communication Consultant - Plateau at Malaria Consortium
Malaria Consortium Nigeria is committed to tackling the large number of malaria cases and deaths in the country.
- Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other partners, we lead and support three major malaria control initiatives in the country: Support to the National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP); NetWorks and MAPS.
- Our areas of focus include: Technical support for malaria control Capacity building, harmonisation and training of health workers Heath systems strengthening Behaviour Change Communications and community outreach activities Operational research, policy and advocacy.
Summary
In Nigeria, twenty – one (21) states across the Sahel and non–Sahelian zone have seasonal malaria transmission, with most of the disease burden occurring during a distinct rainy season.
Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) is a key approach to prevent malaria among children aged 3 to 59 months in such areas where malaria transmission is highly seasonal.
- SMC involves the administration of monthly treatment courses of a combination of antimalarial drugs (over 4 or 5 monthly cycles depending on the duration of the malaria transmission season specific to a given geographical area) with the objective of maintaining therapeutic antimalarial drug concentrations in the blood throughout the period of transmission (rainy season) to prevent malaria.
Scope
The technical support would cover all the all LGAs of the supported states, although remotely for security compromised and hard-to-reach LGAs.
- The activity will commence with the development of advocacy plans and conclude after the last cycle of distribution for the year with the submission of a report.
Specific Tasks
Provide support in producing demand creation materials aligned to state context.
- Support the development of advocacy plans and promote advocacy and engagement at all levels (community, ward, LGA, state).
- Facilitate state-level training of trainers (and lower-level training if needed).
- Support the development of media plans and engagement of media for the SMC campaign.
- Provide guidance to LGA teams in the selection of community level SBC personnel (Town Announcers, Lead Mothers, Community Leaders etc.) and monitor their training and deployment during SMC campaigns.
Expected Output/deliverables:
SBCC campaign workplan
Adapted demand creation materials within 2 days from workplan development meeting with MC state team and SMEP SBCC team.
- Advocacy plan prepared and shared with MC LGA Field Assistants and SPM for consolidation with activity report.
- Weekly update to the State SPM and National Project Manager to collate as weekly update from the campaign state.
Required Consultant Qualification
Minimum of First Degree in the Social Sciences or related fields and at least 5 years post- graduation.
Knowledge of malaria and its prevention, diagnosis and treatment is required.
- Previous training and field experience in SMC or similar campaigns (LLINs, Polio Immunization, etc.) campaigns.
- Experience and understanding of demand creation issues related to campaign distribution of SPAQ.
- Previous experience supporting the development of behavior change campaigns that delivered results.
- Previous experience working in a National and/or State Ministry of Health preferred.
- Excellent leadership qualities.
- Experience with a flexible approach to managing and prioritizing significant workloads and multiple tasks, in a fast-paced environment, with tight deadlines is required.
- Excellent training/facilitation and supervisory skills
- Excellent technical writing and presentation skills
- A proven ability to work as part of a team and, also independently.
- Excellent experience in using Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to work under stressful conditions and to remain flexible and calm under pressure.
Experience of proactively identifying and addressing bottlenecks/issues desired.
Experience of establishing strong working relationships with team members and state personnel.
How to Apply
Interested applicant can apply via this link
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