Demand Creation Consultant

Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is a new five-year, USAID-funded project. The goal of Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is to increase the practice of 17 priority individual and household level behaviors and five provider targeted behaviors in the areas of malaria; maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition; family planning and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis, while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming. Implementation will vary by health area across eleven states.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Demand Creation Consultant
Job Locations: Cross River and Plateau (1 consultant in each state)
Timeframe: An estimated fifty (50) days between March 2019 and May 2019

The Consultancy

• BA/N will lead the demand creation work stream activities for Plateau and Cross River States (Nigeria) LLIN replacement campaigns.
• To achieve this BA/N is looking for qualified consultants to provide SBCC technical consultancy and lead the demand creation work stream in the LLIN replacement campaign.
• The consultancy period will be 50 billable days within the 10th March 2019 to 10th May 2019 (Please note that dates are tentative)

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

• Be a part of the national campaign implementation team (CIT)
• Take the lead in the coordination of the Demand Creation workstream in designated state, and monitor LLIN 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 LLIN 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 and make technical input in the demand creation section as appropriate
• Support State and LGA flag off 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.

Qualifications

• A Degree in Social Sciences, Communication 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.
• Experience with demand creation activities in previous LLIN campaigns.
• 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.
• Fluency in local language is an added advantage.
• Ability and willingness to travel to different LGAs of designated State.

Supervision:

• BA/N Deputy Director, Malaria/TB, Malaria SPOs and LLIN campaign media lead will provide technical guidance and support during the consultancy.

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 and success stories
• Final LLIN campaign narrative and technical reports.
• All reports and updates shall be in the English language and shall be submitted to the Deputy Director, Malaria/TB, in MS Word and other MS Office-compatible formats.

Deliverable Schedule
The consultant shall submit the deliverables described above as detailed in the schedule below:
S/N: Activities: 

TA Days

1.) Training of personnel:

• 10 days

2.) Campaign demand creation monitoring and state-level engagement:

• 35 days

3.) Report Writing:

• 5 days
• Total: 50 days

Detailed campaign SBC guideline to be shared subsequently.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letters and CV as one PDF document to: hiring@ba-nigeria.org The subject line of your email should be the job title along with your state of preference. E.g. "Demand Creation Consultant - Cross River"

Application Procedure
Please follow the instructions EXACTLY. Any submissions that do not follow the instructions EXACTLY will be discarded without review:

• Your cover letter should include the following:
  • Address the education/experience requirement specified for the position with specific examples where necessary
  • Language skills. (Please note that language skills will be tested during interviews for shortlisted candidates.)
  • Include the specific date when you would be able to begin work.
• CV and cover letter PDF file name must be your first and last name in CAPS (e.g.: USMAN SEGUN).
• Do not include any additional certificates or documentation. Any applications that include certificates or other documents will be deleted
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