Regional SBC Technical Specialist - Mekelle

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  • Added Date: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
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About FHI 360:

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research and technologyโ€“ creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries, all 50 U.S. states and all U.S. territories.

The FHI-360 managed, USAID Healthy Behaviors (UHB) Activity, with its partners the Consortium of Action Aid Ethiopia; Zeleman Communications, Advertising, and Production; and Fraym, works to increase sustained adoption of appropriate health and nutrition behaviors in Ethiopia using evidence-based, theory-informed social and behavior change (SBC) strategies. It does so with the goal of contributing to reductions in unmet need for family planning (FP); reduced malaria-related morbidity and mortality, and its elimination; and improvements in maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) outcomes. It also supports other priority health needs related to nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and emerging infectious diseases (EID), like COVID-19; and works to transform social and gender norms that impede healthy behaviors and drive poor health outcomes across health areas. We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Regional SBC Capacity Strengthening Specialist in Bahir Dar, Amhara Region. for USAID Healthy Behavior Activity project.

Duty station: Tigray Region (Mekele)

Job Summary:

The Regional Social and Behavior Change (SBC) Specialist will be a mid-level member of the project team and will oversee and lead SBC activities within the region office. She / He will work with local implementing partners, the government, nongovernmental organizations, community organizations, others to support the adaptation of plans, implementation, and monitoring of SBC activities in the region. The Regional SBC Specialist will work under the oversight of the Regional technical hub lead, for the implementation across project thematic and geographic areas.

Accountabilities:

  • Lead the regional level SBC related activities and coordination with implementing partners and government organizations.
  • Lead the region-specific SBC focused plans, approaches, activities, tools, and materials development and implementation.
  • Work closely with the M&E team to ensure SBC monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning activities are of high quality and appropriately reflect the standard indicators.
  • Work closely with the implementing partners to generate new ideas, innovations, approaches and thinking in relation to SBC, drawing on existing evidence and best practices.
  • Oversee the implementing partners on SBC related plans and activities to ensure the quality executions and deliverables.
  • Work closely with implementing partners to ensure adequate technical support to strengthen the SBC programmatic implementation, design, quality deliverables in collaboration with other technical teams.
  • Represent the project in SBC related activities in the region.

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