Malaria Consortium Jobs – Behaviour Change Communication (BCC) Specialist

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Organization: Malaria Consortium
Project: Visceral
Leishmaniasis (VL)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports To: Project  Director
About MC:
Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit
organisations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other
communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works
with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic
institutions, and local and international organisations, to ensure good
evidence supports delivery of effective services, providing technical support
for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based
decision-making and strategic planning. The organisation works to improve not
only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health
systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic
prosperity.  Malaria Consortium is a
global leader in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria, the
control of neglected tropical diseases and the promotion of child health. 
Project Background:
Malaria Consortium is bidding on a large multi-million-pound,
multi-country project focused on strengthening the surveillance, control and
treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), a neglected tropical disease. Malaria
Consortium will lead a consortium of national and international partners to
implement this project in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and
Uganda.
 Job Summary: The BCC Specialist will offer technical
leadership in behaviour change communication for this multi-country, high
profile, high value project, working closely with host country governments and
other partners. 
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Formulate BCC
    VL strategies and then adapt them for each of the four targeted country
    contexts based on best practice. 
  • Work with
    staff in each country to ensure the quality implementation of BCC
    activities.
  • Lead the
    preparation and implementation of a communication plan for the project.
  • Be
    responsible for gathering information within and outside the organisation
    that will be used in communicating news, lessons learned, best practices,
    and research findings to each relevant audiences.
  • Participate
    in the dissemination of research findings to District Health Teams,
    Ministry of health (MoH) and other development partners on the impact of
    the interventions
  • Assist in the
    translation of technical information into materials and messages for a variety
    of audiences. This will include the development of briefs on Visceral Leishmaniasis
    for lay audiences.
  • Work with
    other communication professionals within the organisation to ensure that project
    communication and advocacy activities are streamlined and coordinated.
    This will include coordinating and keeping abreast with other NTD
    projects.
  • Develop and
    maintain systems for monitoring progress on ongoing communication activities
    and assist with communications research as required.
  • Offer
    technical guidance and training on BCC to Malaria Consortium and partner
    staff.
  • Oversee BCC
    activities of project partners
  • Perform any other
    duties as required
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should
    possess an advanced degree in development, communications, media,
    broadcasting, public health, social sciences or other relevant fields
  • Good understanding and
    familiarity with development communications issues and solutions, particularly
    in public health
  • Experience of public
    health BCC related to case finding and demand creation
  • Excellent writing,
    reporting and and presentation skills
  • Highly organized and
    able to work successfully in a team that is geographically dispersed.
  • Familiarity with
    public health principles
  • Extensive understanding
    of Aid effectiveness and utilisation of the principles in project design
    and Implementation
  • Project management and
    planning skills
  • Able to delegate
    efficiently and technically support teams with no direct line  management responsibility over them
  • Strong skills in
    negotiating with and engaging Ministry of Health Officials
  • Familiarity with data
    collection tools for tracking dissemination metrics
  • Familiarity with
    production processes and technologies for various media, including: print,
    video, the Intranet, and other electronic media
  • Experience with
    graphic design, or website content management
  • Experience working
    with neglected tropical diseases
  • Experience working in
    Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan and/or Uganda
 How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates who fully meet the above requirements
should submit a detailed CV, a covering letter explaining how and why you are
suited to the role, and the contact details of three professional referees to HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org. 
NB: A detailed Job Description/Profile of the
position is available here.
Deadline: 27th October, 2013
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