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Health
& SBCC Technical Advisor (1)
Chief
of Party
FIXED
TERM CONTRACT (ONE YEAR WITH POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION)
OCTOBER
2017
SFH
for Family Health (SFH) is a non-profit organization in Rwanda. It is the
largest social marketing organization in Rwanda, with five regional offices
across the country. Working in partnership within the public and private
sectors, and harnessing the power of the markets, SFH provides life-saving
products, cli
nical services and social and behavior change communications(SBCC)
that empower the world’s most vulnerable populations to lead healthier lives.
SFH’s core values include a belief in markets and market mechanisms to
contribute to sustained improvements in the lives of the poor; results and a
strong focus on measurement; speed and efficiency with a predisposition to
action and an aversion to bureaucracy; decentralization and empowering our staff
at the national and district level; and a long term commitment to the people we
serve. SFH implements diverse public health interventions in HIV/AIDS,
reproductive health, malaria, and maternal and child health including
nutrition. SFH’s activities range from product sales and distribution to social
and behavior change communication, advocacy, reproductive health research, and
community mobilization. SFH’s donor platform is USAID, Global Fund, DOD and
other numerous donors.
Rwanda has successfully implemented a 5 years (2012 – 2017) USAID funded
project named Rwanda Social Marketing Program (RSMP) and the project has been
extended for 2 years (2018 – 2019) to further increase the project’s impact.
The goal of the program is to improve the health of Rwandans by improving
opportunity, availability and motivation for healthy behavior and use of health
products and services.
Rwanda would like to recruit a Health & Social and Behavior Change
Communication (SBCC) Technical Advisor to continue ensuring strong Health and
SBCC programming and implementation.
SUMMARY:
Health & Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Technical Advisor
will be a senior member of the RSMP project team and work with key health
partners particularly the Ministry of Health (MoH), departments within the
MoH/Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), local NGO partners, community
organizations, USAID and other stakeholders to achieve the implementation of an
integrated health communication program encompassing HIV/AIDS, malaria, maternal
and child health (MNCH) and family planning and reproductive health. The Health
& SBCC Technical Advisor provides guidance to ensure that program
implementation adheres to appropriate technical standards and guidelines and
that programs are technically sound.. This position plays a key strategic role
in the Rwanda Social Marketing Programme (RSMP).S/he reports to the Chief of
Party.
AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
roles and responsibilities include the following:
- Provides
technical assistance to develop and implement health communication
strategies for HIV/AIDS, MNCH, malaria, family planning, reproductive and
HIV/AIDS prevention programs in all phases from formative research,
through design, media and materials production, community mobilization and
evaluation. - Responsible
for sharing best practices and contribute to the knowledge base through
participation in scientific forums and national technical working groups
(NTWG) within MoH, other networks. - Completes
detailed strategy write-ups, work plans, and delivers quarterly reports
and all other reporting requirements. - Develop
or review technical resource materials (e.g., training materials, SBCC
plans, strategy documents, job aids) and programming tools to support meeting
Project objectives. - Conduct
formative research for messages and materials development - Provide
technical assistance to Ministries of Health and local government at all
levels and implementing partners, and support documentation of such
activities - Work
with partners to design communication and messaging content. - Strengthen
capacities of government and other partners to develop and manage health
communication activities. - Build
the capacity of technical staff to implement the Rwanda Social Marketing
Program, through coaching, training, leadership development and shared
oversight of activities; - Build
local capacity of the SFH Health Programs team in design, implementation
and evaluation of SBCC programming - Engage
collaboratively with relevant government departments to enlist their
support for RSMP objectives and ensure its goals and approaches remain
aligned to public health policy and support national public health impact
targets (SDGs, long-term health plans etc.);
position, based at SFH Head Office.
- S/he
has at least 10 years of experience in relevant areas. - Master’s
degree in health communications and or public health management. - Knowledge
and experience in health education and behavioral change communication is
required. - A
minimum of 5 years’ experience of leadership and management of SBCC
interventions. - Experience
in developing and implementing a behavioral change communication strategy,
focusing on creating demand for community and facility-based health
services. - Experience
in designing and implementing health (RH/FP, MCH, HIV/AIDS, Malaria,…)
projects that include a strong behavior change communication component. - Guiding
and providing technical and project members of staff working on Social
Behavioral Change Communications activities. - Proven
experience in developing behavioral change communication tools and
materials. - Proven
experience in monitoring and evaluation of health promotion interventions
and operational research experience. - Experience
with USAID programs/projects - Knowledge
of USAID and other large donor agency rules and regulations.
will be outcome oriented, able to manage multiple priorities at a time, and
able to keep moving with minimal day-to-day supervision. Preference will
strictly be given to candidates who have effectively managed USAID projects.
to be sent include:
- Application
letter addressed to the Executive Director;
- Curriculum
vitae including at least three contact persons (former supervisors); - Copies
of degrees; - Copies
of professional certificates; - Copy
of ID card or passport.
interested applicants should submit the above documents by email to hr@sfhrwanda.org
October 2017
Rwanda is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from
qualified individuals.