Society for Family Health (SFH), Chief of Party Jobs Vacancy

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.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Completes
   detailed strategy write-ups, work plans, and delivers quarterly reports
   and all other reporting requirements.
4. Develop
   or review technical resource materials (e.g., training materials, SBCC
   plans, strategy documents, job aids) and programming tools to support meeting
   Project objectives.
5. Conduct
   formative research for messages and materials development
6. Provide
   technical assistance to Ministries of Health and local government at all
   levels and implementing partners, and support documentation of such
   activities
7. Work
   with partners to design communication and messaging content.
8. Strengthen
   capacities of government and other partners to develop and manage health
   communication activities.
9. Build
   the capacity of technical staff to implement the Rwanda Social Marketing
   Program, through coaching, training, leadership development and shared
   oversight of activities;
10. Build
    local capacity of the SFH Health Programs team in design, implementation
    and evaluation of SBCC programming
11. 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.);

• 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.

• 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.