Global Communities BCC Coordinator Job Vacancy In Ghana

Job
Description

Global
Communities is a development organization serving more than 20 million people
worldwide each year. The organization’s mission is to be a catalyst for long-lasting
positive change in low- and moderate-income communities around the world,
helping them improve their social, economic, and environmental conditions.

Job
Description

Location:
Tamale
Job
Title:
BCC Coordinator
Reports
To: Agriculture
and Livelihoods Component Lead

Global
Communities, a Non-Governmental Organization, is seeking an experienced
professional to fill the position of BCC Coordinator for the 5-year USAID
funded RING project. RING (Resiliency in Northern Ghana)
is a USAID Feed the Future (FtF) project
designed to contribute to Government of
Ghana (GoG) efforts to reduce poverty and
improve the nutritional status of
vulnerable populations.

Specifically,
RING works to improve the livelihood and
nutritional status of vulnerable households
in 17 target districts of Ghana’s Northern Region.
Consistent with USAID Forward principles of
direct support to host governments to
the maximum extent possible, RING’s interventions
are implemented through a collaborative approach
with the District Assemblies (DAs) in the
Northern Region and with the Northern
Region Coordinating Council (NRCC).

Essential
Duties and Responsibilities:

Based
on RING interventions, design comprehensive integrated strategies to
address priority barriers to behavior change; work with programs teams to
develop clear creative briefs and budgets to design campaign elements.
Work
with the technical component leads to review RING interventions in
agricultural livelihoods, WASH, health, nutrition and citizen engagement
to identify areas where BCC approaches can improve implementation
outcomes.
Provide
training to agriculture extension agents, health volunteers, nutrition and
environmental health officers on behavioral change communication tools,
strategies and processes.
With
the guidance of the agriculture technical component lead, develop content
for SBCC messaging targeted at RING communities and households.
Identify
local service providers for engagement to design and deliver BCC messages
on agriculture/livelihoods, health, nutrition and WASH in target
communities.
Work
with RING communication officer under the guidance of program team to
incorporate BCC in all aspects of RING activity implementation
Provide
support to agriculture extension staff, health volunteers and
environmental health personal to use SBCC strategies to deliver
agriculture, health and nutrition messages to target beneficiaries
Engage
communities, local NGOs, CBOs, and the district stakeholders on BCC
strategies for intervention planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation
Periodically
review the BCC approaches with stakeholders and RING technical team for
cross learning
Manage
USAID branding in the BCC aspect of the project as well as assist in
effective communication concerning projects to the general public
Help
lead the BCC teams of NGO partners to develop high-quality evidence-based
interventions that will produce measurable changes in the behavior of
target populations, through the utilization of both mass media and
interpersonal communications suited to the program environment.

The
duties listed above are not inclusive of all duties at Global Communities. Global
Communities reserves the right to change and update the position descriptions
at any time.

Required
Skills or Experience

A
master’s degree in SBCC, behavioral
sciences, Communication, Social Science and/or
agriculture-related behavior change work and theories
Minimum
of 7 years’ experience in social behavioral change programming in Ghana,
preferably with specific experience in a US government-supported
project(s).
Ability
to translate technical information into
practical guidance and tools and
effectively communicate these using
print/electronic media, community media, and
presentation media
Minimum
of 3 years’ experience supervising works of consultants/subcontractors and
other BCC related agriculture livelihoods interventions
Proven
experience in designing integrated strategies and campaigns, utilizing
various channels of communication: radio, television, publishing,
interactive media (radio, internet, email, post), peer education,
community lead groups, mobile video units, faith-based and special
interest NGOs. Must have experience with entire SBCC process from strategy
design to creative brief to finished product, including formative and
monitoring research design.
Experience
in agricultural livelihoods, nutrition and WASH projects in Ghana
preferably in the northern regions.
Ability
to work with local authorities in Ghana and local NGOs especially at the
district level.

GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS

Strong
organizational, interpersonal and supervisory skills
Ability
to work in a team-oriented setting and to determine priorities and respect
deadlines
Excellent
oral and written communications skills in English language
High
degree of computer literacy; MS Excel and MS Word are essential
Ability
to travel extensively in the northern region and other locations in Ghana
as required
Proficiency
in at least one Northern region local dialect is a plus
Must
be authorized to work in Ghana.