Breakthrough ACTION ignites collective action and encourages people to adopt healthier behavior – from using modern contraceptive methods and sleeping under bed nets to being tested for HIV and preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases – by forging, testing, and scaling up new and hybrid approaches to social and behavior change.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Program Officer – Media
Location: Abuja
Job Summary
- The Senior Program Officer – Media assists the Senior Programme Officer II – Media in leading the Media Unit to develop and implement innovative media-based Social and Behavior Change Communications strategies for BA-Nigeria.
- S / he will work with media partners to develop content for SBCC content for all health areas being implemented by the project.
Specific Duties include:
- Oversee the development of media content (radio and TV) within the Media Unit according to needs of BA-N programmatic units, including working with production agencies, or coordination outsourced production work to consultants, and performing recording and production independently as required.
- Lead the strategic communication process while strengthening the capacity of BA-Nigeria staff, including drafting creative briefs to guide creative development and execution of creative designs.
- Lead communications pretesting activities, including drafting of Pretest Tools, budgeting, working with state-level teams to implement pretesting, and compilation and analysis of results.
- Build the capacity of content producers in BA-N project states to become script to screen producers;
- Work closely with the M&E team to ensure media content is based on evidence and audience insight, using data to prioritize ideational factors and segment audiences to optimize messaging.
- Maintain and manage relationship with all internal and external media/project stakeholders;
- Keeping good records of all BA-N’s media contents and their broadcast status.
- Work closely with the Program Officer II- Documentation and Knowledge Management to ensure project successes are well captured and documented;
- Other duties as assigned by the SPO II – Media and the SBC & Innovations Advisor.
Skills and Qualifications
- An HND / Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication, Media Studies or similar Arts or Social Sciences fields.
- Previous experience of producing radio or TV content for development
- Good understanding of audience research and application of research findings;
- Must have 7-10 years’ experience working with donor-funded projects in related tasks
- Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
- Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment
- Radio and TV production skills, report writing skills.
- Working Knowledge of MS Office Packages and media softwires and applications e.g. Adobe Audition and Premier Pro.
Deadline: 16th March, 2022.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV in PDF format to: hiring@ba-nigeria.org using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email e.g., “Senior Program Officer – Malaria (PBC & Media), Abuja”.
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