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• Steer
  the leadership and coordination of the planning, implementation and
  reporting of the BCC strategy in Kotido Abim and Kaabong
• Carry
  out formative research to establish evidence so as to inform BCC
  interventions and influence policy calls through publications, and local
  level advocacy engagements such as local media engagements
• Guide
  the GHG project to plan and implement BCC in operational areas and conduct
  regular support visits to offer technical backstopping for effectiveness of
  district level BCC interventions
• Build
  the technical capacity of the GHG project staff to carryout effective
  local level BCC using proven approaches; work with NO and partners to
  conduct capacity needs assessments, trainings, mentoring and coaching for
  performance.
• Work
  closely with other actors such as the District Health teams, CSO networks
  for partnership and collaboration geared towards strengthening community
  level BCC to influence policy formation and implementation as a means to
  achieve GHG BCC agenda.
• Identify
  and support documentation of best practices, and use them to profile the
  impact of local level BCC, promote learning and lesson sharing within GHG
  and with other actors
• Steer
  the development , pretesting and roll out of BCC materials such as success
  stories, newsletters, BCC messages and other IEC for effective
  implementation
• Provide
  ongoing support supervision to the districts, organize periodic
  coordination meetings to review progress, and supervise data collection
  and management of local level BCC efforts
• Work
  with the advocacy teams to compile periodic reports for the advocacy
  programs including ongoing projects
• Support
  the design, implementation of the BCC monitoring and evaluation process
  including data use to inform program changes, data collection oversight
  and build the capacity of staff in BCC M&E.
• Work
  closely with MOH-BCC Technical working group and feed new communication
  initiatives into the project implementation plan.

• The
  ideal candidate should hold a university degree in development discipline,
  postgraduate training in Public Health will be an added advantage.
• A
  minimum of two or more years field experience in Social Behavior Change
  Communication preferably in the field of maternal and child Health
  programming
• Possess
  strong research, advocacy, communication skills, facilitation and
  materials development for health promotion.
• Possess
  excellent collaboration and networking skills
• Prior
  experience with data driven decision making for BCC
• Excellent
  writing and documentation skills.
• Show
  commitment to World Vision Core Values and Vision Statement
• A
  mature and committed Christian, able to stand above denominational
  diversities

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