USAID Project Behavior Change Advisor Career Placement – FHI 360

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Organisation: FHI 360
Funding Source: United States Agency for International Development
(USAID)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Senior Technical Advisor
Job ID: 16807
About FHI 360:
FHI
360 is a leading global development organization dedicated to improving lives
around the world. Our professional staff includes experts in education, health,
nutrition, economic development, civil society and environment as well as
cross-cutting experts in gender issues, research, applied science, behavior
change and Technology giving us the unique mix of capabilities to address
today’s diverse and interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 operates from
60 offices with 4,400 staff in the U.S. and around the world.
Job Summary: The Behavior Change Advisor will support an anticipated
USAID-funded WASH opportunity in Uganda. The Behavior Change Advisor will be
responsible for overseeing behavior change/demand creation activities for the
initiative. S/he will be expected to design high quality project interventions
and assessments. The incumbent will be expected to build local capacity of
selected entities behavior change programming.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • Provide leadership for the project to expand
    key hygiene behaviors at home, school, and health facilities.
  • Provide strategic, technical, and managerial
    guidance to the project for behavior change, including leveraging the
    private sector to support behavior change
  • The jobholder will develop a strategy based
    upon experience, literature review and formative research to address key
    hygiene behaviors
  • Provide leadership in collaboration with
    other USG partners to implement or strengthen coordinated district-wide
    behavior change campaigns that target key hygiene behaviors
  • Design formative research that focuses on
    barriers and motivators for key hygiene behaviors
  • Contribute to capacity-building activities
    with project staff and selected local entities (e.g. market assessments,
    impact evaluations, formative research surveys, behavior change
    interventions)
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  
  • The ideal candidate for the USAID Project FHI
    360 Behavior Change Advisor career opportunity should hold a Master’s
    degree in Psychology, Communication, Marketing, Business, Economics, or
    related field, or a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of five years of
    additional relevant experience (for a total of 10 years of minimum
    experience when also considering below bullet which requires 5 years)
  • At least five years of demonstrated success
    in generating innovative and effective behavior change or marketing
    solutions, preferably in Uganda;
  • Previous exposure and experience working on
    water, sanitation, and hygiene activities a plus, but not required
  • Working knowledge and implementation of
    behavior change theory
  • Knowledge and implementation of behavioral
    economics theory is highly desirable
  • Creativity and entrepreneurial outlook
How to Apply:
All
candidates who wish to join the USAID FHI360 project in the aforementioned
capacity are encouraged to apply online at the web link below.

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