Sightsavers is an international organisation that changes lives for the long term. We work in more than 30 countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people with visual impairments to live independently.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Officer Social Behaviour Change

Location: Kaduna
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract
Specific Hours: 35 hours per week

Job Description

• As the Project Officer you will be responsible of the planning, implementation, and monitoring of project activities in coordination with our partners and other members of the Sightsavers Team. The activities include social behaviour change, disability training, accessibility audits and advocacy.
• The Project Officer Social Behaviour Change will also be responsible for providing support to the technical team responsible for the design, delivery and monitoring of the SBC strategy to achieve project objectives.

Responsibilities
Project Officer key duties and accountabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support partners and stakeholders through all aspects of the project cycle and lead in certain programmatic areas to ensure the effective planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all the project activities.
• Support all aspects of the project cycle including effective planning, implementation monitoring and evaluation, reporting and documentation of learning.
• Support the development of the Project workplan and track the progress of implementation.
• Lead on the preparation of logistics for project related meetings, take minutes and share such appropriately
• Provide technical assistance for the project on inclusive and accessible social behaviour change, including in the design, implementation and monitoring of the SBC strategy
• Provide technical assistance on formative research, participatory workshops, the SBC plan and designing the SBC activities.
• Build effective partner relationships and support longer term relationships that go beyond the duration of the programme by disseminating information and advocating for the programme goals and Sightsavers work in general.
• This is a highly varied and involved role and the above is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills. Please see the Job Description for full details.

Requirements

As the successful candidate you will the following skills, knowledge, and experience.

Essential:

• Proven experience in the coordination of development programmes, including the design, implementation and monitoring of activities working in partnership with a variety of stakeholders.
• Experience and knowledge in inclusive health or family planning programmes
• Knowledge of current issues and best practices in disability, inclusive health and social behaviour change (SBC).
• Familiarity with national legislation and policies in the field of disability inclusion, health and human rights.
• Experience providing technical assistance and capacity building to other organizations

Desirable:

• Previous knowledge and experience related to disability inclusion, gender mainstreaming and the inclusion of marginalised populations.
• Knowledge on social behaviour change training
• Prior experience of designing, delivering and/or monitoring social behaviour change activities

Remuneration
Local Terms and Conditions apply

Application Closing Date
20th February, 2022.