Demand Creation Officer at Malaria Consortium

Grid Consulting Limited - Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations which is dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable dieases in Africa and Southeast Asia.

Malaria Consortium works with communities, Government and non-Governmental agencies, academic institutions, local and international organisations; to ensure good evidence support delivery of effective services, by providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning.

The organisation has been in operation in Nigeria since 2008 and recently opened a country office in Abuja to fully establish itself with its long term commitment. Malaria Consortium now seeks to recruit professionals in its country office and in a recently awarded 2-years CIDA/WHO funded project; focused on catalysing the implementation of integrated community case management of malaria (iCCM), pneumonia and diarrhoea at scale in Niger State.

Job Title: Demand Creation Officer

Job Location: Niger

Job Description
The Demand Creation Officer will work closely with the Programme Manager and team in providing technical support and direct implementation of projects for iCCM activities focused on community engagement and mobilization. The officer will coordinate the development of demand creation strategies for the project as well as ensure roll-out of project demand activities to meet international standards..

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure interpersonal communication and counselling for health and community based health workers;
• Coordinate the development and roll-out of training manuals for facility and community health committees and community mobilisers;
• Work closely with the service delivery officer to coordinate the selection of communities in the selected LGAs for iCCM implementation
• Contribute to the project’s exit strategy as part of the project design; and ensure inclusion of relevant activities to promote sustainability within the work-plan and smooth transition of the project to government;

Qualified candidates should possess the following:

• A post-graduate degree in one of the following; Communication, Social Sciences, Public Health or other related disciplines is required for this position.
• S/he must have a minimum of 3-years’ experience working in a developing Country with excellent project health communication skills. .
• The ideal candidate must be excellent in Communication planning, Management as well as Monitoring and Evaluation.
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills are essential for this position as well as a good knowledge of public health principles.

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Note

• The subject of the mail must contain the title of the position applied for.
• All applications must be submitted by Friday, 8h November, 2013.
• Interviews will commence thereafter with a view to engaging the best candidate immediately.

Application Deadline: Friday, 8h November, 2013