Senior Managers- Advocacy and Social Behavioral Change job at ABS Consulting Group

Purpose of the Job:

To provide strategic leadership and technical guidance on social and behavior change initiatives and supervise the management and professional development of the HIV/AIDS advocacy services.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing strategic direction and leadership for Social Behavioral Change Initiatives and aligning them with overall program goals and objectives.
• Developing and implementing comprehensive social behavioral change strategies and plans.
• Identifying and addressing knowledge gaps and social and behavioral risk factors that hinder desired behavior change outcomes.
• Overseeing the design, planning, and implementation of social behavioral change communication interventions, including formative research, material development, and training; and ensuring social behavioral change interventions are evidence-based and aligned with relevant theories, models, and frameworks.
• Tracking and documenting social behavioral change processes, results, and learnings to ensure data-driven decision-making.
• Coordinating with national, regional/zonal, and local stakeholders to ensure standardization of messages to avoid duplication of effort.
• Advocating for the integration of social behavioral change communication principles into policies and programs.
• Developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans for social behavioral change activities.
• Developing and disseminating high-quality social behavioral change materials and messages.
• Engaging with media and other communication channels to promote social behavioral change.

Person Specifications

(a) Academic Qualifications

• An Honours Bachelor’s Degree in either Social Sciences, Community Psychology, Sociology, Social Work and Social Administration; Human Rights, Gender and Women Studies; Development Studies; Community Based Rehabilitation; Mass Communication or Health Promotion and Education from a recognised University or Institution.
• A Master's Degree in either Public Health, Social Sciences, Community Psychology, Sociology, Human Rights, Gender and Women Studies, Development Studies, Community-Based Rehabilitation, or Health Promotion and Education from a recognised University or Institution.

(b) Work Experience

• At least twelve (12) years of relevant working experience, three (3) of which should be as Manager, Advocacy or Manager, Social Behavioral Change; or an equivalent level of experience in government or a reputable organisation.

(c) Required Competences

(i) Technical Competences

• Strategic Thinking:
• Leadership and Management:
• Analytical and critical thinking skills:
• Project Management:
• Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
• Change management
• Policy management
• Effective communication
• Financial management
• Planning, organizing, and coordinating
• Information technology
• Records and information management

(ii) Behavioral Competences

• Networking
• Cultural Sensitivity
• Interpersonal Skills
• Result orientation
• Assertiveness and self-confidence
• Flexibility
• Pro-activism
• Teamwork
• Ethics and integrity
• Political ingenuity
• Accountability

• Providing strategic direction and leadership for Social Behavioral Change Initiatives and aligning them with overall program goals and objectives.
• Developing and implementing comprehensive social behavioral change strategies and plans.
• Identifying and addressing knowledge gaps and social and behavioral risk factors that hinder desired behavior change outcomes.
• Overseeing the design, planning, and implementation of social behavioral change communication interventions, including formative research, material development, and training; and ensuring social behavioral change interventions are evidence-based and aligned with relevant theories, models, and frameworks.
• Tracking and documenting social behavioral change processes, results, and learnings to ensure data-driven decision-making.
• Coordinating with national, regional/zonal, and local stakeholders to ensure standardization of messages to avoid duplication of effort.
• Advocating for the integration of social behavioral change communication principles into policies and programs.
• Developing and implementing monitoring and evaluation plans for social behavioral change activities.
• Developing and disseminating high-quality social behavioral change materials and messages.
• Engaging with media and other communication channels to promote social behavioral change.

• Strategic Thinking
• Leadership and Management
• Analytical and critical thinking skills
• Project Management
• Problem-Solving and Decision-Making
• Change management
• Policy management
• Effective communication
• Financial management
• Planning, organizing, and coordinating
• Information technology
• Records and information management
• Networking
• Cultural Sensitivity
• Interpersonal Skills
• Result orientation
• Assertiveness and self-confidence
• Flexibility
• Pro-activism
• Teamwork
• Ethics and integrity
• Political ingenuity
• Accountability

• An Honours Bachelor’s Degree in either Social Sciences, Community Psychology, Sociology, Social Work and Social Administration; Human Rights, Gender and Women Studies; Development Studies; Community Based Rehabilitation; Mass Communication or Health Promotion and Education from a recognised University or Institution.
• A Master's Degree in either Public Health, Social Sciences, Community Psychology, Sociology, Human Rights, Gender and Women Studies, Development Studies, Community-Based Rehabilitation, or Health Promotion and Education from a recognised University or Institution.