The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) - Our mission is to inspire and empower people around the world to make healthy choices for themselves and their families. 

CCP will be implementing the USAID Breakthrough-ACTION-Nigeria project that will use state-of-the-art, evidence-based tools to encourage people in developing countries to adopt healthy behaviours.

Much of the work will harness the power of communication – from mass media campaigns to TV and radio dramas to simple posters in a health clinic – to inspire long-lasting change.

The project will also take advantage of other behavioural science approaches such as behavioural economics and human-centred design to improve programs.

POSITION : Capacity Strengthening and Coordination Advisor

Responsibilities

• Lead key activities with particular attention to strengthening public sector systems for effective coordination of SBC at the national and sub-national levels, strengthening institutional capacity among key Nigerian stakeholders.
• Possess experience and demonstrated success in strengthening public sector capacity for SBC.
• Possess a strong understanding of best practices in individual and institutional capacity strengthening for SBC, and will have personal experience in applying key approaches.
• Represent Breakthrough-Action/Nigeria to USAID and the GoN at national and subnational levels, and will cultivate open and collaborative management relationships with the management team at USAID/Nigeria, and other Mission-funded activities.
• Work with other senior staff to monitor activities and proactively engage, coordinate and convene public and private actors to advance the practice of SBC in Nigeria.

Requirements

• A senior technical expert with an advanced degree in Public Health, Communication, or Marketing
• At least 10 years of experience working in international health, including experience in a technical leadership capacity on large activities focused primarily on social and behavior change.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and at least one local Nigerian language.
• Experience working across Nigerian government bodies

POSITION : Social and Behaviour Change and Innovations Advisor

Responsibilities

• Lead key activities and have overall responsibility for SBC implementation.
• Possess both deep applied experience in SBC, and demonstrated abilities in leadership; strategic thinking; application of best practices, gender integration and innovations in SBC.
• Applying learnings from global best practices, s/he will provide strategic direction for SBC programming, while proactively engaging and convening a broad range of donors and implementers in advancing the practice of SBC in Nigeria.
• Represent Breakthrough-Action/Nigeria to USAID and the GoN, and will cultivate open and collaborative management relationships with the management team at USAID/Nigeria, as well as with other Mission-funded activities.
• Have the principal responsibility for coordinating activities to improve alignment of SBC and supply-sided efforts.
• Possess experience and demonstrated success in cultivating partnerships with the private sector.

Requirements

• A senior technical expert with an advanced degree or commensurate experience
• 15 years’ experience in international health programming, including experience providing technical guidance to large and complex activities primarily focused on SBC;
• Ability to effectively engage partners, including host country government personnel;
• Experience interacting with U.S. government agencies including Missions.
• Experience designing and managing integrated or multi-health area SBC activities is preferred.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and at least one local Nigerian language.

POSITION : Finance Director

Responsibilities

• The Finance Director is the primary financial officer of the program.
• Ensures that financial functions support the timely and effective implementation of the program’s technical scope of work.
• Ensures that resources are allocated and used in compliance with agreement requirements, applicable USG regulations, and appropriate standards and procedures.
• Oversees the timely issuance of sub-awards and contracts issued under the cooperative agreement and procurement of commercial goods and commercial services.
• S/he also oversees cost share within the project.

Requirements

• A Master’s degree in Finance, Business, or a related field;
• 5 years’ experience leading administration (reporting, financial management, and compliance) of large (defined here as having a life-of-project budget of $20M or more) health and development contracts or agreements that serve clients in developing countries;
• Experience working in partnership with U.S. Government agencies or other large donor agencies; and
• Has achieved certifications/completed trainings in financial and award management of USG grants and agreements.
• Be fluent in written and spoken English.

POSITION : Deputy Project Director

 Responsibilities

• Oversee management and operations of the project as a whole. S/he should also be able to act for – or represent – the Project Director as necessary.
• Possess a deep command of management processes generally and USAID reporting and compliance requirements specifically, and demonstrate an ability to produce quality results on schedule.

Requirements

• Has a Masters’ degree in Business, Public Health, Communication, or a related field
• At least ten (10) years of experience in international health and development, including senior-level management positions and experience managing large and complex projects implemented by multi-partner consortia, or a Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Health, Communication, or a related field with at least fifteen (15) years of experience in international health and development, including in senior-level management positions and experience managing large and complex projects implemented by multi-partner consortia;
• Demonstrated record of recruiting, managing and developing personnel for large and complex projects;
• 5 years’ experience managing the reporting and compliance requirements for large health and development contracts or agreements that serve clients in developing countries funded by U.S. Government funds

Language Skills:

• Fluent in written and spoken English and at least one local Nigerian language.

How To Apply
Candidates should send their cover letter and CV's only as one PDF document to: capacitycoordinator@gmail.com with the position you are applying for as the subject

Note

• Emails without this exact subject line will be immediately discarded. The PDF document file name must be named using the candidate’s last and first name. Please indicate in your cover letter why you are a good fit for this position, languages you speak and your proficiency level in each language and states in Nigeria where you have previously worked.
• Candidates should not send any other documents or attachments. Any applications submitted with certificates, transcripts etc. will be immediately discarded.
• Candidates should not send links to online resumes or CVs. Any applications submitted with a link to an online resume or CV will be immediately discarded.
• Only final candidates will be contacted for further engagement.
• Please follow all directions exactly as written to be considered.