ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The incumbent will be expected to support the Project Manager by
§ Taking the lead in supporting Health Education/ Behavior Modification/ Sensitization interventions across all four components of the program
§ Providing technical oversight to the cross cutting theme of Health Education/ Behavior Modification/ Sensitization, and in particular the school health intervention sub-component of the program, and program implementation unit team
§ Designing, developing, implementing, and revising health education strategy for the program
§ Designing, developing, implementing, and revising (periodically) the overall health education strategy implementation framework, including the detailed budgeted plan for interventions, and operational guidelines for interventions
§ Developing a theory of change, and describing the trajectory of change for Health Education interventions of the program
§ Translating scientific language and concepts into clear, simple and understandable information (key messages) for the target audience to maximize the potential for them to take reasonable action
§ Taking the lead in designing, implementing and inferring periodic target audience health education needs, perceptions, preferences, and receptivity to change (Political Economy Analysis)
§ Using scientific methods to develop health education resource material, mode of communication, frequency of message delivery, and source of information
§ Conducting perception surveys to assess the degree of change as a result of health education interventions of the program
§ Facilitate and lead formal and informal capacity building of program staff on health education, interpersonal communication skills, community engagement, social mobilization, amongst others
§ Actively participating in design, development, revision of Health Education/ Behavior Modification/ Sensitization related capacity building training curriculum, training modules, training material, training approaches, and training aids
§ Maintaining close coordination with public and private sector experts in Health Education/ Behavior Modification/ Sensitization
§ Coordinating, as and when required, with relevant stakeholders to solicit support, promote successes, and endorse program Health Education/ Behavior Modification/ Sensitization interventions and messages
§ Ensuring regular collation, analysis, review of program quality reports relevant to Health Education/ Behavior Modification/ Sensitization interventions, and presenting achievable course correction recommendations for consideration and implementation
§ Identifying, defining, following and analyzing Health Education/ Behavior Modification/ Sensitization interventions key performance indicators in the Performance Management Framework
§ Defining high quality monitoring, supportive supervision, assessments/ evaluations of the Health Education interventions in line with OECD-DAC criteria
§ Actively participate in operational research activities of the program, where necessary identify areas for such studies