Job Description

Title: Social and Behavior Change Technical Leader

Company Name: Abt Associates, Inc.

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in Nutrition, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Development Communications, Media, Broadcasting, Public Health, or related field.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 8 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ In close collaboration with agriculture, nutrition, women's empowerment, and WASH staff, formulate SBC objectives and develop strategies for their achievement to improve nutrition-related behaviors across the agriculture and WASH sectors.
∎ Develop comprehensive behavior change tools and SBC campaign activities using evidence-based theories and methodologies, in close collaboration with external stakeholders.
∎ Design community-level interventions that target caretakers of children, household and community decision makers, farmers, and community members at large to increase demand for nutritious, diverse, and safe diets.
∎ Provide oversight of SBC activities implemented by local partners.
∎ Manage the work of research firms, advertising agencies, public relations experts, production vendors, community mobilizers, and/or consultants hired by the project to assist with SBC. This includes building capacity of local implementing partners to implement quality and successful SBC work.
∎ Ensure that SBC materials are pre-tested, proven effective, and used efficiently.
∎ Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Manager to measure and document progress and impact of SBC activities.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum of 8 years of experience designing and implementing social and behavior change programs to achieve agriculture, WASH, nutritional or related outcomes.
∎ Experience applying a range of SBC approaches, including social marketing and nudges, or a willingness to learn to apply a range of new and innovative SBC approaches.
∎ Experience overseeing and building capacity in SBC internally and externally.
∎ Proven ability to set priorities, multi-task, and work collaboratively across technical disciplines.
∎ Proven ability to work and manage one-self independently and efficiently.
∎ Proficient written and oral English skills (Bangla language skills preferred but not required).

Application Deadline: January 19, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Abt Associates, Inc.

Category: NGO/Development

Source: bdjobs.com

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