Summary
Breakthrough ACTION (BA) is an eight-year cooperative agreement, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to lead USAID’s social and behavior change programming around the world. Primed by the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (JHU-CCP), BA partners include Save the Children, Ideas42, ThinkAction, and Camber Collective.
The vision of the project is to ignite collective action using next generation behavior change approaches to empower households and communities to become healthier and more prosperous. While the work will harness the power of communication – from mass media campaigns to community outreach – to inspire long-lasting change, the project will also take advantage of other innovative approaches such as market science, behavioral economics and human-centered design to drive progress. Using these state-of-the-art, evidence-based tools, Breakthrough ACTION will have a global reach and will work in partnership with host governments to encourage people in developing countries to adopt healthy behaviors, from using modern contraceptive methods and sleeping under bed nets to being tested for HIV, and preventing the spread of zoonotic diseases.
Based in Niamey, Niger, the DCOP will provide strategic leadership, general oversight and guidance on the implementation of the BA projects in Niger.
Breakthrough ACTION (BA) Niger’s goal is to provide technical assistance (TA) on Social & Behavior Change (SBC) to government entities and USAID funded activities (USAID Kulawa, MPHD, MIHR and Advancing Nutrition) that contributes to improved health outcomes in four areas: nutrition; maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health; family planning; and water, sanitation, and hygiene. The project will work to increase SBC capacity of partners, as well as adoption of positive behaviors that contribute to the reduction of maternal and child mortality and the increase of family planning and reproductive health services utilization, especially for mothers, children under five and adolescents in four regions of Niger (Dosso, Tahoua, Maradi and Zinder).
What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)
Strategic Project Management (25%)
Operations (25%)
Representation (20%)
Oversight of Project Management (15%)
Human Resources (10%)
Reporting and learning (5%)
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Why you should join the Save the Children Team…
Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, pet insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.
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About Save the Children
No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.
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