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SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE COMMUNICATIONS ADVISOR FOR NUTRITION AND/OR HYGIENE

The Manoff Group, Inc. is recruiting a Social and Behavior Change Communications Advisor for Nutrition and/or Hygiene.

The Social and Behavior Change Communications Advisor will manage and provide technical assistance to a portfolio of projects, as well as participate in proposal preparation and report writing. This position is based at The Manoff Group’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The position is open only to candidates who have the legal right to work in the U.S. No relocation expenses will be provided.

The successful candidate will have experience and education in S/BCC as well as experience in in nutrition and/or hygiene. While not required, education and experience in gender is preferred.

Specific Responsibilities

      • Manage contracts and provide innovative strategies to

         achieve behavior change in nutrition and/or hygiene projects.
      • Develop social and behavior change strategies in collaboration

         with developing world partners.
      • Design, manage, and analyze formative research, primarily

         using qualitative methods; and build the capacity of partners for

         conducting formative research.
      • Advise on strategy and project implementation (e.g., facilitate 

         community collaboration and mobilization for improving health and

         nutrition; develop written and electronic materials on nutrition

         and/or WASH; plan scale-up of programs and project activities).
      • Advise on monitoring and evaluation.
      • Build the capacity of government and non-governmental 

         organizations in S/BCC.
      • Serve as a nutrition and/or hygiene resource for multi-sector 

         projects.
      • Write reports, and collect and prepare documentation (e.g.,

         success stories and lessons learned).

Qualifications
      • Master’s degree in public health, social sciences, communications,

        or a related field.
      • A minimum of five years experience in implementing social and/or

        behavior change programs in nutrition and/or hygiene in

        developing countries.
      • Demonstrated ability to develop behavior change strategies that 

         include communication and that address the uniqueness of a given

         situation.
      • Experience implementing communication programs that use

         interpersonal communications and mass media approaches.
      • Experience designing and conducting qualitative formative

         research and evaluations.
      • Ability to work in at least one language other than English (French

         preferred).
      • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
      • Education in gender and experience in conducting gender analyses

         and integrating the results in programs preferred.
      • Prior experience working with USAID projects preferred.
      • Experience in maternal nutrition and/or preventing child

        malnutrition is essential and experience with nutrition and HIV is

        preferred (for candidates with a nutrition background).
     • Experience with programming for improving hygiene behaviors, and

        knowledge of WSP and UNICEF sanitation guidelines is essential

        (for candidates with a hygiene background).

The position may require up to three months of travel per year.

Please send a CV and a cover letter to manoffgroup@manoffgroup.com.

Position open until filled.

No phone inquiries will be answered.

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